The first article to promote the science and technology to be progressive, gives priority to the
science and technology in the socialist modernization, the display science and technology first
productive forces function, impels the science and technology to serve for the economic development,
according to the constitution, formulates this law.
The second national economic construction and social development relying on Science and technology,
scientific and technological work oriented to economic construction and social development.
The State guarantees freedom of scientific research, to encourage scientific research and
technological innovation, science and technology. Countries and the whole society respecting
knowledge and talented people, to respect the scientific and technical workers of the creative work,
the protection of intellectual property rights.
The fourth article the country according to the science and technology progress and the socialist
market economy's need, the reform and the consummation science and technology system, establishes the
science and technology and the economical effective union mechanism.
The fifth article the country encourages the scientific research and the technology development,
the promotion applied science technology achievement, the transformation traditional industry,
develops the high-tech industry, as well as the applied science technology the activity which serves
for the economic development and the social development.
The sixth article the country popularizes the science and technology knowledge, raises all citizen's
science and culture level. The country encourages the institution, the enterprise enterprise to
organize, the social group and the citizen participation and the support science and technology
progress activity.
The seventh article the State Council works out the scientific technological advance plan,
determined that the science and technology the major issue, with the science and technology close
related major issue, the safeguard science and technology progressive and the economic development
and the social development is coordinated. Works out the scientific technological advance plan and
the significant policy, determined that the science and technology the major issue, with the science
and technology close related major issue, must listen to the science and technology worker's
suggestions fully, implements the macro-scientific policy-making the principle.
The eighth article the State Council Science and technology Policy Department, is responsible for
the national science and technology work the macroscopic management and the overall plan is
coordinated. The State Council other related Administrative department, the scope of official duty
which stipulated according to the State Council is responsible for the related science and technology
progress work. The place all levels of people's government must take the effective action, the
advancement science and technology is progressive. The country helps the national minority area, the
outlying poor area to accelerate the further science technology enterprise.
The ninth article The government of the People's Republic of China develops positively with between
the foreign government, International organization's science and technology cooperation and the
exchange, encourages to study the development organization, the institutions of higher learning, the
social group and the science and technology worker and the overseas scientific technical fields
establishment many kinds of form cooperations.
