The Eighth National Conference on Science and Technology Assistance to Xinjiang was convened.

According to Science and Technology Daily, on October 10, the Eighth National Conference on Science and Technology Assistance to Xinjiang was held in Urumqi, Xinjiang. At the meeting, the principal officials of the science and technology departments of Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shandong, Hunan, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, as well as relevant officials from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, delivered exchange speeches, introducing the experience and achievements of science and technology assistance to Xinjiang and looking ahead to the new prospects for the next stage of assistance work. A signing ceremony for projects transferring scientific and technological achievements under the assistance-to-Xinjiang program was also held at the meeting.