China News Service on July 27, Wang Zhigang, Minister of Science and Technology, said on the 27th that in the next step, the Ministry of Science and Technology will focus on promoting regional coordinated development and high-quality development with technological innovation in accordance with the central deployment.
This includes continuing to support the construction of international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing, Shanghai, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; and supporting the establishment of regional science and technology innovation centers in places where conditions permit, and the formation of regional innovation growth poles.
On the 27th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on providing strong scientific and technological support for building a well-off society in an all-round way.
At the meeting, a reporter asked: What role does science and technology play in promoting regional scientific and technological innovation and solving regional imbalances and inadequacy when my country’s unbalanced and insufficient development is still prominent?
In this regard, Wang Zhigang pointed out that to solve the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development, in the final analysis, we must make up for some shortcomings in development. In this regard, technological innovation has unique advantages and can play a long-term, low-level and key role.
In terms of solving the development problems of underdeveloped regions, the Ministry of Science and Technology has established a long-term cooperation mechanism through consultations with ministries and provinces to coordinate departments, superior places and scientific research units to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation with the western region.
"We actively guide the eastern region to jointly build high-tech zones in western regions such as Gansu, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Guizhou, and Inner Mongolia. For example, Shanghai Zhangjiang cooperates with Gansu Lanbai to introduce Shanghai technology companies to Gansu and attract more than 1,800 high-level talents. "Wang Zhigang said.
In addition, Wang Zhigang said that the Ministry of Science and Technology has different approaches for different regions, such as supporting Tibet in the protection of ecological function zones and developing technological research in areas such as highland barley and yak to help the development of advantageous industries.
"In addition, our scientific and technological assistance to Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Zhining, Yunnan, and Xingmeng have all achieved positive results, and the scientific and technological innovation capabilities of the western region have been continuously enhanced." Wang Zhigang pointed out.
In terms of guiding the innovation and development of advantageous regions, Wang Zhigang pointed out that the Ministry of Science and Technology actively promotes the construction of regional innovation highlands and encourages qualified regions to take the lead in realizing innovation drive.
Support Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to build scientific and technological innovation centers with international influence and form a source of power leading high-quality development.
In addition, we will actively play the leading role of 21 national independent innovation demonstration zones and 169 national high-tech zones.
In the high-tech zone, the R&D investment of enterprises accounted for 50% of the total investment of enterprises in the country, the GDP created accounted for more than 12% of the country, the per capita labor productivity was three times that of the whole society, and the comprehensive energy consumption of 10,000 yuan worth of added value was the average level of the whole society 2/3.
Actively give play to the agglomeration and amplification role of high-tech enterprises, technological innovation, entrepreneurial enterprises and incubator carriers in innovation and entrepreneurship.
In 2020, high-tech enterprises provided 37.84 million jobs, and 4.8 million scientific and technological personnel were employed in entrepreneurial spaces and incubators. That year, 516,000 fresh university graduates were encouraged to start their own businesses and attract more outstanding people to join the scientific and technological industry.
In addition, the Ministry of Science and Technology last year launched a high-quality employment initiative for technological entrepreneurship, providing 167,000 scientific research assistant positions, tapping 150,000 new jobs in entrepreneurial incubators and entrepreneurial enterprises, and participating in more than 2.3 million college students.
Wang Zhigang mentioned that in the next step, the Ministry of Science and Technology will, in accordance with the central deployment, focus on promoting coordinated regional development and high-quality development through scientific and technological innovation.
Continue to support the construction of international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing, Shanghai, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Support the construction of regional science and technology innovation centers in places where conditions permit, and form a growth pole for regional innovation.
Improve the regional innovation and coordinated development mechanism, implement the regional coordinated development strategy, and use more systematic and institutionalized policy measures to promote scientific and technological cooperation between the east and the west, so as to solve the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development and promote high-quality economic and social development. Scientific and technological contribution.