Beijing, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) China today integrates more applied mathematics with other disciplines and sectors to achieve sustainable economic growth, declared here the Vice President Li Yuanchao.
During a speech at the 8th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, which began on Monday and will finish on Friday, the official stressed that the strategy of this nation aims to achieve a development driven by innovation.

For this plan it includes 'Internet Plus' and a new industrialization, which has allowed the development of science and technology, including mathematics, he said.

Li explained that the digital platform Internet has become a new engine that promotes economic growth in China.

In that case, he explained that the country carried out last year most transactions of retail sales online, for a total of 457 800 million dollars.

About 3000 participants from over 70 countries and regions attended the conference, held in this territory for the first time.

That kind of applied mathematics conference is held every four years since 1987 when the first one was held in Paris.