The ''13th Five-Year Plan'' For Science and Technology Innovation Was Released, Focusing on Areas Related to Scientific Instruments

[Introduction] The State Council officially released the "13th Five-Year Plan for National Science and Technology Innovation" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") today (August 8, 2016).

The Plan states that during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the intensity of research and experimental development expenditure will reach 2.5%, the proportion of basic research in total social R&D investment will increase significantly, and the ratio of R&D expenditure to main business revenue of industrial enterprises above designated size will reach 1.1%.

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the system layout of platform construction will be strengthened to form a science and technology resource sharing service platform system covering scientific instruments, scientific facilities, scientific data, scientific literature, experimental materials, etc., to strengthen support for cutting-edge scientific research, enterprise technological innovation, and mass innovation and entrepreneurship, and to focus on solving problems such as the lack of overall layout of science and technology resources, duplication of construction, and idle waste.

1. Scientific Instrument Sharing Service Platform 1. Improve the construction of the national network management platform for scientific research instruments, implement centralized management of various scientific research instruments and equipment purchased by the national treasury, and actively promote open sharing among research institutes, enterprises, and the whole society to provide support and guarantee for scientific research and innovation and entrepreneurship.

2. Scientific research facility sharing service platform. Give full play to the advantages of important public science and technology resources such as national major scientific research infrastructure, large-scale scientific facilities and research facilities, and field scientific observation and research stations, promote open sharing among the scientific community, and provide support and guarantee for the development of related disciplines.

To enhance the capacity to support scientific research conditions, during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, with the goal of enhancing original innovation capabilities and supporting major scientific and technological breakthroughs, we will strengthen the construction of scientific research conditions to support research and development, including large-scale scientific instruments and equipment, experimental animals, scientific reagents, and innovative methods, consolidate the material and conditional foundation for scientific and technological innovation, and enhance the capacity to support scientific research conditions. Strengthen the research and development of major scientific research instruments and equipment, core technologies, and key components; promote the engineering and industrialization of scientific instruments and equipment; strengthen national quality and technical infrastructure research; support research and development in metrology, standards, testing and inspection, certification and accreditation, and other technologies; strengthen research on technical trade measures; strengthen the breeding of laboratory animal breeds, model creation, and related equipment; comprehensively promote the standardization and quality control system construction of laboratory animals; strengthen the research, application, and demonstration of domestically produced scientific research reagents; develop a batch of original scientific research reagents that fill international gaps and possess independent intellectual property rights; continuously meet the needs of my country's scientific and technological research and high-end testing fields; and conduct research and development of key common technologies in areas such as digital preservation of scientific and technological literature information, information mining, semantic reveal, and knowledge computing.

1. Scientific Instruments and Equipment. Taking the independent research and development of key core technologies and components as a breakthrough, focus on the research, engineering, and industrialization of high-end general-purpose and specialized major scientific instruments and equipment; develop a batch of core key components; significantly reduce the dependence on foreign countries for core key components; significantly improve the product quality and reliability of high-end general-purpose scientific instruments; and greatly enhance the core competitiveness of my country's scientific instrument industry.

2. National Quality and Technical Infrastructure. Develop internationally competitive metrology, standards, testing, and certification technologies; enhance my country's internationally recognized metrology capabilities; participate in and lead the development of international standards; achieve breakthroughs in a number of new testing, inspection, quarantine, and certification technologies; and ensure that the overall level of China's quality and technical infrastructure is on par with developed countries, with some areas even leading the way.

3. Research Reagents. Focusing on the needs of population health, resources and environment, and public safety, strengthen the research and development of high-end testing reagents, high-purity reagents, and high-value-added proprietary reagents; develop a number of original reagents with independent intellectual property rights; conduct research on common testing technologies for research reagents; strengthen the construction of technical standards; improve the quality system; and enhance the guarantee capacity of research reagents.

Furthermore, clear goals have been set for key technologies in precision medicine, in vitro diagnostic products, and drug quality and safety.

Key Technologies in Precision Medicine Seize the opportunities presented by the convergence of biotechnology and information technology, establish a prospective cohort of one million healthy individuals and patients with key diseases, build a multi-level precision medicine knowledge base system and a national biomedical big data sharing platform, and focus on tackling key precision medicine technologies such as next-generation gene sequencing, omics research, and big data fusion analysis. Develop a range of precision application solutions and decision support systems for early screening, molecular subtyping, personalized treatment, efficacy prediction, and monitoring of major diseases, driving a transformation in medical treatment models.

In vitro diagnostic products. Break through key technologies such as microfluidic chips, single-molecule detection, and automated nucleic acid detection; develop major products such as fully automated nucleic acid detection systems, high-throughput liquid chromatography-suspension chips, medical biomass spectrometers, and rapid pathological diagnostic systems; develop a range of diagnostic reagents for early diagnosis and precise treatment of major diseases, as well as high-precision diagnostic products suitable for primary healthcare institutions, enhancing the competitiveness of my country's in vitro diagnostic industry.

Drug quality and safety. Target clinical drug needs, improve the consistency evaluation technology system for generic chemical drugs, conduct quality and efficacy evaluations of high-risk drugs, pediatric drugs, and adjuvant drugs, as well as research on adverse drug reaction monitoring and assessment, and drug quality control.

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