中国科协第七次全国代表大会于2006年5月23日至26日在北京召开,来自全国各地的1200多名代表出席了会议。胡锦涛、温家宝、曾庆红、吴官正、李长春、罗干等党和国家领导人出席了5月23日上午在人民大会堂举行的开幕式,曾庆红同志代表党中央作了题为《立足科学发展,着力自主创新, The Seventh National People's Congress of China Association for Science and Technology was held in Beijing from May 23 to May 26, 2006. More than 1,200 representatives from all over the country attended the meeting. Leaders of the Party and the state including Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, Zeng Qinghong, Wu Guanzheng, Li Changchun and Luo Gan attended the opening ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People on the morning of May 23, and Comrade Zeng Qinghong delivered a speech entitled "Based on Scientific Development and Strived for Independent Innovation ,