Xinhua News Review | Let More Young Science and Technology Talents Take on the Main Role
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 28th - Question: Let more young scientific and technological talents take on the main role
Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Zhe
The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council recently issued several measures to further strengthen the training and utilization of young scientific and technological talents, clearly supporting young scientific and technological talents to take on the main role in major national scientific and technological tasks. A series of practical and heartwarming "hard measures" to support the growth and development of young scientific and technological talents will undoubtedly encourage them to further deepen their economic and social development practices, carry out original innovation, technological breakthroughs, and result transformation, and write papers on the land of our motherland.
Young scientific and technological talents are the driving force for China's technological innovation and development. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the scale of young scientific and technological talents in China has grown rapidly, playing an increasingly important role in the implementation of major national scientific and technological tasks. According to data, over 80% of the participants in the National Key R&D Program are under the age of 45; The average age of the winners of the the State Natural Science Award is less than 45 years old; Many project teams for major strategic scientific and technological tasks such as Beidou Navigation and lunar exploration have an average age of over 30 years old.
Cultivating and utilizing young scientific and technological talents is of great significance for accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and building a strong country in science and technology. The era calls for youth, and the era achieves youth. This time, the two offices have prioritized strengthening the ideological and political guidance of patriotic dedication and scientific service to young scientific and technological talents, adhering to the comprehensive leadership of the Party in the work of young scientific and technological talents in the new era, and emphasizing the use of the Party's original aspiration and mission to inspire young scientific and technological talents. This further anchors the original intention and mission for young scientific and technological talents to achieve high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and to make contributions and achievements in the practice of building a technological and talent strong country.
In response to the current problems faced by young scientific and technological talents in the early career research support environment, growth platforms, and development opportunities, the document strengthens early career support, highlights bold use, and proposes that the National Science and Technology Innovation Base should actively promote the aging of research project leaders and research backbone teams, and promote more important scientific and technological positions to be held by young scientific and technological talents. We not only focus on meeting their expectations, but also on building a mechanism for the healthy development and growth of talent teams.
Guiding and supporting the high-quality development of young scientific and technological talents is to give more young scientific and technological talents the burden, support them to take on the main role in major national scientific and technological tasks, and fully give them more trust, better assistance, and stronger support. We look forward to more "flowers of youth" blooming in places where our country's technological innovation needs it.