Zhongxin Finance, March 8 (Zuo Yukun) "For the constantly mutating new crown virus, we are actively developing broad-spectrum drugs." Said on the "Minister's Channel" in the second field.

  On the same day, three ministers from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Water Resources were interviewed through online video on issues such as new crown drug research and development, 5G and 6G communication technology development, and flood and drought disaster prevention.

On March 8, the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress held the second "Minister's Channel" interview activity.

Pictured is the branch.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Kejia

Actively developing new coronavirus broad-spectrum drugs

  "The virus mutates a lot now. It's Omicron for a while, and Delta for a while. Can there be some broad-spectrum drugs to deal with the coronavirus or the new coronavirus? We are actively developing it," said Wang Zhigang, Minister of Science and Technology.

  Wang Zhigang also revealed that we can only get vaccinated by injection now. Can we vaccinate by nasal spray or inhalation? This work is also under study, and there is good progress now.

On March 8, the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress held the second "Minister's Channel" interview activity.

The picture shows Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang being interviewed.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Kejia

Innovation does not ask about origin

  Wang Zhigang said that innovation does not depend on one's background, whether it is a large enterprise, a medium-sized enterprise or a small enterprise, whether it is a state-owned enterprise or a private enterprise, it can be the main body of innovation.

As long as they can have this ability, they will provide opportunities at the national level.

  "For large-scale technology-based enterprises, the key is how to take the lead, how to be a good leader, and a good chain leader. For small and medium-sized enterprises, the key is how to have their own expertise in technological innovation and specialized products, and how to be a good leader through technology. Innovation can continue to progress and develop." Wang Zhigang said.

Support young scientists, female scientists

  Wang Zhigang said that scientific and technological activities require a group of high-tech and high-level talents to devote themselves to science and technology, love science and technology, and make great achievements in science and technology.

To give young people more opportunities, we have opened up a special project for young scientists, so that they can have an early opportunity to show their talents on the stage of scientific and technological innovation, and promote the common progress of national career and personal growth.

  On the occasion of the "March 8th" International Women's Day, Wang Zhigang said that last year, we and the All-China Women's Federation issued measures to support female scientists in scientific and technological work, allowing female scientists to appropriately relax the age limit in the application of youth projects.

On March 8, the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress held the second "Minister's Channel" interview activity.

The picture shows Xiao Yaqing, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, being interviewed.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Kejia

Advance planning and deployment of 6G evolution direction technology research

  According to Xiao Yaqing, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, our 5G network is now the world's leading and largest network construction. The total number of base stations has exceeded 1.425 million, and the number of users actually connected has exceeded 500 million.

  "Our next step is to make further efforts on the basic base stations. It is not enough now. We will strive to exceed 2 million this year." Xiao Yaqing said that while developing 5G, considering the evolution direction and technical route of the next generation of communication technology, Plan and deploy in advance for the development of the next-generation communication technology 6G.

Rebuild more than 3,000 national-level "specialized, specialized, and new" enterprises

  "my country's small and medium-sized enterprises account for the vast majority of the total number of enterprises, and more than 90% of the more than 48 million enterprises are small and medium-sized enterprises." Xiao Yaqing introduced that although the proportion of "specialized, specialized and new" small and medium-sized enterprises in small and medium-sized enterprises is not high, However, the growth rate of revenue, profit margin and the share of invention patents have reached 2.2 times, 1.4 times and 3.4 times that of industrial small and medium-sized enterprises.

  The next step is to further expand the scale of "specialized, special and new" small and medium-sized enterprises. This year, national-level "little giant" enterprises plan to cultivate more than 3,000 more, and drive the cultivation of provincial-level "specialized, special and new" small and medium-sized enterprises to more than 50,000. The group of "specialized, specialized, and new" small and medium-sized enterprises continues to grow.

On March 8, the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress held the second "Minister's Channel" interview activity.

The picture shows a question from China News Agency reporter Xia Bin.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Kejia

Floods are more likely to occur in northern and southern my country this year

  What will the flood season be like this year?

According to Li Guoying, Minister of Water Resources, our preliminary research and judgment on the flood season this year, especially the flood season from June to August, is that the possibility of flooding in the northern and southern parts of my country is relatively high, the northern part is more likely than the southern part, and the central region is more likely to experience drought. Big.

  In terms of river basins, the Nenjiang River, Songhua River, Heilongjiang River in the north, the central and northern water systems of the Haihe River Basin, the main and tributaries of the Yellow River, the Jinghe River, the Fenhe River and other rivers are likely to have large watershed floods. There is a possibility of regional flooding in the Pearl River along the southeast coast.

Regional drought may occur in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the lower reaches of the Han River in the central region.

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