By Jia Kang | China Daily | Updated: 2021-03-17 07:09 Share CLOSE Containers are unloaded at Qingdao Port in Shandong province in March. [Photo by Yu Fangping/For China Daily]
In an article published in Qiushi journal on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping once again emphasized the importance of innovation to modern economy, and said that China should become a global center for science and innovation.
To achieve higher-quality development and become a strong manufacturing power, China needs to more vigorously promote innovation. China has been the largest manufacturing country for 11 straight years, accounting for nearly 30 percent of the global manufacturing output, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
In an article published in Qiushi journal on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping once again emphasized the importance of innovation to modern economy, and said that China should become a global center for science and innovation.
To achieve higher-quality development and become a strong manufacturing power, China needs to more vigorously promote innovation. China has been the largest manufacturing country for 11 straight years, accounting for nearly 30 percent of the global manufacturing output, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
As for the country s value-added industrial output, it has reached 31.30 trillion yuan ($4.80 trillion), Minister for Industry and Information Technology Xiao Yaqing said on March 1. And as China s GDP reached 101.6 trillion yuan in 2020, narrowing the gap with the United States, it is likely to maintain its leading position in manufacturing for a long time to come.
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Containers are unloaded at Qingdao Port in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong earlier this month. CHINA DAILY
Innovation key to higher-quality economic growth in China
Wed, 17 March 2021
In an article published in
Qiushi journal on March 16, Chinese President Xi Jinping once again emphasised the importance of innovation to modern economy, and said that China should become a global centre for science and innovation.
To achieve higher-quality development and become a strong manufacturing power, China needs to more vigorously promote innovation. China has been the largest manufacturing country for 11 straight years, accounting for nearly 30 per cent of the global manufacturing output, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
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