China's scientific research progress is impressive (international argument)
Recently, the General Office of the State Council of China has successively issued "Guiding Opinions on Improving the Evaluation Mechanism of Scientific and Technological Achievements" and "Several Opinions on Reforming and Improving the Management of Central Financial Research Funds" and other documents to provide new policy guidance for China's high-level scientific research development.
Deepen the reform of “delegation, regulation, and service” in the field of science and technology, break the system and mechanism barriers that restrict the development of science and technology, give more autonomy to scientific researchers, and build a strategic scientific and technological force led by national laboratories... China continues to introduce new measures to enhance the enthusiasm of scientific researchers. Promote the strong growth of scientific research forces.
"Chang'e" is flying to the moon, the Beidou network is formed, the high-speed rail is speeding, and 5G is unblocked...More and more Chinese scientific research achievements are among the best in the world.
Foreign media said that China's accumulated achievements in the field of scientific research reflect the rapid improvement of China's comprehensive scientific research strength.
Leading the world in many fields
"Chinese papers have rapidly improved not only in quantity but also in quality." The Nikkei reported that a recent report released by the Institute of Science, Technology and Academic Policy of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan pointed out that it ranked in the top 10% of researchers' citations. China ranked first in the world for the first time in terms of the number of "papers of interest".
The report pointed out that China's strength in space development continues to increase.
In May of this year, China's unmanned probe "Tianwen-1" successfully landed on Mars.
In 2019, China's "Chang'e-4" probe landed on the back of the moon, achieving the first soft landing of a human probe on the back of the moon.
From scientific research to technological development, from the quantity of results to the quality of research, the rapid improvement of China's scientific research capabilities and scientific and technological strength in many fields has attracted the attention of foreign media.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, China's scientific research development in the fields of materials science, chemistry and engineering is particularly remarkable, and it is in a leading position in the field of artificial intelligence.
A 2020 research report from Stanford University in the United States shows that, judging from the citation rate of artificial intelligence-related papers published in academic journals, China will account for 20.7% in 2020, ranking first in the world for the first time.
In addition to leading the world in theoretical research, China has also achieved success in artificial intelligence practice.
Many Chinese cities have begun to use "smart sensors" and artificial intelligence algorithms to optimize the urban economy.
During the epidemic, Chinese artificial intelligence algorithms helped analyze massive amounts of data to form a "health code."
"China is a big country with potential for innovation." Argentine Ambassador to China Sabino Vaca Narvaja said in an interview with Argentina’s "Chronicle" recently. Huge progress has been made in cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing and cloud computing, leading the world.
The British Broadcasting Corporation reported that China's green energy technology manufacturing, such as solar panels and large-scale battery production technology, leads the world, and this leadership will help China achieve its carbon neutral goal.
The report quoted a researcher from the British Overseas Development Institute as saying, “China has already taken the lead in the global energy transition, and we are now able to use cheaper and cheaper green energy technologies. One of the reasons is China.”
Multiple factors boost scientific research development
"Active investment and abundant talents are the key to supporting the development of China's scientific research strength." The Nikkei reported that in 2019, China's R&D expenditure was 54.5 trillion yen (approximately 3.2 trillion yuan). Ten years ago, it has more than doubled, and funding has grown rapidly.
The current situation in China has evolved according to its strategic plan.
In 2006, China began to implement the "National Medium and Long-term Science and Technology Development Plan Outline", hoping to have world-class scientific and technological capabilities by 2020.
China has been increasing R&D investment and reducing its dependence on foreign technology.
The Chinese government has stated that it will increase the R&D expenditure of the whole society at an average annual rate of more than 7% in the next five years.
At present, there are 2.1 million scientific researchers in China, which is the largest in the world.
Meticulous development planning, sufficient scientific research talents, active R&D investment, rich practical data...Foreign media found that China's scientific and technological development has made great achievements as a result of a combination of many factors.
According to an article published on the website of Japan's "Modern Business" magazine, among various world university rankings, the dramatic increase in the ranking of Chinese universities is impressive.
According to the "US News World University Rankings", among the top 20 universities in the world for science and engineering, there are 7 in China, and Tsinghua University ranks first.
If the scope is further narrowed down to the field of "mechanical engineering", China accounts for 14 of the top 20 top universities in the world.
In the field of "Electrical and Electronic Engineering", China accounts for 14 of the top 20 universities in the world.
These data clearly show that China is vigorously cultivating engineering talents.
The Russian Satellite News Agency believes that China regards artificial intelligence as a research field of important strategic significance.
In 2017, a new generation of artificial intelligence development plan was released.
According to this plan, China will then become the world's main innovation center in the field of artificial intelligence.
This policy document has been supplemented more specifically.
Among them, the three-year action plan for the development of artificial intelligence will drive the development of smart products such as smart cars, smart robots and drones, face recognition systems, voice, and medical imaging machine analysis.
China's success in the field of artificial intelligence is also because China has a major competitive advantage-massive amounts of data.
It is estimated that by 2030, China will have 8 billion devices connected to the Internet of Things and generate more data than it does today.
It is estimated that by 2025, one-third of the world's data will be generated in China.
Enabling economic development at multiple levels
"Innovation and digital development further release China's economic growth potential."
According to an article published on the Japanese "Diplomat" website.
The rapid progress of China's scientific and technological strength has also empowered industrial production and economic and trade development.
According to the British "The Economist" magazine, China is striving to increase productivity to maintain economic growth potential, and China's industry is becoming robot-intensive.
The enterprise strives to upgrade the modernization degree of the factory in order to achieve industrial upgrading.
At present, China is improving labor productivity through industrial modernization, further urbanization and some reform measures, including promoting enterprise automation, building ultra-large-scale urban agglomerations to promote efficient supply chains, and improving labor skills of workers through training.
Japan’s "Asahi Shimbun" published an article saying that China is speeding up the building of a science and technology powerhouse and advancing technology research and development in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence.
Technological innovation is regarded as the key to growth, and artificial intelligence, quantum information, integrated circuits, and life and health have all been included in major national science and technology projects.
China will also promote the construction of national laboratories and support the formation of international scientific and technological innovation centers in Beijing, Shanghai, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
In the future, China will accelerate the development of strategic emerging industries, with special emphasis on accelerating the development of a new generation of information technology, biotechnology, new energy vehicles and other industries.
Bloomberg News reported that the latest research from Harvard University's "Development Laboratory" shows that China ranks 16th in the world based on the complexity of exports in 2019, and the level of export technology has improved significantly.
Export complexity aims to measure the diversity, technological advancement and export volume of a country’s exports.
In the past 10 years, the gap between the two largest economies in China and the United States has shrunk by more than half.
At present, China's export trade covers almost all the known product areas in the world, and the ranking has surpassed some developed countries.
Sergey Sanakoyev, director of the Russian China Analysis Center, believes that in recent years, the Chinese government has continuously increased investment in the field of science and technology, vigorously cultivated scientific and technological talents, and made great progress and great achievements in independent innovation.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" and the 2035 long-term goal outline make arrangements for strengthening national strategic scientific and technological capabilities, enhancing corporate technological innovation capabilities, stimulating talent innovation, and improving scientific and technological innovation systems and mechanisms. The Chinese government has successively introduced relevant policies to encourage scientific and technological innovation. , The innovative vitality of Chinese enterprises and talents will burst out.
Our reporter Gao Qiao