The party's 19th report identified the acceleration of the construction of an innovative state as a major strategic task in the implementation of the new concept of development and a modern economic system, and the firm implementation of the science and education strategy, the talent-power strategy, and the innovation-driven development strategy as major initiatives to achieve a successful and inclusive society, with a significant leap in the power of science and technology, leading to an innovative state by 2035. The acceleration of innovative state-building is therefore both a strategic step towards the smooth transition of economic development from a new pattern of development, the optimization of economic structures and the transformation of growth dynamics, as well as an important element and strategic underpinning for the full realization of a well-being society and the full construction of a modern socialist state, which is of great importance for the realization of the “two hundred years” of struggle。
The strategic deployment strategy for building an innovative state was put forward by the central party in 2006, and the 17th congress of the party proposed to enter the ranks of an innovative state by 2020; the 18th congress of the party further proposed the implementation of an innovative-driven development strategy, and the national framework for an innovative-driven development strategy issued in 2016 clearly stated that by 2020, it would have entered the ranks of an innovative state, leading to an innovative state by 2030, with a world of great scientific and technological innovations by 2050. After many years of effort, the country's scientific and technological development has achieved remarkable achievements, the overall capacity of science and technology has continued to grow, important areas have been at the forefront of the world, and certain frontier directions have begun to enter and run and lead the way, at a critical time of leaps from quantitative accumulation to qualitative quality and breakthroughs to system capability. At the same time, there are contradictions and problems of insufficient capacity for innovation. Compared to the goal of building the world's scientific and technological power, our country faces major scientific and technological bottlenecks. The core technology in key areas has yet to be fundamentally shaped by people. The science and technology base remains weak, and there is a significant gap between the capacity for science, technology and innovation, especially original capabilities. In response to this situation, the party's 19th report calls for the acceleration of the construction of an innovative state, focusing on major initiatives and new results in the following four areas。
First, to focus on the world's technological frontier and strengthen basic research. Science and technology are universal and temporal in nature, and the development of science and technology must have a global vision and a sense of time. In order to fully enhance its capacity for autonomous innovation, our country has a unique capacity to challenge the most critical scientific challenges, to present more original theories and to make more original discoveries. It is important to strengthen basic research and expand the implementation of major national science and technology projects, and to achieve a major breakthrough in forward-looking basic research, leading to original results, and to take over the top of the overall and long-term strategy of science and technology. The need for strategic science and technology support is more urgent than ever before. It is essential to strengthen applied basic research, highlighting key common technologies, front-line technologies, modern engineering technologies, subversive technological innovations and providing strong support for the building of science and technology power, quality power, space power, network power, transport power, digital china, intelligent society。
Second, strengthening national innovation systems. To accelerate the building of innovative countries, it is necessary to invest in the upgrading of science, technology and innovation capabilities, with a world-class scientific institution, research universities and innovative enterprises, capable of producing a steady stream of major original scientific results. The development of national laboratories should be pursued with a view to strengthening strategic science and technology. In critical areas that are clearly identified as national goals and urgent strategic needs, and at strategic points that are expected to lead to future development, the major science and technology task will be the main focus of the country's large science and technology infrastructure, building on the most powerful innovation units, integrating national innovation resources, establishing new operational mechanisms, building a national laboratory that is groundbreaking, leading and platform-based, and making it a strategic science and technology force and a centre for scientific and technological innovation with global impact。
Thirdly, deeper reform of science and technology institutions. Businesses are important players in the close integration of science and technology and the economy, and should be the subject of technological innovation decisions, research and development inputs, scientific research organizations and transformation of results. It is necessary to optimize the science, technology and innovation environment in a comprehensive manner, develop and implement policies that encourage technological innovation in enterprises, strengthen mechanisms for enterprise innovation, support enterprises in building national centres of technological innovation, truly establish a technology innovation system that is business-oriented, market-oriented and in-depth, with enhanced support for innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the transformation of scientific and technological results。
Fourth, the development of a large pool of strategic science and technology talent at the international level, science and technology leaders, young science and technology talent and high-level innovation teams. The key to accelerating the building of an innovative state is to build an ambitious, well-structured and highly qualified cadre of innovative talent. Efforts should be made to create a pool of strategic science and technology talent capable of mastering the world's scientific and technological developments, to develop a pool of cohesive and integrated science and technology leaders, to develop a pool of innovative and innovative entrepreneurs and highly skilled people, to develop a pool of innovative entrepreneurs who are familiar with the functioning of the market and have a scientific and technological background, and to develop more high-level innovation teams. A culture of innovation should be strongly promoted to enhance the creation, protection and application of intellectual property rights and to stimulate the innovation dynamism and potential of all categories of talent。
(excerpts from " the 19th report of the party " , published by the party book press, by the school press, with deletions)
