China News Service, Shenzhen, April 24 (Reporter Sun Zifa) Wang Zhigang, Minister of Science and Technology of China, said in Shenzhen on the 24th that China has always cultivated and attracted high-level scientific and technological talents with an international perspective, and provided an "ideal habitat" for global innovative and entrepreneurial talents. .
At present, the full-time equivalent of Chinese R&D personnel exceeds 4.9 million per year, and there are more than 330,000 foreign talents working in China for a long time.
The 19th China International Talent Exchange Conference, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs) and the Shenzhen Municipal Government, opened in Shenzhen on the same day.
Wang Zhigang made the above remarks in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony.
Wang Zhigang pointed out that with the in-depth implementation of the “Belt and Road” science and technology innovation action plan, China has supported more than 8,300 foreign young scientists to work in China, trained 180,000 trainees, built 33 joint laboratories and 5 technology transfer platforms, and 8 The establishment of cooperative relations in science and technology parks in two countries has effectively promoted the transformation and implementation of innovation achievements in the co-constructed countries.
Looking to the future, China will take the initiative to participate in global innovation governance with a more open attitude and more pragmatic measures, provide more scientific and technological innovation solutions to solve global problems and challenges and enhance the well-being of human civilization, and jointly build a beautiful home for mankind.
He said that the world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and technological innovation is one of the key variables.
To grasp the trends and opportunities of major changes, we must ask for methods and answers from technological innovation.
China has entered a new stage of development. To implement new development concepts and construct a new development pattern, we must adhere to technology first, take technological innovation as the logical starting point for promoting high-quality economic and social development, and build a systematic layout from technological innovation to industrial development and engineering construction.
In the future, China will coordinate the needs of different stages of current and long-term development, enhance innovation capabilities in key core technologies, strengthen strategic scientific and technological capabilities, optimize the innovation ecological environment, and build a more efficient and open national innovation system in the new era.
Wang Zhigang emphasized that China's scientific and technological innovation has never been a closed innovation, and in the future, it will not be done behind closed doors.
The self-reliance of science and technology and open cooperation proposed by China are not antagonistic relations, but dialectical unity.
Judging from the history of more than 40 years of reform and opening up, China's innovation and development cannot be separated from the world, and the world's scientific and technological progress increasingly needs China.
At present, China has established scientific and technological cooperation relations with more than 160 countries around the world, participated in more than 200 international organizations and multilateral mechanisms, participated in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the Earth Observation Organization (GEO), and the Square Kilometer Array Radio Telescope (SKA). ) And a series of major international scientific projects and projects.
In the face of the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, while doing its own prevention and control, China is actively building a scientific sharing service platform for the international community, sharing anti-epidemic experience, participating in the WHO's "New Crown Vaccine Implementation Plan", and using practical actions to help the global public Responsible health services.
In addition, China has clearly put forward the goal of carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.
2021 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China International Talent Exchange Conference.
After 20 years of development, the China International Talent Exchange Conference has developed into a high-standard and international talent event, an expo and trade fair for international scientific and technological innovation achievements and international talent exchange, and an important platform and well-known brand for China to gather global innovative talents.
With the theme of "Innovation, Development, Cooperation, and Win-win", the 19th China International Talent Exchange Conference this year adopts a new "dual engine" convention and exhibition model with equal emphasis on offline and online.
The offline exhibition has five major sections: opening ceremony, Shenzhen forum, exhibition negotiation, talent recruitment, and theme activities. The online exhibition has a virtual exhibition hall, project docking (EO system), online recruitment, online conferences and other functional service areas.
According to preliminary statistics, this conference held more than 50 various themed events, and more than 1,000 professional organizations, institutions and enterprises from more than 30 countries and regions participated in the conference.
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