Focus on basics 07/03/2003
A national forum on long-term scientific and technological development, held last week in Beijing, marked the launch of China's strategy on the issue for the next 15 years.

Learning lessons from a sheep 02/18/2003
The recent death of the world's most famous sheep - Dolly the clone - has not dampened the enthusiasm of Chinese scientists, who are working hard to make more breakthroughs in clone technology.

Foreigners allowed to tap 863 Program 12/24/2002
Foreign players are no doubt cheering once again as they extend their penetration into the Chinese market: Earlier this year they were allowed, for the first time, to get involved with the National High Technology Research and Development Program.

Technology companies urged to improve services 12/03/2002
The Ministry of Science and Technology is calling for more qualified intermediate agencies to speed up application of scientific research results.

Developing self-owned IPR 11/30/2002
When taking a new road to industrialization, science and technology should be developed as the primary productive force.

Sciences breathe new life into IT 05/08/2002
Information technology (IT), after being widely applied to the domains of telecoms, finance and education, is expected to expand to a new area - the life sciences.

Building top-notch universities 04/24/2002
Relying on science and education to rejuvenate the nation has been adopted as one of China's crucial strategies for development in the 21st century.

E-commerce outlook encouraging for Asia 04/23/2002
Despite the recent global economic downturn and the harsh blow brought by the burst of the dotcom bubble, e-commerce continues to defy its skeptics and prove itself a potential source of opportunities with plenty to offer Asian markets, according to an Accenture study on the state of e-commerce in the region.

E-commerce just the business 04/19/2002
E-business will help China become a hub for global commerce, attendants of yesterday's China Business Summit 2002 agreed.

Software business still hurting 01/29/2002
NEW YORK: The software business is showing signs of life again, after a disastrous fall that left some tech companies among the walking wounded.

China to buck global tech downturn trend 01/08/2002
China's information industry is geared to leapfrog this year, whetting an even greater appetite of global giants with dynamic projections amid a global technology slump, according to Wu Jichuan, Minister of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII).

Nation to handle GM tech carefully 03/09/2001
China has a prudent attitude towards the application of genetic modification (GM) technology and is opposed to the cloning of people on Chinese territory, but cloning technology could be used for some reasonable kinds of research, top scientists said at a press conference held by the Fourth Session of the National Committee of the Ninth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) yesterday.

Calls mount to overhaul TV sector 08/28/2001
Chinese TV makers are under increasing pressure to accelerate shake-up to upgrade technologies and to extricate themselves from price wars.

TV industry's price war has no winners 08/14/2001
A fierce price war is leading domestic television makers down a dead end.

Reform in store for science sector 04/25/2001
The Ministry of Science and Technology has vowed to speed up the process of restructuring China's science and technology sector during the current Five-Year Plan (2001-05) period.

Sci-tech innovation central to SOE reform 12/06/2000
Scientific and technological innovation should propel the reform of State-owned enterprises (SOEs), said a recent article in China Economic Times.

China in the grip of 'nano-mania' 11/29/2000
Two years ago if you had asked anybody on the streets of Beijing what a "nanometre" was, the answer would most likely be, "I don't know, but where can I buy it?"

IPR characteristics confusing 11/26/2000
While the explosive registration of Chinese character Internet domain names continues, figuring out how to defend intellectual property rights (IPRs) remains puzzling.

China's space industry flying high 11/23/2000
The Information Office of the State Council yesterday published a white paper entitled "China's Space Activities." Below is the full text of the white paper:

Science and technology need more funds to grow 10/18/2000
The key to improving China's competitive edge in science and technology lies in deepening its scientific reforms, putting more money into the development of science and technology and allowing scientific research results to be commercialized.

Project revitalizes nation's endeavours 09/11/2000
Genetic therapy, intelligent robots, high-yield crops ... the discoveries of high-tech and basic sciences have greatly contributed to China's economic growth and the improvement of people's living standards.

Bandwidths hinder Internet 06/11/2000
More than 10 million people were routinely accessing the Internet in China by the end of last month, official sources said.