Law of the People's Republic of China on Science and Technology Advancement
Law of the People's Republic of China on Science and Technology Advancement
Law of the People's Republic of China on Science and Technology Advancement
Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 4
July 2, 1993
(Adopted at the Second Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress and promulgated by the Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No.4 on July 2, 1993, with effect from October 1, 1993)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution with a view to promoting progress of science and technology, assigning priority to the development of science and technology and bringing the role of science and technology as the primary productive force into full play in socialist modernization drive, so as to improve the service of science and technology to economic construction.
Article 2 The State practises a basic guideline of basing economic construction and social development on science and technology and orienting undertakings of science and technology to economic construction and social development.
Article 3 The State protects the freedom of scientific research, encourage scientific exploration and technological innovation so as to raise its science and technology to an advanced level in the world.
The State and the whole society shall respect knowledge, esteem talent, value the creative work of scientific and technical workers, and protect intellectual property rights.
Article 4 The State shall, in compliance with the demands of scientific and technological progress and the socialist market economy, restructure and improve the system of science and technology, and establish a mechanism capable of effectively integrating science and technology with economy.
Article 5 The State shall encourage scientific research and technical development, popularize and apply the achievements made in science and technology, transform traditional industries, develop high-tech industries, and enhance activities employing science and technology to serve economic construction and social development.
Article 6 The State shall disseminate scientific and technological knowledge to raise the scientific and cultural level of all the citizens.
The State shall encourage government organs, enterprises, institutions, social organizations and citizens to participate in and support activities aimed at progress of science and technology.
Article 7 The State Council shall formulate scientific and technological development programmes, determine major scientific and technological projects and other major projects closely related to science and technology, and secure the coordination of scientific and technological progress with economic construction and social development.
Opinions from scientific and technical workers shall be fully solicited in the course of formulating scientific and technological development programmes and important policies and determining major scientific and technological projects and major projects closely related to science and technology, and a principle of scientific decision-making process shall be followed.
Article 8 The administrative department in charge of science and technology under the State Council shall be responsible for the macroscopic management and overall coordination of the nation-wide work of science and technology. Other administrative departments concerned under the State Council shall be responsible for the relevant work of scientific and technological progress within the scope of their functions and responsibilities as prescribed by the State Council.
Local people's governments at various levels shall adopt effective measures to promote progress of science and technology.
The State shall render assistance to minority nationality regions and remote and poor areas to accelerate the development of scientific and technological undertakings.
Article 9 The Government of the People's Republic of China shall actively promote scientific and technological cooperation and exchanges with foreign governments and international organizations, encourage research and development agencies, institutions of higher learning, social organizations and scientific and technical workers to establish cooperative relations of various forms with circles of science and technology in foreign countries.
Chapter II Science and Technology in Economic Construction and Social Development
Article 10 The State shall encourage research and development of new technologies, new products, new materials and new techniques, and promote activities of advancing rationalization proposals, and enhancing technological innovation and technical collaboration so as to steadily improve product quality, labour productivity and economic returns and develop social productive forces.
Article 11 The State shall select projects of vital significance to economic construction and sponsor related scientific research and technological development so as to accelerate the popularization and application of scientific and technological achievements in production.
Article 12 The State shall establish and develop technology market to promote the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements.
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