China News Service, October 21. At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the afternoon of the 21st, Wang Zhigang, Minister of Science and Technology, said that in the past five years, my country’s entire social R&D expenditure has increased from 1.42 trillion yuan to 2.21 trillion yuan. The intensity of R&D investment increased from 2.06% to 2.23%.
Funding for basic research has nearly doubled, reaching 133.6 billion yuan in 2019.
The technology market contract turnover has doubled, exceeding 2.2 trillion yuan in 2019.
The Global Innovation Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization shows that my country's ranking has jumped from 29th in 2015 to 14th in 2020.
On the whole, my country's scientific and technological innovation has achieved both quantity and quality improvements, and significant progress has been made in building an innovative country.
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Wang Zhigang said that in the past five years, we have focused on strengthening basic research and key core technology research, and our scientific and technological strength has been further enhanced.
A number of major original achievements have been made in quantum information, iron-based superconductivity, stem cells, and synthetic biology.
A series of scientific experiment satellites such as Chang'e 4 first landing on the moon, Beidou navigation global network, C919 successful first flight, Wukong, Mozi, etc.
Breakthroughs have been made in the construction of facilities such as magnetically confined nuclear fusion and spallation neutron sources, and the deployment of national laboratories has been accelerated, which has further enhanced the supporting role of high-level scientific research.
-Vigorously promote the deep integration of science and technology with the economy and society, and support and lead high-quality development to achieve new results.
Major scientific and technological projects have successfully concluded, and significant results have been achieved in mobile communications, new drug creation, and nuclear power.
The Fuxing high-speed rail was put into operation, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was officially opened to traffic, and the application of 5G, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and new energy was accelerated.
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and other science and technology centers have accelerated the construction. 21 national self-developed zones and 169 high-tech zones have become “leading gooses” for local innovation and development. The GDP of high-tech zones has increased from 8.1 trillion to 12.2 trillion. The annual growth rate exceeds 50%.
The number of high-tech enterprises increased from 79,000 to 225,000.
Especially in the work of resuming production after the epidemic and supporting the stable operation of the economy, the national high-tech zones and high-tech enterprises have become a beautiful scenery in all regions.
From January to June this year, the National High-tech Zone achieved operating income of 3.9 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%, and total profits of 351.58 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%. There were 223,000 new registered companies, a year-on-year increase of 11.9%.
Innovation and entrepreneurship show a strong momentum of development.
-Continuously deepen the reform of the scientific and technological system and further optimize the innovation ecosystem.
Promote the reform of national science and technology management institutions, complete the top-level design of innovation-driven development, basically establish the main structure of the science and technology system reform, and make substantial progress in the reform of plan management, achievement transformation, resource sharing, evaluation and reward, and income distribution.
Deepen the reform of “delegating control, delegating control to service”, implementing seven actions to reduce the burden on scientific researchers, and vigorously promote the change of style of work and study.
The Science and Technology Innovation Board, the Achievement Transformation Guidance Fund, and the crowd-creation space have created a good environment for innovation and entrepreneurship.
——Strengthen the construction of scientific and technological talents and further optimize the talent structure.
The full-time equivalent of R&D personnel has increased from 3.76 million in 2015 to 4.8 million in 2019. A number of leading talents and innovative teams have sprung up, and young scientific and technological talents have gradually become the main force of scientific research.
Establish a talent evaluation system oriented by innovation ability and quality contribution, and explore the introduction of international peer evaluation.
Promote the establishment of work permits, talent visas, and permanent residence conversion mechanisms, and carry out pilot programs for foreign high-end talent services.
—— Actively integrate into the global innovation network and form an all-round, multi-level and wide-field scientific and technological open cooperation pattern.
Further strengthen the inter-governmental innovation cooperation dialogue and in-depth implementation of the science and technology partnership program.
The national key research and development plan is open to Hong Kong and Macau.
International large-scale science plans and large-scale science projects are advancing steadily, and the “Belt and Road” scientific and technological innovation initiative has been implemented in depth.
Wang Zhigang said that in the next five years, we will deeply implement the innovation-driven development strategy, coordinate development and security, adhere to the "four aspects", give full play to the important role of technological innovation in building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development, and promote an innovative country New progress has been made in construction, and we will work hard to realize the goal of becoming a strong country with science and technology at an early date.