Measures proposed to encourage innovation

Better intellectual property rights, fiscal support to bolster technology research

China will provide greater fiscal support and better protection of intellectual property rights to encourage its leading tech firms to step up research, an official with the country's top industry regulator said on Friday.

Wang Zhijun, vice-minister of industry and information technology, said at a news briefing that it is imperative that China's manufacturing sector focus on groundbreaking research in core technologies and speed up efforts to fill gaps and strengthen areas of weaknesses.