863 program

The 863 program (Chinese: 863计划) or State High-Tech Development Plan  is a program funded and administered by the government of the People's Republic of China intended

• to stimulate the development of advanced technologies in a wide range of fields for the purpose of rendering China independent of financial obligations for foreign technologies.
• Among the products known to have resulted from the 863 program are the Loongson computer processor family (originally named Godson) and the Shenzhou spacecraft.

Named after its date of establishment (March 1986, 86/3 by the Chinese date format),

• In a 2011 court case, Chinese-born scientist Huang Kexue was found guilty of stealing commercial secrets from US-based corporations and passing at least some of this information to the 863 program