Shaanxi seeks collaboration of institutes, enterprises

Deputies from Shaanxi province to the National People's Congress have called for strengthening the role of enterprises as key drivers of innovation and deepening collaboration with local universities to advance the province's science and technology industries.

During a group discussion of the Shaanxi delegation at the third session of the 14th NPC, Zhao Yide, an NPC deputy and secretary of the Communist Party of China's Shaanxi provincial committee, said the province has made significant progress in reforming education, science and technology, talent development and the integration of science, industry and finance.

Zhao said Shaanxi is focusing on breakthroughs in key core technologies and addressing "bottleneck" challenges while coordinating scientific research with the application of technological achievements.