Changzhou eyes innovative city by 2015
By Tao Li (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-06-02 23:12
Changzhou aims to build itself into an innovative city by 2015, said Zhang
Yue, Director of the Science and Technology Department of Changzhou, during a
group interview with online reporters participating in Jiangsu Web Tour on May
31, 2006.
Zhang Yue, Director of the Science and
Technology Department of Changzhou, answers a question during a group
interview with online reporters embarking on the south route of Jiangsu
Web Tour as they arrived in Changshou on May
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Independent innovation has always been highlighted as an essential element in
promoting scientific development and the city's comprehensive power since the
10th five-year period, Zhang said in her report.
She said, over the past five years, the city has seen remarkable progress in
high-tech industries, scientific programs, and transformation of scientific
achievement, with a R&D investment of 4.1 billion yuan ($US500 million),
recording an annual increase of 24%.
The city reaped in 463 scientific and technological prizes of national,
provincial and municipal levels during the 10th five-year period, and filed 8402
patent applications, among which 4792 were authorized, Zhang told the reporters.
The city's high-tech investment
is concentrated on railway transportation, digital video, medicine and so on.
Online reporters listen to Zhang Yue's report
during a group interview with online reporters embarking on the south
route of Jiangsu Web Tour as they arrived in Changshou on May 31.
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After a one-day visit in the city, the reporting group
will head for the next station -- Wuxi.
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