【Guangming Forum】Factors and driving forces for the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation | Basic research
Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized in his speeches at the National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, and the Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering that China's modernization must be supported by the modernization of science and technology, and that the realization of high-quality development must rely on scientific and technological innovation to cultivate new momentum. At present, it is necessary to promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, help develop new quality productivity, increase the supply of high-quality science and technology, strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, and promote the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements.
The development of productivity is an important symbol of social progress. New productivity is an advanced productivity generated by revolutionary technological breakthroughs, innovative allocation of production factors, and deep transformation and upgrading of industries. It realizes the improvement of total factor productivity through the qualitative change of workers, labor materials, labor objects and their optimized combination. At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation in the world is accelerating. Scientific and technological innovation will inevitably reshape the basic elements of productivity and promote the evolution of productivity to a higher and more advanced quality. Among them, scientific and technological innovation can give birth to new industries, new formats and new models, and is the core element of developing new productivity. Industrial innovation promotes the deep integration of new technologies such as digital technology and information technology with the real economy, and is the foothold for the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological innovation results. Scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation link research and development with industrial needs, connect the innovation chain and the industrial chain, promote and support each other, and are the "two wings of a bird and two wheels of a car" for the development of new productivity. Continuously integrating scientific and technological innovation resources and industrial factor resources, promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, transforming and upgrading traditional industries, cultivating and strengthening emerging industries, laying out and building future industries, and improving the modern industrial system can provide new momentum for the full cultivation and development of new productivity.
Moving from research institutes to enterprises, from laboratories to production lines, and promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements is the only way to develop new quality productivity. The transformation of scientific and technological achievements is a complex system project. Scientific and technological innovation provides fresh water from the supply side, and industrial innovation provides application and financial support from the demand side. At present, my country is at the forefront of the world in the fields of 5G and quantum mechanics, with many advantages such as a super-large-scale market, a large team of engineers, a complete industrial system and strong supporting capabilities. Therefore, it is necessary to actively explore a new ecosystem of industry-university-research collaboration, promote the whole chain of scientific and technological innovation supported by basic research, technological innovation, transformation of achievements, financial services, and talent, and continue to move scientific research achievements from the laboratory to the production line, realizing the transformation leap from "0 to 1, from 1 to N", and continuously assisting the development of new quality productivity and the construction of a modern industrial system.
Basic research is at the beginning of the scientific research chain from research to application and then to production. It is the source of the entire scientific system, the general organ of all technical problems, and the source of scientific and technological innovation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's scientific and technological strength has moved from quantitative accumulation to qualitative leap, and basic research and original innovation have been continuously strengthened. Technologies such as "intelligent manufacturing", "China core", "future car" and "data port" have accelerated their development. "Chang'e 5" has achieved the return of extraterrestrial sampling, the new generation of "artificial sun" has discharged for the first time, and a number of major scientific and technological infrastructure with world-class level such as the spallation neutron source have passed the acceptance, and high-level scientific and technological self-reliance has taken solid steps. At the same time, the key areas and weak links in the construction of a modern industrial system need to be further focused. At present, it is imperative to occupy the commanding heights of science and technology and industrial development and use new technologies to transform and upgrade traditional industries. Further promoting strategic-oriented systematic basic research, frontier-oriented exploratory basic research and market-oriented applied basic research, and effectively increasing the supply of high-quality science and technology from the source are the key to breaking through the "stuck neck" and twisting the "bull's nose".
Being at the forefront of the technological revolution, how enterprises can achieve innovation-driven development is particularly critical. In recent years, the dominant position of Chinese enterprises in scientific and technological innovation has been further consolidated. In 2022, the R&D expenditure of Chinese enterprises was 2,387.86 billion yuan, accounting for 77.6% of the national R&D expenditure, and was the main force driving the growth of R&D expenditure. In the scientific and technological innovation system, enterprises are the main participants in economic activities and the main promoters of technological progress. They naturally have the ability and motivation to connect science and technology with industry, and are increasingly becoming an important subject participating in scientific and technological innovation and international competition. Strengthening the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, giving full play to the leading role of science and technology leading enterprises, and encouraging small and medium-sized enterprises and private enterprises to innovate in science and technology; guiding enterprises to work closely with universities and scientific research institutions to jointly condense scientific and technological problems in response to industrial needs, and promoting enterprise-led industry-university-research integration innovation, can make scientific and technological innovation closer to demand, closer to practicality, and closer to industry, better transform scientific and technological power into industrial competitive advantages, and effectively open up the "last mile" of scientific and technological achievements transformation.
Competition in comprehensive national strength is ultimately a competition for talent. Whoever has first-class innovative talents and first-class scientists will have an advantage in scientific and technological innovation. Career development depends on innovation; the way to innovation is to get people. New quality productivity relies more on high-quality and innovative workers, and requires high-level scientific and technological talents to exert their creative ability. The key to giving full play to talent advantages is to let talents get what they deserve and show their strengths. Therefore, in accordance with the requirements of developing new quality productivity, we must smooth the virtuous cycle of education, science and technology, and talents, improve the working mechanism of talent training, introduction, use, and reasonable flow, promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talents, build a virtuous cycle, and then fully release the enthusiasm and creativity of different talents, maximize the contribution of different subjects in the development of new quality productivity, and continuously inject surging momentum into the high-quality development of the economy and society.
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