Xi Jinping hosted a symposium for scientists to emphasize
Facing the frontier of world science and technology, facing the main economic battlefield
Facing the country's major needs and the people's life and health
Continue to march towards the breadth and depth of science and technology
Wang Huning and Han Zheng attended
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 11. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, hosted a symposium of scientists in Beijing on the afternoon of September 11 and delivered an important speech to listen to opinions on the development of my country's science and technology under the 14th Five-Year Plan period.
He emphasized that my country’s economic and social development and the improvement of people’s livelihoods require more scientific and technological solutions than ever before, as well as the need to enhance the primary driving force of innovation.
The vast majority of scientists and scientific and technological workers in our country have the confidence, will and ability to reach the peak of science.
It is hoped that the majority of scientists and scientific and technological workers will shoulder their historical responsibilities and persist in facing the frontiers of world science and technology, facing the main economic battlefield, facing the major needs of the country, facing the people's lives and health, and continuously marching towards the breadth and depth of science and technology.
Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, and Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the forum.
At the symposium, Xu Kuangdi, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Yao Qizhi, Dean of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Information Research of Tsinghua University and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shi Yigong, President of West Lake University and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chen Zuoning, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Technical Committee of Alibaba Group Chairman Wang Jian, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Fu Qiaomei, researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Dai Wei, a distinguished professor of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and other seven scientists spoke successively on deepening the reform of the scientific and technological system, promoting technological innovation and development, etc. Issue comments and suggestions.
Xi Jinping communicated with every scientist who spoke, and discussed in depth some major scientific and technological issues and the reform and innovation of the scientific and technological system.
After listening carefully to everyone's speech, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech.
He said that everyone made very good speeches and put forward many valuable opinions and suggestions in combination with their respective research fields. Please study and absorb them carefully.
Xi Jinping pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have attached great importance to scientific and technological innovation and insisted on taking innovation as the first driving force for development.
Through the joint efforts of the whole society, my country's scientific and technological undertakings have made historic achievements and undergone historic changes.
Major innovations are emerging, and some frontier fields have begun to enter the stage of parallel running and leading. The technological strength is moving from the accumulation of quantity to the qualitative leap, from the breakthrough of points to the improvement of system capabilities.
In the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the majority of scientific and technological workers have carried out scientific research in many important fields such as treatment, vaccine research and development, prevention and control, and provided strong support and made major contributions to the overall promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. .
I take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to the majority of scientific and technological workers!
Xi Jinping emphasized that the world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century. The domestic and international environment facing my country’s development has undergone profound and complex changes. my country’s development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period and a longer period has put forward more urgent requirements for accelerating technological innovation. .
Accelerating scientific and technological innovation is the need to promote high-quality development, the need to realize the people's high-quality life, the need to build a new development pattern, and the need to successfully start the new journey of building a modern socialist country.
Xi Jinping emphasized that my country has a large number of scientific and technological workers and large-scale R&D investment. The key is to improve the ecology of scientific and technological innovation, stimulate innovation and creativity, and set up a stage for scientists and scientific and technological workers to display their talents, so that the achievements of scientific and technological innovation can continue. Emerged.
We must adhere to demand-oriented and problem-oriented technologies, and we must accelerate the advancement of technologies that can make rapid breakthroughs and solve problems in a timely manner; and deploy technologies that are strategic and require long-term success.
It is necessary to give full play to the advantages of my country’s socialist system that can concentrate its efforts on major events, integrate and optimize the allocation of scientific and technological resources, pay close attention to the construction of innovation systems, optimize combinations, establish a group of national laboratories, form a laboratory system in my country, and give full play to the importance of universities in scientific research. To promote key core technology research in important areas.
It is necessary to persevere in strengthening basic research, clarify the direction and development goals of basic research in my country, increase investment in basic research, provide necessary policy support in finance, banking, and taxation, create a good scientific research ecology conducive to basic research, and establish a sound scientific evaluation system , Incentive mechanism, continue to stick to it.
It is necessary to strengthen the education and training of innovative talents, put education in a more important position, comprehensively improve the quality of education, strengthen the construction of basic disciplines such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology, encourage qualified universities to actively set up basic research, interdisciplinary and related disciplines, and strengthen The training of undergraduates in basic disciplines focuses on cultivating students' sense of innovation and ability.
It is necessary to rely on reforms to stimulate the vitality of scientific and technological innovation, to effectively release the huge innovation potential through deepening the reform of the scientific and technological system, and to resolutely eliminate the "papers, titles, academic qualifications, and awards only."
It is necessary to strengthen international cooperation in science and technology, more actively integrate into the global innovation network, and enhance its own technological innovation capabilities in open cooperation.
Xi Jinping pointed out that scientific achievements are inseparable from spiritual support.
The scientist spirit is the precious spiritual wealth accumulated by scientific and technological workers in long-term scientific practice.
I hope that the majority of scientific and technological workers will not forget their original intentions, keep their mission in mind, uphold the national and people's interests, inherit and carry forward the excellent qualities of the older generation of scientists in minding the motherland and serving the people, carry forward the spirit of "two bombs and one star", and take the initiative to shoulder the historical responsibility Integrate one's scientific pursuit into the great cause of building a modern socialist country.
The majority of scientific and technological workers must have the ambition to be creative, dare to put forward new theories, open up new fields, explore new paths, and work hard on originality.
It is necessary to produce more high-level original results and contribute to the continuous enrichment and development of the scientific system.
It is necessary to encourage scientific and technological workers to concentrate on their own scientific research, study diligently, do not seek vanity, and do not consider fame or gain.
It is necessary to widely publicize the vivid deeds of scientific and technological workers who have the courage to explore and devote themselves to science.
Curiosity is human nature. The guidance and cultivation of interest in science should start from the dolls, so that they can learn more about scientific knowledge, master scientific methods, and form a large group of young people with scientific potential.
Xi Jinping emphasized that party committees and governments at all levels and leading cadres at all levels must earnestly implement the Party Central Committee’s decision and deployment on technological innovation, implement innovation-driven development strategies, respect labor, knowledge, talents, and creativity, and follow the laws of scientific development to promote Scientific and technological innovations are constantly emerging and transformed into actual productivity.
Leading cadres should strengthen the learning of new scientific knowledge and pay attention to global technological development trends.
Ding Xuexiang, Liu He, Sun Chunlan, Chen Xi, Huang Kunming, Wan Gang and He Lifeng attended the forum.
Responsible comrades from relevant departments of the Party, government, and military groups of the Central Committee and representatives of scientists attended the forum.