Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China will unswervingly promote high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, using technological inclusiveness to drive global common development.

People’s Finance Network, April 2: On April 2, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning, presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked: Recently, the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum annual conference released the “National Innovation Index Report 2025,” showing that China’s national innovation index’s overall ranking has risen to the world’s No. 9 position, the fastest-improving country in more than a decade or so. What comments does the spokesperson have on this? Mao Ning said that the Chinese government has always placed scientific and technological innovation at the core position of the overall picture of national development. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, China achieved a series of landmark original breakthroughs in fields such as new energy vehicles, artificial intelligence large models, quantum, and biology, strongly driving high-quality development and becoming an important pole of innovation in the world. China’s scientific and technological innovation keeps to openness and cooperation. Last week, China announced that it would open up to countries around the world ten major scientific research and development infrastructure projects, including the Tianyan telescope and the manned submersible “Striver,” and transform independently developed major national technologies into public products that benefit all globally. With concrete actions, China has demonstrated that the true value of scientific and technological innovation lies not in monopolizing advantages, but in enabling more people to enjoy the convenience brought by technological progress. Looking ahead to the “15th Five-Year Plan,” China will firmly and unswervingly advance high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, develop new quality productive forces led by scientific and technological innovation, strengthen original innovation, accelerate industrial transformation, and proactively open up to and cooperate with the world, promoting global common development through technological universal benefit. (CCTV News)