As one of the eighteefield-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology ithe field of regional development research. They each craft a roadmap for their sphere of development to 2050. Itheir entirety, the general and sub-group reports analyze the evolutioand laws governing the development of science and technology, describe the decisive impact of science and technology othe modernizatioprocess, predict that the world is othe eve of aimpending S&T revolution, and call for China to be fully prepared for this new round of S&T advancement. Based othe detailed study of the demands oS&T innovatioiChinas modernization, the reports draw a framework for eight basic and strategic systems of socio-economic development with the support of science and technology, work out Chinas S&T roadmaps for the relevant eight basic and strategic systems iline with Chinas reality, further detail S&T initiatives of strategic importance to Chinas modernization, and provide S&T decision-makers with comprehensive consultations for the development of S&T innovatioconsistent with Chinas reality. Supported by illustrations and tables of data, the reports provide researchers, government officials and entrepreneurs with guidance concerning research directions, the planning process, and investment.As one of the eighteefield-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology ithe field of regional development research. They each craft a roadmap for their sphere of development to 2050. Itheir entirety, the general and sub-group reports analyze the evolutioand laws governing the development of science and technology, describe the decisive impact of science and technology othe modernizatioprocess, predict that the world is othe eve of aimpending S&T revolution, and call for China to be fully prepared for this new round of S&T advancement. Based othe detailed study of the demands oS&T innovatioiChinas modernization, the reports draw a framework for eight basic and strategic systems of socio-economic development with the support of science and technology, work out Chinas S&T roadmaps for the relevant eight basic and strategic systems iline with Chinas reality, further detail S&T initiatives of strategic importance to Chinas modernization, and provide S&T decision-makers with comprehensive consultations for the development of S&T innovatioconsistent with Chinas reality. Supported by illustrations and tables of data, the reports provide researchers, government officials and entrepreneurs with guidance concerning research directions, the planning process, and investment.
Founded i1949, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is the nations highest academic institutioinatural sciences. Its major responsibilities are to conduct research ibasic and technological sciences, to undertake nationwide integrated surveys onatural resources and ecological environment, to provide the country with scientific data and consultations for governments decision-making, to undertake governmentassigned projects with regard to key S&T problems ithe process of socio-economic development, to initiate personnel training, and to promote Chinas high-tech enterprises through its active engagement ithese areas.