China's top legislature on Saturday adopted an amendment to the
Law on Science and Technology Progress, which aims to create a
better environment for making innovations.
The law, for the first time, allows scientists to report
failures during the process of innovation without harming their
records in future funding applications.
The revised law, which is to take effect on July 1, 2008, was
approved at the seven-day 31th session of the Standing Committee of
the National People's Congress (NPC) which ended on Saturday.
(Xinhua News Agency December 29, 2007)
