Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, China has taken self-reliance in science and technology as a strategic support for international development, continued to implement the strategy of innovation-driven development, and striven to build itself into an innovative and powerful country in science and technology. After ten years of sheer endeavor and leapfrog development, China's science and technology sector has undergone historic, overall and structural changes, successfully entering the ranks of innovative countries.