A more severe problem is the net population decline in some regions. If this problem is not handled well, it will adversely affect industrial transformation, even posing threat to the sustained national economic development. In addition, insufficient innovation restricts economic development to a large extent.
In recent years, despite the attention, efforts and investment made in the development of science, technology and education, the outcomes are not quite satisfactory. There remain institutional barriers in such fields as science, technology and education. For example, the evaluation mechanism of scientific and technological outcome, together with corresponding governmental resource allocation mechanism, should be further improved.