The first motivation: lead the development with innovation

The original title of the Economic Daily: The First Momentum: Leading Development with Innovation-One of the Review Series on Promoting Scientific and Technological Innovation

Over the past year from the National Two Sessions in 2019 to the National Two Sessions in 2020, what progress has my country made in the field of innovation and development?

Driven by innovation, writing one after another Chinese miracle

For more than a year, "Innovation in China" has been on the blue sky and entering the blue sea, and has continued to forge ahead: Chang'e 4 lander and "Yutu 2" lunar rover, working diligently on the back of the moon, "Yutu 2" broke the record and became a human The lunar rover with the longest working time on the moon; the first flight of the Long March 5B carrier rocket successfully launched the third season of China’s manned spaceflight drama; China’s first domestic aircraft carrier Shandong ship was delivered to the Navy in Sanya...

"Made in China" serves the people and every time makes the world marvel: at the end of 2019, the national high-speed rail business mileage reached 35,000 kilometers, continuing to rank first in the world; 5,716 super-large bridges have been built nationwide, leading the world in long-span bridge technology; research and development by Tsinghua University 'S new artificial intelligence chip "Sky Movement" became the world's first heterogeneous fusion brain chip......

Driven by innovation, is being strengthened in decision-making and measures-

In 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology undertook a total of 408 proposals from the National People's Congress and 441 proposals from the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Both the scheduled completion rate and the response satisfaction rate reached 100%.

According to the proposal to strengthen the support for basic research, China promoted the introduction of "Strengthening the "From 0 to 1" Basic Research Work Program", and the basic research funding has achieved steady growth; the proposal to promote the development of artificial intelligence innovation has promoted China's artificial intelligence innovation development pilot zone And the construction of the national artificial intelligence open innovation platform; the science and technology innovation board officially launched in June last year has become the first choice for more and more high-tech companies to land in the capital market. The total number of science and technology listed companies reached 100 at the end of April this year.

Driven by innovation, it is making up for shortcomings to plug loopholes and serve national security——

Security in the field of science and technology is an important part of national security. Strengthening independent innovation, strengthening scientific and technological security, and providing strong scientific and technological support for maintaining and shaping national security have become major tasks of scientific and technological work in the new era. Since the beginning of this year, in the face of the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the new nationwide system has once again played an important role in tackling key core technologies.

Since the outbreak, 12 departments such as science and technology, health and health have formed a research team to determine the five main directions of clinical treatment and medicine, vaccine research and development, detection technology and products, viral etiology and epidemiology, animal model construction, and organized interdisciplinary The cross-disciplinary scientific research team has made a series of major progresses, providing strong scientific and technological support for epidemic prevention and control.

In less than a week, China has determined the whole genome sequence of the new coronavirus and isolated the virus strains, and shared it with the world in a timely manner; 5 new corona vaccines have entered the second phase of clinical trials and are progressing smoothly; a number of intelligent manufacturing companies have quickly converted to production. Rapidly improve the assets of epidemic prevention materials.

Driven by innovation, is optimizing the economic structure and transforming the growth momentum——

Technological innovation is serving as the first driving force, pushing my country's economy from a stage of rapid growth to a stage of high-quality development. In July last year, the World Intellectual Property Organization released the 2019 Global Innovation Index: China maintained its upward trend for the fourth consecutive year, ranking 14th, an increase of 3 places from 2018.

In the first quarter of this year, in the face of the impact of the epidemic, my country’s new kinetic energy represented by new industries, new products and new business models grew against the trend, and online economic performance such as e-commerce, online learning, and remote consultations were active. The cornerstone of science and technology not only helps my country successfully cope with the epidemic exam, but also promotes the continuous upgrading of the industry and the continuous optimization of the structure under the pressure of the epidemic.

At present, with the deep recession of the world economy, limited international exchanges, and economic globalization facing a countercurrent, China's economy is in a critical period of transforming its development mode, optimizing its economic structure, and transforming its growth momentum. We must take innovation as our leading development The first driving force is to rely on scientific and technological innovation to embark on the road of world power through science and technology.

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech when he participated in the discussion of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in the economic circles pointed out the direction for us to grasp the development trend, find a new chapter and open a new bureau: facing the future, we must regard meeting domestic needs as the starting point for development and Set footholds, accelerate the construction of a complete domestic demand system, vigorously promote technological innovation and other aspects of innovation, accelerate the promotion of strategic emerging industries such as the digital economy, smart manufacturing, life health, and new materials, and form more new growth points and growth poles. (Economic Daily-China Economic Net reporter She Huimin)