BEIJING — Chinese authorities have issued a guideline on promoting reform and development of the country's sci-tech journals.

The guideline proposes approaches to achieve a goal of establishing world-leading sci-tech journals, stressing that sci-tech journals reflect a country's competitiveness and cultural soft power.

It calls for efforts to enhance Chinese journals' management, market operation, and international influence.

The guideline was jointly issued by the China Association for Science and Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education and the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.