The achievements of the S&T innovation clusters, a CAS drive to set up a network for sharing knowledge, information and resources to deal with major S&T issues, are applauded by a high-caliber panel of S&T experts.Co-chaired by CAS President LU Yongxiang and former CAS President ZHOU Guangzhao, the second plenary meeting of the Advisory and Review Board for the Development of S&T Clusters is held on 30 June in Beijing.
The achievements of S&T innovation clusters, a CAS drive to set up an S&T network for sharing knowledge, information and resources in order to deal with major S&T problems, were applauded by a high-caliber panel of S&T experts.
Co-chaired by CAS President LU Yongxiang and former CAS President ZHOU Guangzhao, the second plenary meeting of the Advisory and Review Board for the Development of S&T Clusters was held on 30 June in Beijing.
The panel is made up of high-level experts and officials from the government, S&T institutions, research universities and business sector, including former Chinese S&T Miinster ZHU Lilan, Vice Minister of the National Development and Reform Commission ZHANG Xiaoqiang, President of the National Natural Science Foundation of China CHEN Yiyu and CAS Members ZHAO Zhongxian and SHI Changxu.
Initiated in 2006, the establishment of innovation clusters in "10+1" fields is highlighted as a key measure for the third-stage implementation of the CAS Knowledge Innovation Program. The "one" means the enhancement of clearly objective-oriented fundamental research in major and interdisciplinary frontier fields while the "ten" refers to 10 fields, such as information, space energy sources, nano-science, advanced manufacturing and new materials, health and medicine, industrial biotechnology, modern agriculture, ecology and environment, natural resources and ocean science and technology.
Over the past two years, CAS has made impressive progress in this aspect by strengthening strategic studies, giving priority to major S&T projects, teaming up research personnel, and renovating management institutions and mechanisms. The efforts have led to a galaxy of novel research results and the improvement of CAS innovation capacities.
At the meeting, CAS Executive Vice President BAI Chunli briefed the panelists the overall development of the clusters while CAS Vice Presidents ZHAN Wenlong, JIANG Mianheng, LI Jiayang and DING Zhongli made reports on the advances of the clusters in basic research, high-tech development, sustainable socio-economic development, natural resources and the environment, respectively.
The committee made an in-depth discussion on the reports, rendering a confirmation on the latest results in the two years. At the same time, they aired new suggestions on the drive's overall thinking approach, innovation targets, activities, cooperation and talent-training, institutional mechanism and its management.
