While encouraging its fellow researchers to study their own specialty, the CAS urged the whole of the scientific force to do useful work for the country's economic and social enhancement, Lu said.

　　After carefully analyzing the economic and social situation in the country, the CAS has launched a strategic plan to develop new ideas in the second half of 2001, he said.

　　The CAS headquarters masterminded the research program, which concentrates on the most important fields for the country's sustained development in the future.

　　Lu said in the past, scientific achievements always did not serve the national need. In the future, Chinese scientists should make the national need a top priority and contribute to world-leading scientific achievements.

　　In the overall environment of reform, the CAS has made an all out effort to attract well-known high achieving professionals to work for it while allowing its own employees to work for foreign institutions.