TECHNOLOGY Institutions

More specifically, it is charged with building the national innovation system; reforming the science and technology system; researching major policies for 1 national science and technology development; resolving major strategic and directional issues in the science and technology sphere; determining strategic science and technology missions and major research projects for the national government;. [...] The CSTC General Office will reside in the Ministry of Science and Technology, which could see the Minister of Science and Technology concurrently serving as Director of the CSTC General Office, a significant elevation of the position’s bureaucratic power and political influence. [...] The NDRC is part of the Inter-ministerial Joint Conference for the Digital Economy, together with the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. [...] The NDA takes oversight of the economic applications of data from the security-focused Cyberspace Administration of China by acquiring its responsibilities for smart cities, the digitization of public services, cross-department government data sharing, and the development and use of nationally important information. [...] The NAMB also functions as the General Office of the State Council Anti-Monopoly Commission, which was established in 2008 to coordinate state 6 competition policies and regulatory frameworks, and the National Leading Group for Combating Intellectual Property Infringement and the Production and Sale of Counterfeit and Inferior Goods; both bodies are led by the Vice Premier in charge of market regu.