Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, addresses the second plenary session of the eleventh nationwide congress of the China Association for Science and Technology on the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 8, 2026. Cai known as on the country’s sci-tech workers to keep dedicated to serving the country through sci-tech innovation and embrace the mission of attaining higher sci-tech self-reliance and power. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) — Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Cai Qi known as on the country’s sci-tech workers to keep dedicated to serving the country through sci-tech innovation and embrace the mission of attaining higher sci-tech self-reliance and power on Wednesday.
Cai, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks when addressing the second plenary session of the eleventh nationwide congress of the China Association for Science and Technology in Beijing.
Cai careworn that the fifteenth Five-Year Plan interval (2026-2030) marks not solely a important stage for laying a stable basis and going all out to principally obtain China’s socialist modernization, but additionally an essential section for tackling robust challenges to construct China right into a world-leading nation in science and know-how.
He expressed the hope that the sci-tech workers will keep true to the calling of serving the nation through science and know-how, embrace the mission of attaining higher sci-tech self-reliance and power, lead social progress, advance openness and cooperation, and carry ahead the effective custom of utilizing science to serve the country and its folks.
He additionally required sci-tech associations in any respect ranges to strengthen ideological steerage, higher align their work with the country’s total growth priorities, and deepen institutional reform to prolong service protection to rising sectors. ■
The second plenary session of the eleventh nationwide congress of the China Association for Science and Technology is held on the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)