China Plans to Boost Researcher Salaries in Areas Aligned With National Innovation Goals

What’s new: China plans to better compensate researchers whose expertise are aligned with the national objectives for academic disciplines and core technologies it aims to master, as part of a pilot reform in colleges and research institutes.

At a meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, the Communist Party’s top reform policy formulation body, adopted a proposal to trial the adjustment of remuneration systems in higher education institutions and research institutes, according to a report by the state-run Xinhua News Agency.