On the 11th, 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 and delivered an important speech to listen to opinions on the development of my country's scientific and technological undertakings during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.

■ Past achievements

  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.

Two "more"

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.

Four "needs"

  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.

Four "faces"

Key Initiatives

  my country has a large number of scientific and technological workers and large-scale R&D investment. The key is to improve the science and technology innovation ecology, stimulate innovation and creativity, set up a stage for scientists and science and technology workers to display their talents, and allow scientific and technological innovation results to emerge continuously.

  Adhere to demand-oriented and problem-oriented, and promptly advance technologies that can make rapid breakthroughs and solve problems in a timely manner;

For technologies that are strategic and require long-term success, they must be deployed in advance;

  Give full play to the advantages of China's socialist system that can concentrate its efforts on major issues, integrate and optimize the allocation of scientific and technological resources, pay close attention to the construction of innovation systems, optimize combinations, establish a number of national laboratories, form a laboratory system in China, and give play to the important role of universities in scientific research , To

promote research on key core technologies in important areas

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  Persistently strengthen basic research, clarify the direction and development goals of basic research in China,

increase investment in basic research

, provide necessary policy support in finance, finance, taxation, etc., create a good scientific research ecology conducive to basic research, establish a sound scientific evaluation system, Incentive mechanism, continue to persist;

  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 related disciplines, and strengthen the foundation Cultivation of undergraduates in disciplines, focusing on cultivating students' innovative consciousness and ability;

  Rely on reform to stimulate the vitality of technological innovation, and effectively release the huge innovation potential through deepening the reform of the scientific and technological system, and

resolutely get rid of "only papers, professional titles, academic qualifications, and awards";

  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.

Five-point hope that

scientific achievements are inseparable from spiritual support. The spirit of scientists 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.

  Establish the ambition to create, dare to propose new theories, open up new fields, explore new paths, and work hard on originality;

  Produce high-level original achievements and contribute to the continuous enrichment and development of the scientific system;

  Encourage scientific and technological workers to focus on their own scientific research career, study diligently, do not seek vanity, do not consider fame and gain;

  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.

  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 the innovation-driven development strategy, respect labor, knowledge, talent, and creativity, follow the laws of scientific development, and promote scientific and technological innovation results 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.