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China has enjoyed an increasingly active multi-lateral S&T cooperation. There are about in the world 6,000 bilateral, regional and global S&T cooperative programs and several hundred bilateral or multi-lateral S&T cooperation funds. In a short period of just one year, in 1999, China had become the new member to 34 international S&T organizations (5 of them are governmental organizations and 29 non-governmental). Up to 2001, the number of the international S&T organization enjoying China's membership has cumulatively reached 1010.
In 1999, the government announced a 'Decision on Encouraging Technological Innovation, Developing High-Technology and Realising Commercialisation of New Technologies'. Under these policy guidelines, ministryowned research institutes have become more market oriented and active in the commercialisation of their research.
Particular reforms to universities include:
Introduction of the Chang-Kieng Scholar Award program in 1998, designed to attract top level researchers and academics, enhance the academic status of tertiary education institutions, and boost higher education;
300- 500 new professor positions in key disciplinary areas, to be established by the Ministry of Education in around 60 participating higher education institutions over the next 3-5 years. A wide range of disciplines is covered including mathematics, physics, biochemistry, computer science, optics, palaeontology and stratigraphy, aircraft design, genetics and plant breeding;and
The establishment of a committee of internationally acknowledged scholars to assess the applications for the new professor positions and the Chang- Kieng Scholar Achievement Award.
China will encourage the involvement of qualified overseas research institutions and scientists in some civil sectors of China's major national S&T programs like high tech research and development projects and basic research projects. Chinese Government will firmly support and promote the construction of China's global and regional network for scientific research and high tech industrialization.
Wang Shaoqi, Director, Dept. of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology disclosed on August 3, 2000 that China will encourage the involvement of qualified overseas research institutions and scientists in some civil sectors of China's major national S&T programs like high tech research and development projects and basic research projects. He added that a group of major national S&T projects and S&T research and development areas will be opened up to the outside world for the first time in the country.
Last year China kicked off its full-fledged collaborative studies with EU countries in the field of high technologies and opened their respective high tech research and development projects to the other side on a reciprocal basis. In the meanwhile, China is promoting its all-round S&T cooperation at a high level with major S&T powers in the world.
Wang Shaoqi said that the Chinese Government will firmly support and promote the construction of China's global and regional network for scientific research and high tech industrialization. In the meanwhile, it will encourage Chinese scientists to be involved in the projects under EU's fifth framework research plan. The Ministry will strive to create stimulus for the participation of Chinese research institutions, universities and enterprises in international S&T cooperative projects. He also expressed that China will do its utmost to be part of major international scientific research projectssuch as Alfa International Space Station Program, Large Hadron Colliderand International Experiment on Thermal Nuclear Reaction so as to make large scientific research activities new spotlights in China's international S&T cooperation in the 21st century.