2011年美国科技发展现状（上）

The overview on the U.S. scientific and technological development in 2011

虽然美国遭受经济危机重创，经济实力有所下滑，但目前仍为世界第一大经济体，科技实力依然雄厚，整体创新能力世界上最强。。随着其金融业的复苏，美国的竞争力也重回世界排名第一。2011年2月，美国政府发布了新的国家创新战略，期望通过加强对教育、基础研究等创新基础要素的投入，推动基于市场的创新，推动清洁能源等国家优先领域的突破，以确保美国经济的增长与繁荣。本文对美国的科技发展现状进行了分析，并对一年来美国落实创新战略的举措进行了综述。

As the world＇s largest economy, the U.S. has been holding the powerful science and technology strength, along with the greatest overall innovation capability, although it also suffered the economic crisis. The U.S.＇s competitiveness resumes to rank the first in the world with its economy revival. The U.S. government issued A Strategy for American Innovation in February, 2011, hoped to secure U.S. economic growth and prosperity through investing in the building blocks of American innovation including education, basic research, etc, promoting market-based innovation and catalyzing breakthrough for national priorities including clean energy, biotechnology etc. This paper analyzed the status of U.S. scientific and technological development and the measures to implement the strategy for innovation.