People's Daily Online, Beijing, March 30 (Reporter Zhao Zhuqing) On the evening of the 29th, the official website of the Ministry of Science and Technology announced a list of places where innovation-driven development and technological innovation capabilities have achieved remarkable results in 2021. Zhejiang, Shandong, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui five provinces list.

  It is understood that in December last year, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening Supervision and Incentives under the New Situation" (Guobanfa [2021] No. 49), requiring the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance to study and formulate "Local Innovation-Driven Development and Scientific and Technological Innovation". and entrust a third party to evaluate each locality in accordance with the "Measures for the Evaluation of Local Innovation-Driven Development and Scientific and Technological Innovation Capability Improvement".

Recently, the Ministry of Science and Technology, together with the Ministry of Finance, reviewed the evaluation results, and proposed to recommend Zhejiang, Shandong, Hubei, Jiangsu, and Anhui as provinces for supervision and incentives for innovation-driven development and scientific and technological innovation capacity improvement in 2021.

  2021 is the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", and innovation-driven development has achieved positive results.

Data show that in 2021, my country's entire society's R&D investment will reach 2.79 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%, the R&D investment intensity will increase to 2.44%, and the country's comprehensive ranking of innovation capabilities will rise to 12th in the world.