China has released an application standard on speeding up the top quality development of the science and innovation services sector.The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the China Association for Science and Technology, and seven other government organs collectively released the guideline.The standard sets out goals to improve the development ecosystem, expand the scale and effectiveness of the sector, speed up the transformation and commercialization of scientific and technological achievements, and support the incorporated development of sci-tech and commercial innovation.It calls for the sectors detailed development, describing specific tasks across essential areas such as research study and advancement, innovation transfer and commercialization, business incubation, and innovation promotion.It highlights the need to accelerate the improvement and upgrading of the sector, enhance innovation in science and innovation services, deepen the integration of next-generation information technologies, and broaden the application of innovative green technologies.It likewise requires efforts to promote the high-end, smart, green and integrated advancement of the sector.Efforts must be made to assist science and technology service institutions toward more specialized, market-oriented and platform-based development, enhance technology market policies, and establish a unified nationwide platform for technology transactions, according to the guideline.The guideline also demands institutional innovation, increased policy assistance, improved statistical monitoring, and deeper international cooperation to enhance the development environment for the sector.(Cover: VCG)