BEIJING - China faces both challenges and opportunities in the ongoing global technological revolution, Premier Wen Jiabao said in a soon-to-be-published article in an official Communist Party of China (CPC) journal.

The article, titled "several issues concerning China's technological work," will be published on Saturday in this year's 14th issue of Qiushi, or "Seeking Truth," the biweekly official journal of the CPC Central Committee.

Wen says in the article that technology is a "strong driving force" for China's economic and social development.

China must come into possession of powerful technology and train a large number of high-end personnel before the country can become a true global power, says Wen, who is also a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

"The future of technological development will decide the future of China," he says.