Abstract
China's present policy of promoting science and technology is qualified as "the strategy of revitalizing China through science and education2. The empahsis during the 9th five-year plan period (1996-2000) is placed on agriculture, high technologies, and social development, which are expected to contribute to solve the most urgent problems in economic development of the country. The purpose of the policy is to provide a solid foundation to establish China as a "modern and socialist" country by 2010.
