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The following is a brief introduction to China’s S&T programs currently under implementation, namely the S&T programs under the 10th five-year planning system. They reflect the current status of China’s S&T programs. During the 10th five-year plan period, China’s S&T program system is supposed to mainly work on three issues: firstly make direct state R&D input in S&T activities; secondly make guiding R&D input on behalf of the state; and last but not least build up the macro environment for R&D input, including infrastructure construction such as research bases as well as soft environment construction such as policies, laws and regulations. The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology has worked out a so-called ‘3 plus 2’ national S&T planning system for the 10th five-year plan. The '3 plus 2' system is made of two components with 3 referring to the master part composed of 3 core R&D programs and 2 referring to the 2 groups of programs for S&T environment and conditions. Master part is composed of 3 core programs:

2 groups of programs include: