During a recent visit to Fujian, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to find new paths for the deep integration of technological and industrial innovation. This critical perspective is significant for understanding the dialectical relationship between the two and for fostering their integration to promote a leap in productivity.
In today’s world, technological innovation has become a key driver of economic and social development. As a new wave of technological revolution and industrial transformation unfolds, the deep integration of tech and industrial innovation is increasingly vital. It is not only essential for achieving high-quality development but also central to establishing a new development paradigm. By leading industrial upgrades with technological innovation and promoting tech advancements through industrial innovation, we can create a positive interactive new development pattern.
But how can we pave this new path in practice?
We need to accelerate the establishment of a comprehensive innovation support system. This requires top-level design to holistically advance reforms in education, technology, and talent systems. We must actively anticipate and adapt to changes in the frontiers of scientific research, research paradigms, and technological trends to strengthen institutional support for innovation. Through reform, we can dismantle barriers that hinder innovation, invigorate creative energies, and facilitate the free flow and efficient allocation of innovation resources. This includes optimizing the innovation environment, lowering costs, and enhancing efficiency, creating a solid institutional foundation for the deep integration of tech and industrial innovation.
Strengthening high-caliber scientific innovation platforms is crucial for promoting this integration. These platforms serve as primary sites for technological innovation and are key components of regional innovation systems. They play an important role in pooling innovation resources, tackling core technological challenges, and fostering an innovative ecosystem. By establishing high-level technological innovation centers, laboratories, and engineering research centers, we can provide robust support for scientific advancements and accelerate the transformation and industrialization of technological achievements.
Implementing major technological breakthrough initiatives is another essential measure for fostering the intersection of tech and industrial innovation. By focusing on national strategic needs and the technical requirements of industrial development, we can concentrate efforts on overcoming key core technologies, hastening the conversion of scientific achievements into tangible productive forces, and developing core technologies and products with independent intellectual property rights to promote industrial upgrading and economic growth, thus enhancing core industry competitiveness. In these major technological initiatives, it’s crucial to reinforce the leading role of enterprises in innovation, encouraging collaboration between businesses, universities, and research institutes to drive a deeper integration of education, research, and industry.
Creating a more conducive innovation environment and an attractive talent ecosystem is essential. We need to attract and nurture high-level innovative talent through policy guidance and market mechanisms to provide robust support for tech and industrial innovation. Additionally, optimizing the talent development environment will enhance individuals’ motivation and capacity for innovation, fostering a landscape where talent leads innovation and innovation drives development.
Promoting the deep integration of technological and industrial innovation is a systematic undertaking. We need to approach this from multiple angles, including institutional mechanisms, platform construction, significant breakthroughs, enterprise involvement, financial support, and talent environment, to form a concerted effort. Only then can we seize opportunities in the new wave of technological revolution and industrial transformation, providing strong support for establishing a new development framework.