Unsatisfied with being the world’s factory, China’s leaders on various occasions have called on the country to transform from a “Made in China” to a “Created in China” model, with innovation clearly playing an important role. In October 2017, a report at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China stressed that innovation was the primary driving force behind development. China successfully cloned macaques from somatic cells, launched the world’s first quantum satellite and quantum experiments at space scale, and created the world’s fastest supercomputers Sunway TaihuLight and Tianhe-2. Every minute during the morning rush hours, China has 40,000 car-hailing journeys; 70% of Chinese mobile netizens are using mobile payment, and China is now the world’s largest online shopping market. Dockless shared bicycles, high-speed trains, mobile payment and e-commerce have earned a reputation as China’s “four great new inventions” in modern times.

Source: The Star February 28, 2018 00:45 UTC