News Plus慢速英语:李源潮与科普科幻创作者代表座谈 十二五以来国家为医药卫生领域投入近300亿元

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Sci-fi writers were encouraged by Vice President Li Yuanchao to inspire creativity among the public to realize the Chinese Dream.
Li met a group of renowned sci-fi writers in Beijing, including Liu Cixin, author of "The Three-Body Problem", the first Chinese writer to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2015.
Noting the influence imagination has in scientific development and social progress, Li reminded the writers of the role they play in the national revival cause, saying sci-fi writers are expected to inspire the younger generation to be interested in science and stoke their faith in realizing the Chinese Dream.
He urged the writers that their works should combine scientific imagination with humanity and social ideals.
He also promised that the country will support their cause and spend more resources on the promotion of science.

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The Chinese government has poured 30 billion yuan, roughly 4.7 billion U.S. Dollars, into medical research since 2011.
The health authorities disclosed that China has been giving greater support to research and development in the medical field.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said at a press conference that the country has been making an increasing number of medical research achievements at international level.
It noted that Chinese scientists have more than 230,000 medical papers published in the world's leading journals of the Science Citation Index between 2010 and the end of last year. This was more than all but one other country, and China has topped the world in terms of the number of health-related patent applications since 2011.
A China-developed HIV test, revealed in 2011 and adopted nationwide since, has shortened the window period, the minimum time from infection to detection, to 11 days from the previous 22 days.