Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged significant efforts to boost China's basic research and innovation capabilities, emphasizing a need for "disruptive innovation." This call comes amid a high-stakes global tech rivalry with the US, stressing talent development and a culture of tolerance.

Amid a high-stakes global tech race, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater efforts to boost the country’s basic research and innovation capabilities by expanding its talent pool and fostering a culture of tolerance. “Basic research is the source of the entire scientific system and the main switch for all technical challenges,” Xi said at a symposium on strengthening the country’s basic research in Shanghai on Thursday. Xi argued that global tech rivalries were increasingly pivoting...