Innovative China - ChinaDaily

Editor's Note: China must innovate, especially as developed economies do not fare well and China is facing challenges from economic restructuring. China Daily invites officials, experts and entrepreneurs to share their perspectives on what China needs to do to become a great innovative nation.

Intel might be a symbol of technological innovation. But now, the company is doing more than just pushing generations of new products into the market.

Huang Nubo: Private enterprises are still able to find out new growth areas

IFC combines green mission and money-making

Zhang Xiaoji: Forex reserve should fund companies going overseas

Wong Ching: Keep up with the pace of the national cultural reforms

Wang Jianlin: China should exempt all the tax on micro-size enterprises

Li Daokui: Commercial banks should 'lose weight'

Wang Maoshe: Putting forth a coal-based and diversified development pattern

Feng Jun: Western theories and Chinese pragmatism will create new values together

Huang Dafang: Researchers should focus whole-heartedly on scientific research

Wang Jianzhou: More foreign carriers to deploy TD-LTE

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Policy Support for Innovation

China to support tech sectors

"Efforts will be given to building up vehicle and shipping export bases as well as innovation bases for technology to promote trade," said Deputy Minister of Commerce Jiang Yaopin.

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China to boost cultural reforms, innovation

China to promote competitive advantage

Financial innovations should serve real economy

China's gates open for overseas talents

New system marks start of data reform in China

China to promote competitive advantage

Improved IPR protection to support innovation

Shanghai stresses innovation in Five-Year Plan

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		Huang Nubo
		"We used to say that we should go where the market is, but the focus is now on how to create new markets for the society and the future, such as Apple which makes everybody know it now."

		Li Daokui
		"Chinese commercial banks are quite innovative, but not in the right way. They are innovative in doing wealth-management products."

		Huang Qiang
		"It's two-way street a lot of the time. Like the US, the US has lots of high-technology that will never be offered to us. But it also has things they have not mastered so they need to talk to us."

		Li Yizhong
		"The motivation to move forward comes from the awareness of lagging behind. The ancient proverb still makes sense nowadays: Sorrow and calamity give one vitality, while ease and pleasure can be fatal."