The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee holds a press conference on pursuing an innovation-driven development strategy to build a country strong in science and technology. Wang Zhigang, minister of science and technology, Hou Jianguo, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Li Xiaohong, president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Zhang Yuzhao, vice president of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and chief executive secretary of the Secretariat of CAST, and Li Jinghai, president of the National Natural Science Foundation of China will take questions.