Today, China is in a critical period of development facing a series of challenges such as optimizing the economic structure, rationalizing the use of resources, protecting the ecological environment, eradicating poverty, and fostering coordinated development of the whole society. These challenges can not be comprehensively address without the integrated development of science and technology.

Preface Foreword Science and Technology Progress in China China's S&M Development- Strategies and Ploicies Centennial Eulogy of Achievements of Engineering China: Brilliant Engineering Achievements Over 50 Years China's Science Education Scientific and Technological Organizations in China The National Natural Science Fundation of China Some Developments of Chinese Mathematics in the Computer Age Some Advances in Mathematics in China Brief Introduction of Physics Researches in Chinese Academy of Sciences Looking Back at a Lifetime of Original Research The Advancement of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in China Some Recent Progress of Chemical Studies in China Life Sciences and Biotechnology in China Recent Progress in Breeding Super Hybrid Rice in China Development of Population and Reproductive Medicine in China Chinese Astronomy in the Century Transition The Progress and Prospect of Space Science of China Geological Sciences in China: Review and Prospects Global Change and Arid Environments in China Atmospheric Science in China Advances in Ocean Science Earthquakes and Seismic Hazard in China Remote Sensing Applications and Digital Earth Achievememts in R&D of Information Science and Technology in China Progress of Materials Science and Technology in China The Development of Publishing Technology in China Energy Technology fro Sustainable Development in China