Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS) launched its series report "Technological Revolution and China's
Future-Innovation 2050" on June 10, 2009 in Beijing. The report produced
a road map for China's science and technology development till 2050.
It took more than 300 CAS researchers and experts over a year to compile and
draft the report. According to the report, a new technological and industrial
revolution featured by green energy, artificial intelligence and sustainable
development is most likely to take place in the next 10 to 20 years. China must
prepare itself for the new revolution in order to build a well-off society and
realize China's modernization.
8 social economic systems backed up by science and technology innovation are
to be constructed: sustainable energy and resources system, new material and
green manufacture system, information networking system, ecological higher value
agriculture and bio-industry system, health insurance system, ecology and environment
preservation and development system, space and ocean system, national and public
The report also points out 22 strategic technology issues that are keys to
China's modernization. That include: green manufacture of high quality elementary
raw materials, 4000 meters below the earth's surface exploration project, new
nuclear energy system, sea power extension plan, exploration of dark matter
and dark energy, artificial life and Synthetic biology, nano technology, space
science and satellite projects and others.
The report is composed of one general strategic report and 17 sub reports
what deal with 17 specific fields such as population and health, minerals and
resources, space and ocean, information, material, ecology and environment.
All the repots will be published bilingually, that is, in Chinese and English.
CAS also will amend the road map every 4 years.