Domestically produced tens of billions of billions of supercomputers, a major power demonstration of technological self-reliance

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　　With the unremitting efforts of the Chinese Communist Party, the scientific spirit has become one of the most precious spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation.

　　At the end of 2019, the prototype of China's new-generation exascale (Class E) supercomputer was developed.

The three E-class supercomputer prototype systems of the national "13th Five-Year" high-performance computing special project-Shenwei E-class prototype, "Tianhe No. 3" E-class prototype and Sugon E-class prototype system have also been delivered.

　　2021 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Looking back on this century, the Communist Party of China will forge ahead and forge ahead in order to build a powerful country in science and technology.

　　Scientific and technological achievements come from the layout of scientific research

　　Science is one of the core contents of the May 4th spirit.

Since its establishment, the Communist Party of China has always upheld the spirit of science.

Looking back over a century, countless people with lofty ideals held high the banner of science and carried out extensive and profound transformations of Chinese society with the scientific spirit of being brave to question, seeking rational knowledge, and seeking truth from empirical evidence.

　　In 1956, China held its first National Science and Technology Conference to conduct scientific research and formulated the country's first long-term plan for scientific and technological development, the National Science and Technology Development Vision 1956-1967, which became the first milestone in the history of China's scientific and technological development.

　　In the early 1970s, foreign scientists took the lead in developing supercomputers.

Facing the foreign technology blockade, in 1978, Professor Ci Yungui led a team to undertake the task of developing a supercomputer, and in 1983 successfully developed China's first "Galaxy" supercomputer with more than 100 million operations per second.

Since then, Liao Xiangke, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, led scientists and completed the research and development of the "Tianhe No. 1" and "Tianhe No. 2" supercomputers.

　　Based on their efforts, in 2018, the National University of Defense Technology and the National Supercomputing Tianjin Center jointly developed the "Tianhe-3 E-Class Prototype System".

Looking back on the past, the development, innovation, and application of China's supercomputers have experienced 40 years of "super-normal speed" development from scratch, from following to leading.

　　Increase the investment in scientific research, and the development of scientific research enters the fast lane

　　The scientific research layout not only comes from the knowledge and concept of science and technology, but also benefits from reasonable scientific research policies.

In 1978, Deng Xiaoping put forward the thesis that "science and technology are the primary productive forces".

Subsequently, the spring of science began to come, and the social atmosphere of respecting knowledge and talents, advocating and valuing science began to form.

　　One of the most direct manifestations is the year-on-year increase in R&D funding for science and technology.

China’s R&D expenditure has increased continuously and rapidly from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century: it reached 1.9 trillion yuan in 2018, which was 138 times that of 1991; the average annual growth rate from 1992 to 2018 was 20.0%, far exceeding the same period. The average annual growth rate of GDP calculated at current prices.

　　In 2014, China's R&D expenditure exceeded 2% for the first time and rose to 2.18% in 2018, exceeding the average level of the 15 EU countries.

Based on the exchange rate, China has become the world's second largest R&D investment country after the United States.

The continuous investment in scientific research funds has also put China's scientific research into the fast lane, with results coming out one after another.

　　Good incentive mechanism makes China's science and technology promising in the future

　　Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and scientific researchers are the most important productivity among the primary productive forces. To make the development of science and technology produce more and faster results, we must not only respect, but also encourage, and make them powerful. Sense of gain.

　　The "Law of the People's Republic of China on Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements" was implemented on October 1, 2015, and on February 26, 2016, the State Council promulgated the "Provisions for the Implementation of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements", on April 21, 2016. The General Office issued the "Action Plan for Promoting the Transfer and Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements" (Guobanfa [2016] No. 28). These three documents are known as the Trilogy of Transformation of China's Scientific and Technological Achievements.

　　One of the important provisions is that more than 50% of the net income from the transformation and application of the scientific and technological achievements produced by the scientific and technological projects supported by the state can be enjoyed by the inventor.

　　When scientific research results can not only benefit society, but also can be linked to personal interests, scientific researchers will have greater motivation.

Although such an incentive plan needs to be refined and implemented, the correct policy direction will allow China's scientific and technological achievements to emerge one after another, and the future can be expected.

　　In 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the "three-step" strategic goal of my country's construction of a world scientific and technological power: to make my country enter the ranks of innovative countries by 2020, to make my country into the forefront of innovative countries by 2030, and to establish new China. In 100 years, my country will become a world power in science and technology.

This is highly consistent with the "two centenary" goals and closely connects technological innovation with the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Standing at a new historical starting point, making science and technology self-reliance and self-reliance a strategic support for the country's development, and scientific researchers working hard and fighting unstoppable, China will surely stand tall among the world's scientific and technological powers.

　　□ Zhang Tiankan (Columnist)