Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, February 05, 2002
Vice-Premier Li Lanqing on Science, Education Strategy
The Senior Chinese leader Li Lanqing said Monday China will strive this year to push forward the reform and expansion of basic education, and to expand higher education and vocational training in line with the needs of social and economic development.
Vice-Premier Li Lanqing on Science, Education Strategy
The Senior Chinese leader Li Lanqing said Monday China will strive this year to push forward the reform and expansion of basic education, and to expand higher education and vocational training in line with the needs of social and economic development.
Addressing about 3,000 people from the country's science and education communities, Vice-Premier Li said China will continue its reform of science and research institutions and its national knowledge innovation project and speed up the commercialization of research achievements.
Among those attending the briefing were the national science and technology prize winners for 2001.
The vice premier also reviewed the achievements China has made in recent years and elaborated the country's major tasks in terms of economic development, science and technology and education tasks.
The briefing was presided over by Xu Guanhua, minister of science and technology.
Chinese vice-premier Li Lanqing urged at a national work conference on Party building in colleges and universities that it is essential to improve the Party's work style and carry out higher education reform under the guidance of the "Three Represent's" theory and the speech of President Jiang Zemin on July 1 this year.
Vice-Premier Li Lanqing highlighted the role of science, technology and education in realizing China's goal of building an overall well-off society in the near future.