Shanghai set for huge science role within three years

China will make Shanghai a comprehensive science center within three years by implementing systematic innovation reform, it was decided on Wednesday during an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.

Additionally, new independent districts for innovation will be established in Central, East and Northeast China in an effort to boost innovation-driven development and supply-side economic reform.

The three regions involved are Henan province (Zhengzhou, Luoyang and Xinxiang), the Shandong Peninsula and Liaoning province (Shenyang and Dalian).