Europe was the first region in the world to start nanoscience research. However, because there was no European Union to coordinate and plan at the time, the lack of financial assistance and related management support in the early stage of the research led to the problem of patent acquisition. Encountered many obstacles, in May 2004, the European Commission (EC) issued a series of projects on nanotechnology to the European region and the international community to declare Europe's determination to improve the competitiveness of nanotechnology.
The EU divides its plans into five main areas: research and development (R&D), infrastructure (infrastructure), education and training (education and training), innovation (innovation) and social dimension (societal dimension).
According to estimates, if the EU plan can be promoted along http://baike.baidu.com/edit/%E7%BA%B3%E7%B1%B3%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF/144920, It is expected to generate tens of billions of euros of economic revenue for Europe by 2010. The European Parliament also emphasized that raising public awareness of nanotechnology is also part of the overall nano development plan. In addition, public health, safety, environmental issues and consumer protection are also included in this issue. At present, nanoscience and nanotechnology are still emerging fields of R&D, and the objects that must be solved and researched all exist in the hierarchy of atoms and molecules. The application of nanoscience in the next few years is highly anticipated, and it is bound to have a significant impact on all technologies. In the future, the research and development of nanotechnology will also produce major changes in the fields of human health, food, environmental research, information science, safety, emerging material science, and energy storage. In the sixth phase of the framework plan (FP6) carried out by the European Union from 2004 to 2006, the funding for the research and development of nanotechnology and emerging materials was approximately Euro 1.3 billion, and the European Parliament also intends to increase funding and extend the research schedule (from 2007 to year 2013). At the same time, in order to consolidate and strengthen the research of all EU member states in nanoscience, the European Parliament also intends to convene experts from the private sector and other units to build consensus in the planning, so as to strengthen the overall EU research field in this area.