【 Daily Study Session 】 Fully stimulate the enthusiasm, proactivity, and creativity of the vast number of scientific and technological personnel. Core | Talents | Enthusiasm
Xi Jinping: we strive to implement the strategy of strengthening the country with talents, gather talents from all over the world, and fully stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the vast number of scientific and technological personnel.
This passage comes from the speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping at the 20th Academician Conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the 15th Academician Conference of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology on May 28, 2021.
The only way to innovate is to acquire talents. Faced with the accelerated evolution of the world's century long changes and a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, China needs to maintain its advantage in global competition. The key is to achieve high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement, ultimately relying on a large number of high-level innovative talents. Cultivating and cultivating a large number of high-quality talents with both morality and talent is a major plan related to the long-term development of the country and the nation.
In the past decade of the new era, China's scientific and technological innovation has undergone significant historical, holistic, and structural changes. The expenditure on scientific and technological research and development in the whole society has increased from 1 trillion yuan to over 3 trillion yuan, with the total number of research and development personnel ranking first in the world and the effective number of invention patents ranking first in the world. Recently, there have been numerous major events, joyous events, and grand events in the field of scientific and technological innovation in China. From the successful launch of the 56th BeiDou Navigation Satellite, to the official commercial flight of the domestically produced large passenger aircraft C919, and to the successful launch of the Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft, these achievements embody the wisdom and dedication of a large number of scientific and technological workers. Whether it's Gui Haichao, a bespectacled astronaut who emerged from a small town in the mountainous area of Baoshan, Yunnan, or Wu Guanghui, the chief designer of the C919, who vowed to "allow more passengers to board China's big planes in the future," more and more outstanding scientific and technological workers in China, represented by Gui Haichao and Wu Guanghui, are tenaciously striving to achieve national high-level technological self-reliance and self-reliance on the new journey.
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China outlined a grand blueprint for achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization, emphasizing that high-quality development is the primary task of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, and we must adhere to science and technology as the first productive force, talent as the first resource, and innovation as the first driving force. On the new journey, party committees and governments at all levels, as well as enterprises and institutions, should use a sense of urgency that cannot be missed, fully stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of scientific and technological personnel, protect their hard work, perseverance, and perseverance, and work hard with heart and emotion to solve problems and reduce burdens for scientific and technological workers. On the one hand, establish and improve a guarantee mechanism that allows researchers to focus their main energy on scientific research, establish a mechanism that encourages exploration, tolerates failure, and is content to sit on the bench, further improve the "unveiling and leading" and "horse racing" mechanisms in major scientific research projects, and support young scientific and technological talents to bravely shoulder major responsibilities. On the other hand, we should continue to implement the "Strong Foundation Plan" and the Basic Discipline Top Talent Training Plan, continuously open up a new path of "universities+basic education" linkage education, and strive to further create a good atmosphere of advocating science and caring for scientific and technological workers in the whole society. We should vigorously create a good environment for wanting to do things, being able to do things, achieving success, and achieving great things.
At present, the development of China's science and technology industry is in a period of great historical opportunities and a critical moment for overcoming obstacles. On the new journey of building a strong country through science and technology, we science and technology workers must bravely shoulder the important tasks of the times and history, strive to practice the spirit of scientists, continuously advance towards the breadth and depth of science and technology, strive to achieve more breakthroughs from 0 to 1, and apply scientific and technological achievements to the great cause of modernization.
Special expert of this issue: Li Li, School of Marxism, Tianjin University