Li Manfu, a reporter from the New Gansu Gansu Daily
Zhang Shirong, secretary of the party leading group and director of the Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Department, pointed out in response to a reporter's question that during the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the province's science and technology work will be in accordance with the major strategic deployment of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, supported by important innovation platforms, driven by major scientific and technological projects, and guaranteed by key reform measures, to improve the quality of innovation supply, promote the transformation of development momentum, accelerate the construction of innovative Gansu, and strive to create a new highland for innovation-driven development in the western region.
Answer reporters' questions. Photo by Sheng Xueqing, a reporter of the New Gansu Gansu Daily
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Gansu will focus on the following work in promoting scientific and technological innovation: First, implement the innovation platform to support the strong foundation action, dock with the national strategic needs, give priority to the layout of strategic scientific and technological forces in key industrial fields and advantageous basic forward-looking areas, and improve the overall efficiency of the innovation chain; second, aim at the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, the cultivation of strategic emerging industries, and the "card neck" technology of improving the quality and efficiency of the ten major ecological industries, and implement a number of major scientific and technological research projects; the third is to optimize the ecology of scientific and technological innovation. Improve the governance system of scientific and technological innovation, promote the smooth docking of the supply side and demand side, research and development end and the landing end of science and technology; fourth, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, adopt a new organizational model of scientific and technological projects such as the "unveiling the leader" system, and rapidly promote the transformation of projects; fifth, enhance basic research capabilities, support colleges and universities to build advantageous disciplines, develop high-level research universities, support enterprises to increase investment in research and development, and implement tax incentives for enterprises to invest in basic research; sixth, implement the action of introducing scientific and technological innovation talents and improve the evaluation system for scientific and technological talents. Form a scientific and effective innovation incentive and guarantee mechanism. Introduce high-level and urgently needed talents, create more first-class scientific and technological leading talents and innovation teams, and cultivate more competitive young scientific and technological talents.
Zhang Shirong said that as an underdeveloped area in the western region, it is necessary to firmly seize the major opportunities of a new round of industrial change and scientific and technological revolution, put innovation-driven development in a prominent position, promote innovation to speed up and step up, and provide dynamic support for promoting the high-quality economic and social development of the province.