China in 2049: vision of S&T and society
In 2011 China Association for Science & Technology launched research on ’China in 2049: vision of S&T and society’. As part of the decision-making consultation funding plan the Association commissioned several national associations to work in batches and stages. Using scenario simulation the project analyzes basic path of S&T leading and changing production & life, grasps the basic trend of economic & social development, and reveals the significant impact of scientific & technological dev. on economic & social dev. Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, China Renewable Energy Research Association, Chinese Association for AI, Chinese Society For Urban Studies and Chinese Society for Sustainable Development participated in the first batch of research projects. After 2 years of research the key technologies in the fields of future energy technology/agriculture/biotechnology/medicine/city etc. were discussed and impact of key technologies on social life shown by scenario simulation.
