The Long-Range Twelve-Year Plan for National Scientific and Technological Development drawn up by the National Science Council lists a number of goals for strengthening science and technology and confidently predicts that in 12 years 'time the R.O.C. will rank among the top ten scientific and technological nations in the world.
行政院國家科學委員會新出爐的「科技發展十二年長程計畫」，更列出了多項科技力量化目標，並且信心十足地指出，十二年後，中華民國台灣將邁入世界十大科技國家之列。