According to the plan, all urban areas will be covered by the 5G network, and the economic circle will see a marked improvement in new infrastructure and stronger capabilities in safeguarding energy security by 2025.

Besides, universities in the region are encouraged to enroll students from all over the world and introduce respected postdoctoral researchers and young scholars. The joint construction of institutes, and R&D centers by top universities and research institutes at home and abroad is supported, which will offer long-term, flexible and attractive research positions.

In the future, the Chengdu-Chongqing region will promote construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing comprehensive science center, said the plan. In addition, it will optimize the layout of innovation space, improve the ability of collaborative innovation and create an innovation-encouraging policy environment, which jointly serves to build higher-level sci-tech innovation platforms and promote a higher-level collaborative innovation.

The region will also focus on developing strategic products in the fields of nuclear energy, aerospace, smart manufacturing and electronic information. A number of major sci-tech infrastructures will be appropriately equipped in the Sichuan Tianfu New Area and the Chongqing Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, jointly building a hub for sci-tech innovation, said the plan.