Newly industrialized inventions have contributed greatly to the national goal of building an innovative country, Chen Zhili, vice-chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said in a speech at the opening ceremony of this year's Chinese Inventors Forum held last week in the capital city.

Chen then called for authorities to formulate more policies to encourage grassroots inventors.

Sixty winners of the Creative Founder Award were announced during the forum, with 10 of them named Present-Day Inventors for "outstanding achievements to society and the economy".

The awards were founded in 2005 by the China Association of Inventions to encourage commercialization of innovative ideas.

(Source: China Daily)