China to step up research on disruptive, frontier technologies: report

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China will step up research on disruptive and frontier technologies, according to a government work report submitted Tuesday to the national legislature for deliberation.

Efforts will be made to invigorate China through science and education and consolidate the foundations for high-quality development, it said.

The country will enhance its capacity for original innovation and cultivate more first-class scientists and innovation teams, it added.