Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang (C), Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Meng (3rd R), Director-General of Department of Strategic Planning of the ministry Xu Jing (3rd L), Director-General of Department of Policy, Regulation and Innovation System of the ministry He Defang (2nd R), and Director-General of Department of Resource Allocation and Management of the ministry Zhang Xiaoyuan (2nd L), attend a press conference on "making China a country of innovators" for the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang attends a press conference on "making China a country of innovators" for the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang, Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Meng, Director-General of Department of Strategic Planning of the ministry Xu Jing, Director-General of Department of Policy, Regulation and Innovation System of the ministry He Defang, and Director-General of Department of Resource Allocation and Management of the ministry Zhang Xiaoyuan, attend a press conference on "making China a country of innovators" for the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)