“Do not let scientists be bound by red tape. Do not let the efforts of scientists be delayed because of endless reports and approvals,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, at the opening of the 19th Meeting of the Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 14th Meeting of the Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering on Monday.