China is building national-level laboratories in an attempt to boost defence capabilities and technological developments.

Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence vice-minister Sun Laiyan says China is building a “first-class integrated national-level research base” to stimulate defence innovation.

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“The labs will focus on the research of major basic sciences, strategic high technologies and system integration technologies,” Laiyan says.

“The labs will not be in a large number, but we’ll pilot new management and operation models to achieve big breakthroughs in major science-tech fields.”

The Chinese defence sector already has more than 400,000 scientific research staff and 300 research institutes Laiyan says.

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