A High-level Opening Up of China and the World -- China's Participation in Global Governance amid Major Shifts -- Major Strategic Arrangements and Route Choices for Accelerating the Creation of a New Development Pattern -- Vigorously Promoting High-Quality Economic Development in the Western Region -- Innovation: The First Driving Force to Lead Development -- China's Scientific and Technological Innovation Strategies and New Pathways in the Context of Global Changes -- Reflections and Prospects: China's Development of the National Innovation System -- Outlook on China's Culture and Ecosystem of Innovation Towards 2035 -- China to Promote International Cooperation in Scientific and Technological Innovation with the Development of Beijing as a Scientific and Technological Innovation Center -- Science, Technology, and Health: What should be the Focus? -- Science and Technology Innovation and International Biomedical Development -- Innovative Practices in High-Tech Industry Development -- Future Development of Industries in the Intelligent World Riding the New Wave of Technologies -- Change and Transformation of Atmospheric Environmental Governance in the Ecological Civilization Era -- Environmental Pollution Control to Drive High-quality Economic and Social Development under the "Dual Carbon" Goals -- China's Energy Technology Innovation and Industrial Development under the "Dual Carbon" Goals -- China's Communication in the Changing World -- Build China's International Discourse System in the New Era -- Metaverse: A New Form of Communication Integrating Reality and Virtuality -- New Global Communication Ecosystem Calls for Construction of New International Communication Philosophy.

This book interprets China's development and the opportunities it can leverage in the context of unprecedented change and the COVID-19 pandemic. It aims to provide case studies and insights for researchers and offer authoritative information for those interested in China's development. In this book, 20 distinguished experts and researchers contribute their wisdom around five topics: science and technology innovation, ecological environment, the global and Chinese economies, high-tech industry development, and international and Chinese media research.