Environment Building for S&T Industries
Environment Building for S & T Industries is a major component of the national S & T plan in the 10th Five-year Plan period. It aims to strengthen policy for environment construction, promote regional economic development, enhance technical services and exchanges, stimulate development of small and medium-sized S & T enterprises (S & T SMEs), vigorously develop S&T intermediaries, and create a sound environment for the commercialization of S & T findings and the their industrialization.
A number of S & T programs, such as the Spark Program, Torch Program, and National Science and Technology Achievements Outreach Program, have shifted their orientation from project implementation to environment construction and development of S & T SMEs. Meanwhile, efforts are also being made to stimulate the development of national key new products, promote trade through S & T, provide innovation fund for small technology-based firms, fund for application of agricultural S&T finding, and productivity promotion centers, university S & T parks, and agricultural S & T parks.
During the 10th Five-year Plan period, the major tasks of Environment Building for S & T Industries are: strengthen demonstration of S & T industrialization, establishment of S & T intermediary agencies and environment construction for industrialization.