International Seminar on Technical Innovation OpensOfficials, researchers and businessmen from over 20 developed countries gathered in Beijing Tuesday with their Chinese counterparts to probe possibilities of bilateral or multilateral cooperation in technological innovation.The International High-Level Seminar on Technological Innovation will focus on building the national technological innovation system and drafting policies concerning tax and finance in advancing technological innovation. The three-day seminar is jointly sponsored by China's Ministry of Science and Technology and the United Nations University (UNU). Representatives from the UNU, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the World Bank also attended the seminar. Zhu Lilan, Minister of Science and Technology, said in the new century, technological innovation will become the major driving force for economic and social development. She believed that the entire world can share the benefits from the advancement of technology which would be the basic requirement for technological innovation. Zhu also said that at present, the developed countries, whose population makes up only 15 percent of the world's total, enjoys almost all the benefits of technological innovation. She promised to make technological innovation and other major scientific research programs more open to the outside world. Jairam Reddy, chairman of board of directors of the UNU, said noted that technological innovation is expected to create greater potential for human development. Established in 1977, the UNU is a self-administrative body of the United Nations. With its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, it has a number of research and training centers worldwide. China has launched a number of cooperative programs with the UNU since 1980 in fields of energy, environment, agriculture, information and ecology. |
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