China makes science and tech a budget priority with 10% jump in spending during ‘two sessions’


Beijing will boost investment in science and technology by 10 per cent this year as it tries to transform the economy and deal with constraints imposed by the West.

That amounts to 379.8 billion yuan (US$52.7 billion) of spending, according to the finance ministry’s draft budget report released during the annual legislative sessions in Beijing on Tuesday.

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