03 April 2018
China aims to organize and launch a series of large international science projects in the coming years to solve important problems in science. China will organize and launch one or two large international science projects, and foster three to five projects by 2020. Another six to 10 large projects will be cultivated by 2035 to increase China's influence in the science and technology field, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) said. Areas such as the physical sciences, research on the evolution of the universe and the origin of life were specifically listed as priorities.
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