Forming a Joint Force for Key Core Technology Research and Development (Innovation Discussion)
To win the battle of key core technologies, we need to gather advantageous forces and form a joint force for tackling key issues
Recently, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced its achievements in the past five years of implementing strategic restructuring: achieving global leading levels in research and development design, construction capabilities, installed capacity, and operational performance; Major scientific and technological achievements such as the independent third-generation nuclear power "Hualong 1", the fourth generation nuclear high-temperature gas cooled reactor and fast reactor, multi-purpose modular small reactor, and the new generation "artificial sun" have emerged; We have also fully cooperated with 7 domestic universities, including Tsinghua University, to build collaborative innovation models, providing important support for achieving high-level technological self-reliance and comprehensive construction of a strong nuclear industry country.
The development and growth of China's nuclear industry is the result of several generations of nuclear industry workers bravely climbing the technological peak and the strong coordination of the whole country. In the 1980s, more than 100 scientific research units, 7 design institutions, 11 construction units, and hundreds of manufacturing plants gathered at the foot of Qinshan Mountain in Haiyan County, Zhejiang Province. With close cooperation and collaborative innovation, China's nuclear power achieved a "zero breakthrough"; In the new era, 75 domestic universities, research institutions, and equipment manufacturers have participated, and more than 5300 equipment manufacturing enterprises have undertaken the research and development tasks of more than 70000 nuclear power equipment. The localization rate of "Hualong 1" equipment has reached 90%, and China has established a more mature and complete nuclear technology and nuclear industry system.
As China accelerates the formation of a technology innovation system with enterprises as the main body, market orientation, and deep integration of industry, academia, research, and application, a strong collaborative innovation force is gathered through effective allocation of innovation resources and elements. A large-scale, technologically complex, and highly comprehensive scientific and technological project is being deepened, and the innovation chain involving research, production, testing, and use is becoming more complete. More than 110 research institutes, over 3000 research units, and hundreds of thousands of researchers are working together to lift up the Chinese people's own space home; 22 provinces, over 200 enterprises, and nearly 200000 people have vigorously collaborated to achieve the soaring of the C919 aircraft in the blue sky... The achievement of these major technological achievements is closely related to the collaborative innovation of "one chess game", "one heart, one mind, and one rope" in the country.
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed: "Guided by national strategic needs, gather strength to carry out original and leading scientific and technological research, and resolutely win the battle of key core technologies." To win the battle of key core technologies, we must gather advantageous forces and form a joint force for research and development. For example, in terms of original innovation, technological breakthroughs, and talent cultivation, research institutes have obvious advantages; Enterprises face the market directly and are more willing to promote product development and iterative updates. Therefore, carrying out collaborative innovation can not only guide the effective allocation of innovation resources through the market, allowing research institutes and enterprises to leverage their respective advantages, but also enable scientific and technological innovation achievements to move more efficiently from laboratories to production lines, better serving high-quality development.
In recent years, in response to major national strategic needs and relying on major engineering projects, various regions and departments have established a number of industry university research and application alliances with outstanding innovation capabilities and strong competitiveness. They have actively and effectively explored joint research and development, collaborative innovation, achievement transformation, and talent joint training. Looking towards the future, we must better leverage the advantages of the new national system, focus on breaking down institutional and institutional barriers that affect and constrain the improvement of core competitiveness in science and technology, further promote the systematic and collaborative layout of scientific and technological innovation forces, factor allocation, and talent team, concentrate our efforts on improving the ability to tackle key core technologies, and accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance.