The document, prepared by the State Council, describes how China will intensify its efforts to achieve scientific and technological breakthroughs and accelerate breakthroughs, amid increasingly fierce global competition and a growing need to improve high-quality technological production.

Key measures include increasing spending on basic research, improving funding mechanisms that combine competitive and stable support, and raising the organizational level of basic research.

China has made steady progress in addressing key technologies, resolving several bottlenecks, according to the report.

In the integrated circuit sector, the country has strengthened capabilities across the entire industrial chain, from design and manufacturing to packaging and testing.

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