On November 17th, MOST convened the Symposium on Understanding the Guidelines of the 17th CPC National Congress for the S&T administrations in North China.

Director-General Ma Lin of Beijing Municipal S&T Commission, Director-General Li Jiajun of Tianjin Municipal S&T Commission, Director-General Jia Hongxing of Hebei Provincial Department of S&T, Director-General Lian Min of Shanxi Provincial Department of S&T, Director-General Maqiang of Inner Mongolia S&T Department shared their understanding of the scientific outlook on development and measures in enhancing innovation capability, and delivered their opinions and suggestions on the S&T development and the work of MOST in the future.