China will go all out to enhance its capabilities for innovation in the next five years, Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun said at a press conference in Beijing on Friday on the guiding principles issued by the fourth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee. Yin said the ministry will make arrangements in four aspects during the 15th Five Year Plan period (2026-2030) to raise China's capacity for innovation across the board. Yin said the country will also promote integrated development of human resources in education and sci-tech innovation, establish and consolidate coordinated mechanisms for integrated advancement, and strengthen planning alignment, policy coordination, coordinated allocation of resources, and interconnected evaluation. Yin also reviewed sci-tech achievements in the past five years. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China's sci-tech strength jumped to new heights, yielding abundant achievements in innovation and steady development of new quality productive forces, laying a solid foundation for economic and social progress in the 15th Five-Year Plan period, he said. In 2024, total research and development investment exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan (about 505.16 billion U.S. dollars), marking a 48-percent surge from 2020. China has ranked first globally for five consecutive years in both the number of papers published in renowned international journals and the number of international patent applications, said Yin. He said China's comprehensive innovation capability ranking rose from the 14th place in 2020 to the 10th in 2024. The integration of sci-tech innovation with industrial innovation accelerated, with the added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size soaring by 42 percent from the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), according to the minister. He said new economic growth points are emerging in frontier fields such as AI, new energy, and biotechnology. Scientific and technological innovation has contributed to clearer skies, cleaner water, and better health security, bringing the people a greater sense of fulfillment, happiness, and security. Shotlist: Beijing, China - Oct 24, 2025: 1. Various of press conference in progress, reporters, cameramen; 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yin Hejun, Minister of Science and Technology (starting with shot 1): "We will strengthen original innovation and breakthroughs in key core technologies, improving the new system for mobilizing resources nationwide to drive decisive breakthroughs in key core technologies in every aspect of priority areas such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, and high-end instruments. We will focus on national strategic needs in deploying and implementing a series of major national sci-tech missions, enhance the strategic vision, forward-looking nature, and systematic planning of basic research, increase long-term and stable support, and strengthen the original innovation orientation in scientific research and technological development to produce more landmark original achievements."; 3. Reporters; 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yin Hejun, Chinese Minister of Science and Technology: "We will strengthen the enterprises' position as the main drivers of sci-tech innovation, support them in spearheading the formation of innovation consortia and undertaking more national scientific and technological research projects, foster and build up leading sci-tech enterprises, support the development of high-tech enterprises and sci-tech small and medium-sized enterprises, and increase the proportion of additional tax deductions for corporate research and development expenses."; 5. Various of reporters; 6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yin Hejun, Chinese Minister of Science and Technology (starting with shot 5): "We will advance the building of Digital China in depth, speed up innovation in AI and other digital and intelligent technologies, and enhance the efficient supply of computing power, algorithms, and data, and fully implement the 'AI Plus' initiative to empower all industries."; FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown 7. Automobile production line; 8. Equipment in factory; 9. Various of subway train production line, workers welding; FILE: Beijing, China - 2025 10. Various of humanoid robots in training; FILE: Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China - 2025 11. Various of workshop smart computerized numerical control (CNC) machines in operation; 12. Animation showing drill bit on smart CNC machine; 13. Various of drill bit on smart CNC machine in operation; 14. Various of animation showing CNC machine; 15. Screen displaying CNC machine. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]