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Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission
The Major Duties are:
The Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission is one of the component departments of the Municipal Government in charge of the whole Municipality¡¯s work of science and technology. The major duties of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission are: To implement the strategies, guidelines, policies and laws, rules and regulations of the State related to the work of science and technology; to study and draw up the drafts of rules, regulations and policies concerning this Municipality¡¯s science and technology development; and to study and determine the layout of this Municipality¡¯s science and technology development and the fields of science and technology that enjoy priority of development. To cooperate, with relevant departments, the drawing up of the long- and medium-term planning and annual plans for Shanghai¡¯s science and technology development. To study and put forward the policies and measures for this Municipality¡¯s system reform of science and technology; to promote the establishment of system and mechanism of science and technology innovation that adapt themselves to the socialist market economy and the inherent law of science and technology development; to be responsible for the guidance of this Municipality¡¯s work of system reform of scientific research institutes. To study and work out project plans for basic, applied and developmental research in science and organize their implementation. To promote the work of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and the industrialization of high and new technology; to guide this Municipality¡¯s professional work of high and new technology industry development zones and to undertake the affirmation work of high and new technology enterprises and products jointly with relevant departments. To be responsible for this Municipality¡¯s administration work of scientific and technological achievements; to guide this Municipality¡¯s work of technological markets. To formulate and implement the construction plans for this Municipality¡¯s key laboratories, scientific research centers and engineering technology research centers. To study the measures for increasing input in science and technology in multiple channels; to optimize the allocation of scientific and technological resources; to be responsible for the formulation of the budget and final account of related funds such as local scientific undertaking funds, scientific and technological funds of three items and other special scientific and technological funds, and the supervision and administration of their use. To study and draw up the planning and relevant policies concerning the development of scientific and technological talents jointly with relevant departments; to implement this Municipality¡¯s training program of scientific and technological talents; to be responsible for this Municipality¡¯s recommendation of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering and do a good job of service; to be responsible for this Municipality¡¯s work of assessing and ascertaining professional technological titles of natural science research series. To be responsible for this Municipality¡¯s work of foreign affairs and international cooperation related to science and technology; to be responsible for the examination and approval of going abroad (leaving the mainland of China) for the purposes of scientific and technological investigation, attendance of international academic conferences and scientific and technological cooperation, and to examine and approve foreign scientific and technological personnel coming to Shanghai for scientific and technological cooperation; to be responsible for the check of technology-related export and the protection of technological secret; to be responsible for the scientific and technological cooperation and exchange with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions. To be responsible for the administration of popularization of science, scientific and technological information, scientific and technological news, scientific and technological archives and scientific and technological periodicals; to be responsible for the statistical work of science and technology. To guide and coordinate the work of science and technology of this Municipality and the units of the central government stationing in Shanghai. To undertake other matters assigned by the Municipal Government.