The central government is urging enterprises to make more efforts to improve and innovate, according to a guideline published on the government's website.
China's spending on research and development in 2012 may surpass 1 trillion yuan as the country has been pushing for a more innovation-driven economy.
General Electric unveils the results of its "2013 Global Innovation Barometer," with China moving up to the third most innovative country.
A global economic crisis usually nurtures a technological revolution and innovations can drive economic recovery.
Privately-owned companies in China rely on copying their counterparts' technology with few bothering to improve and innovate.
Some private manufacturing companies in China have been relying on upgrading and product innovation to be more competitive.
Intellectual property filings worldwide kept growing strongly in 2011, with patent applications for the first time exceeding 2 million.
Things changed fast. China now had close to 1 billion cellphone users by the end of February. Even in rural areas, many farmers own mobile handsets.
Twenty-three years ago, there was no city named Shuozhou in China.
Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile Communications Corp, said he enjoyed every day of the past three decades that he spent in the telecom industry and saw the changes in people's lives resulting from technological innovations.
The nation should learn to leverage "public diplomacy" to help Chinese companies go global more smoothly and efficiently.
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