Greater efforts urged on sci-tech cooperation

China to break down barriers blocking global flow of knowledge, forum told

Greater efforts are needed to strengthen international cooperation in science and technology, explore ways of jointly solving important global issues through technological innovation, and develop new quality productive forces, said officials, experts and company executives on Thursday in Beijing.

Addressing the opening ceremony of the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum, Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang said that China is willing to work with the international community to practice the concept of open, fair, just and nondiscriminatory international science and technology cooperation, and to jointly build a global sci-tech community.

The country will explore a new model regarding mutually beneficial global cooperation in sci-tech innovation, and will break down barriers restricting the flow of knowledge, technology, talent and other innovative factors, in order to jointly create an open innovation ecosystem, Ding said.