Torch Program (火炬计划) — Policy Umbrella
Helps define the Torch Program as China's high-tech policy framework, channeling support through separate tax, financing, and innovation mechanisms for eligible firms.
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The Torch Program sits under the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center, the operating body linked to China's Ministry of Science and Technology. It is a national policy initiative approved by the State Council in August 1988, not a single grant line, and it exists to organize China's high-technology industrialization agenda. The program's cash-support pieces are handled through separat…
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