Report on Development of Science and Technology in China (2006), a report with 16 chapters and the second volume of the series, was officially published recently.

Focusing on the implementation of the Outline of China National Medium and Long-Term Science and Technology Development Program (2006-2020), the report offers a full-scale description of the strategic deployment, goals and key tasks for sci-tech development in China (namely, the Chinese mainland, excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, correctly expounds the major decisions and policies on sci-tech development in China, and objectively reflects the sci-tech activities conducted in all fields, the major achievements and progress made in 2005 and 2006.