On the afternoon of March 7, the First Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress held its second plenary session in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Entrusted by the State Council, Xiao Jie, State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council, made a statement on the institutional reform plan of the State Council.

The Ministry of Science and Technology was re-established in accordance with the State Council's proposal to submit for review the State Council's institutional reform plan. Strengthen the functions of the Ministry of Science and Technology to promote and improve the new national system, optimize the entire chain management of scientific and technological innovation, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and promote the combination of science and technology and economic and social development, and strengthen strategic planning, system reform, resource planning, comprehensive coordination, policies and regulations, and supervision. Macro-management responsibilities such as inspection, retaining national basic research and applied basic research, national laboratory construction, national major science and technology projects, national technology transfer system construction, scientific and technological achievements transfer and transformation and integration of industry, learning and research, regional scientific and technological innovation system construction, and scientific and technological supervision and evaluation system Relevant responsibilities such as construction, scientific research integrity, international scientific and technological cooperation, scientific and technological talent team building, and national science and technology awards are still part of the State Council.

The responsibility of the Ministry of Science and Technology to formulate plans and policies for promoting agricultural and rural development through science and technology, and to guide rural scientific and technological progress is assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The Ministry of Science and Technology's responsibility for organizing and formulating science and technology to promote social development plans and policies is assigned to the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the National Health Commission and other departments. The Ministry of Science and Technology will organize the formulation of high-tech development and industrialization plans and policies, guide the construction of science and technology parks such as national independent innovation demonstration zones and national high-tech industrial development zones, and guide the development of science and technology service industries, technology markets, and technology intermediary organizations. into the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Transfer the Ministry of Science and Technology's responsibility for introducing foreign intelligence to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and add the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

Deepen the reform of the allocation and use mechanism of fiscal science and technology funds, improve the implementation of central fiscal science and technology plans and the management system of professional institutions, adjust the responsibilities of the Ministry of Science and Technology for the coordination and management of central fiscal science and technology plans (special projects, funds, etc.), and the coordination and evaluation of scientific research project funds. The Ministry's China Rural Technology Development Center is assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the China Biotechnology Development Center is assigned to the National Health Commission, the China Agenda 21 Management Center, and the High-Tech Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology are assigned to the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

The National Natural Science Foundation of China is still managed by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

The Ministry of Science and Technology no longer retains the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs brand.

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