While most people around the world fixed their attention on January 15 at the signing in the White House of phase one of the trade agreement between China and the United States, few people paid attention to the news on the possibly more significant long-term indicator of national innovation capacity based on the science and technology (S&T) potential of countries. On the same day, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) submitted the 2020 Science and Engineering Indicators report to the US president and Congress.
The every even-numbered year Indicators prepared by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the NSF is part of the congressional mandate of the foundation. Also, The State of US Science and Engineering (The State Report), which highlights the key findings from the Indicators 2020 thematic reports, is delivered to the president and Congress on the same day.
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