The New Zealand government is adopting with a cheesy idea to encourage advances in driverless vehicles -- a pizza delivery robot.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday highlighted theoretical and technological innovation as the key to upgrade the country's military and national defense.
Innovation is thriving in China but observers believe more must be done if China is to establish itself as an innovation powerhouse.
China is edging closer to being prepared to lead the world's new industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, as it is swiftly setting the stage for the convergence of multiple new technologies, said observers at the annual World Economic Forum here.
Innovation, coordination, green development, opening up and sharing are the five cornerstones proposed by President Xi Jinping for China to secure resilient and sustainable growth.
A new five-year national socioeconomic development plan to be released by China, which will charter an explicit blueprint for the country's development over the next five years, will also provide more opportunities for the development of other countries.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday highlighted innovation cooperation as an important achievement resulting from his visit to South Korea.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong met with Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom on Thursday, pledging to strengthen cooperation in innovation.
Beijing's Zhongguancun, one of the country's leading technology hubs, plans to upgrade its core 7.2-km-long street area into one serving innovation and business start-ups, they announced Sunday.
Officials from China and 33 member states on the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on Wednesday attended a meeting featuring scientific and technological innovation held in Quito, capita of Ecuador.
Pictures of Premier Li Keqiang holding a cup of freshly-brewed coffee and chatting with young crowds at a start-up cluster in northwestern Beijing went viral online on Thursday, sending another heartening message to China's budding entrepreneurs.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on officials to view the country's reform drive in the context of "a larger picture" in order to deepen reforms.
Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Adminstrative Region Leung Chun-ying started his official visit to Boston with tours to top-notched research institutions to see the latest development of innovation and technology in the United States, the news website of the Hong Kong government said Wednesday.
A document, co-published by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, China's cabinet, on Monday underscored the role of innovation-driven development amid the economic "new normal" of slower growth.
A major breakthrough of a Chinese team in quantum physics might lead to destructive innovation in information technology and related industries, dishing out a secure and flawless alternative of communication for human beings.
Zhang Hao is a "chuangke" (maker), a group described by Premier Li Keqiang in his government work report on March 5, as "coming thick and fast."
China will quicken the pace of implementing the strategy of free trade zones (FTZs) and turn institutional innovation into a strong impetus for the country's development, President Xi Jinping said Thursday.
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