The Deep Meaning of "Open Innovation" in Shanghai Week
Within a week, two highly technological brainstorming sessions once again conveyed Shanghai's special expectations for building an international science and technology innovation center and strengthening the function of science and technology innovation policy sources.
Last weekend, the 2023 Pujiang Innovation Forum opened in Shanghai.
He hopes that the Pujiang Innovation Forum will adhere to the theme of innovation, inspire innovative ideas, disseminate innovative concepts, and inspire innovative spirit, making new contributions to promoting international scientific and technological cooperation and enhancing the common well-being of humanity.
After years of effort, the "four beams and eight pillars" of the Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center have been basically constructed, and it is moving from "building a framework" to "strong functionality" and from quantitative accumulation to qualitative leap. It has entered a new stage where innovative vitality continues to burst and innovative achievements continue to emerge. For Shanghai, the construction of science and technology innovation centers in this stage means further enlargement of the pattern and deepening of the connotation.
"We must bravely stand at the forefront, forge ahead, and take activating innovation as the core direction of deepening reform and opening up. Starting from the entire process and chain of scientific and technological innovation, we must strengthen the innovation policy source function, and make greater breakthroughs in promoting technological modernization." said Chen Jining.
For Shanghai, placing science and technology innovation in the overall context of reform and opening up is a comprehensive consideration. On the one hand, the core direction of deepening reform and opening up is to activate the driving force of innovation, and then use innovation to promote a new round of high-quality development, which goes beyond the general concept of factor circulation and exchange; On the one hand, as an open and established city, Shanghai's science and technology innovation center must also be a science and technology innovation center built in an open environment, and should play an important role as a node and even a hub in global cooperation and competition.
This week, the Central Group of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee conveyed the spirit of the study congratulatory letter, emphasizing once again that Shanghai should deeply grasp the international innovation trend, enhance its sense of mission and urgency to seize every day, and fully strengthen its function as a source of scientific and technological innovation; At the same time, we will deeply integrate into the global innovation network, work together to promote international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, actively participate in global scientific and technological governance, and accelerate the construction of an open innovation ecosystem with global competitiveness.
At the opening ceremony of the Pujiang Innovation Forum, city leaders systematically elaborated on "open innovation" - Shanghai needs to further expand its global perspective, enhance strategic mutual trust, deepen open cooperation, and make technological innovation better benefit humanity; We should work together with global scientists to explore fascinating technological frontiers, target high-risk and high-value major scientific issues, strengthen theoretical research and experimental breakthroughs, and deepen collaboration on key scientific projects.
Shanghai is committed to working together with the world to build an open and inclusive innovation network, creating an open, fair, just, and non discriminatory environment for technological development, and promoting the orderly and smooth flow of talents, technology, capital, data, and other elements across regions and fields; And work together to promote agile and efficient technology governance, always adhering to the concept of technology for good, and deeply participating in global technology governance.
To a large extent, the deepening trajectory of open innovation also aligns with the trajectory of Shanghai's higher-level opening-up to the outside world - first and foremost, it naturally takes a global perspective, using global trends and trends as the fundamental reference for its own upgrading and upgrading, thus always standing at the forefront.
On this basis, Shanghai needs to fully leverage its functional advantages, maximize the gathering of global innovation resources, enhance innovation potential through high-level resource aggregation and factor allocation, and achieve substantial and breakthrough results.
At the same time, this city also needs to seek further breakthroughs - not only targeting specific achievements, but also pointing to paradigm innovation and institutional reform, in order to gain greater institutional discourse power and play an important role in global technology governance.
As a foundation, Shanghai will build a higher quality cooperation platform, create a market-oriented, legal, and international business environment, to attract global scientists and entrepreneurs to jointly write new scientific and technological innovations.
Prior to the Pujiang Innovation Forum, the Bund Conference held last week also highlighted many important directions for "open innovation".
As a high-level global financial technology conference, this Bund Conference is themed "Technology, Creating a Sustainable Future", exploring the research and application of cutting-edge AI technologies such as big models, as well as issues such as data bases and open source ecosystems. It showcases cutting-edge technologies and innovation scenarios from over 30 financial technology companies.
On the day before the opening, Chen Jining went to the Bund Exhibition Area located in the Huangpu World Expo Park to gain a detailed understanding of the practical exploration of the deep integration of cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain, big data, and artificial intelligence with the financial industry, empowering urban transformation, and industrial upgrading. He also had in-depth exchanges with relevant corporate and institutional leaders on the latest developments in financial technology, as well as the coverage of new industries, models, and businesses.
He emphasized that financial technology should be used as a starting point and focus to further promote the coordinated development of Shanghai International Financial Center and International Science and Technology Innovation Center. Specifically, supporting enterprises to accurately grasp the trends and prospects of technological development and industry development, continuously opening up new tracks, breaking through new technologies, exploring new applications, and launching new products, will help finance better serve the real economy and technological innovation.
At the same time, Shanghai needs to optimize institutional supply, expand application scenarios, and build a wider coverage application ecosystem network. Innovate regulatory methods in strengthening financial security, data governance, privacy protection, and other aspects to promote the healthier development of the industry.
When conducting research on the planning and construction of the Huangpu World Expo riverside area, Chen Jining stated that we should better leverage the advantages of gathering resources such as finance, science and technology innovation, and talent, deeply study industrial directions, design business formats, improve allocation efficiency, and "strive to promote a virtuous cycle of technology industry finance.".
Obviously, in addition to the global dimension, practical exploration for the full range of economic and social scenarios with multiple functions is also the essence of "open innovation".
For Shanghai, this is also a basic concept for planning technological innovation in the new stage - this is by no means a one-way task. Only by fully opening up the scene, connecting and activating the functions of various levels of the city, and thus forming an open ecosystem, can the driving force of innovation continue to flow.