China News Service, March 8th. Hu Zucai, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced today that in 2020, my country’s total R&D investment will reach 2.4426 billion yuan, accounting for 2.4% of GDP, which is the highest in history. The total amount ranks second in the world.
The "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" "Draft Outline" proposes that the average annual growth rate of the R&D expenditure of the whole society should be greater than 7%.
The State Council Information Office today held a press conference on "in-depth implementation of the new development concept to ensure a good start in the 14th Five-Year Plan".
At the meeting, a reporter asked: During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, what will be the focus of the work to promote the goal of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance?
What can the country do to promote more investment in technology?
Is there an expectation for the amount of investment?
Ning Jizhe, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, responded that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, including this year, it is necessary to accelerate the self-reliance of science and technology, including strengthening the country's strategic scientific and technological strength, and continue to strengthen the transfer and transformation of basic research, applied research, and scientific and technological achievements. , To further improve our country’s industrial core competitiveness.
The "14th Five-Year" plan has an indicator that the R&D expenditure of the whole society will increase by more than 7% annually, and we must strive to exceed the actual investment intensity during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period; my country's investment in science and technology during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period is also increasing. Soon, the ratio of R&D to GDP reached 2.4% last year, and we will strive to exceed this ratio during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
From the perspective of key projects, firstly, in terms of laboratory construction, it is necessary to accelerate the construction of national laboratories and reorganize the system of national key laboratories.
The second is to strengthen the construction of basic research, including formulating and implementing a ten-year action plan for basic research, and focusing on the layout of a number of research centers in basic disciplines.
The third is to strengthen the key core technology research, we must in-depth plan to promote "Science and Technology Innovation 2030-Major Projects."
Fourth, in terms of organizing and implementing new-type infrastructure construction, some major scientific and technological infrastructures in the past have also played a role. For example, the "Sky Eye" has been formed through long-term construction, and the construction of these major scientific and technological infrastructures will be strengthened in the future.
It is necessary to accelerate the advancement of technological innovation in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum science, and brain science.
Fifth, in terms of the construction of international science and technology innovation centers and national science centers, speed up the construction of international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and vigorously promote the construction of comprehensive national science centers in Huairou, Zhangjiang, Hefei, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. , High-quality plan to promote the construction of a nationally influential science and technology innovation center in Chengdu and Chongqing.
Sixth, optimize the construction of a number of multi-level innovation platforms, including the layout of national industrial innovation centers, technological innovation centers, manufacturing innovation centers, engineering research centers, and enterprise technology centers.
Seventh, it is necessary to organize the implementation of a demonstration project of financing innovation.
Enterprises are the mainstay of technological innovation. Large enterprises should be encouraged to open resources, open scenarios, open applications, and open innovation needs to small and medium-sized enterprises, and create an innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem based on the industrial chain and supply chain. There are preferential tax policies to encourage enterprises to increase R&D investment .
Now the company's R&D investment accounts for more than 70% of the entire R&D investment, and the company's investment needs to be further increased.
Finally, we must continue to promote mass entrepreneurship and innovation, and support the construction of a batch of demonstration bases for innovation and innovation.
According to Hu Zucai, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, in 2020, my country’s total R&D investment has reached 2.4426 billion yuan, accounting for 2.4% of GDP, which is the highest in history and the total amount is firmly ranked second in the world.
The "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" "Draft Outline" proposes that the average annual growth rate of the R&D expenditure of the whole society should be greater than 7%.
Calculated at an average annual growth rate of 7%, by 2025, the total investment in research and development will reach 3,788.2 billion yuan. Of course, this is calculated at the current price in 2025, not at a constant price. The increase is quite large, compared to 2020. With an increase of 1315.6 billion yuan, the intensity of R&D investment will also be higher than the actual amount during the 13th Five-Year Plan period.
Hu Zucai said that this time the "Draft Outline" puts basic research in a more important position. The "Draft Outline" uses a special section to explain it. This indicator is also set for the first time in the main text, which is that the investment in basic research accounts for the investment in R&D. The proportion. This proportion will be 6.16% in 2020, which is quite far from the developed countries.
The "Draft Outline" of the "14th Five-Year Plan" proposes that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the proportion of basic research funding will reach more than 8% by 2025, which is very positive.
"Calculate, it will be 150.4 billion in 2020, and it can reach about 280 billion yuan by 2025 (constant price in 2020). In actual work, it should be as large as possible. This is a very clear direction. Pay attention to basic research." Hu Zucai said.