In July 2020, Guodun Quantum became the world's first listed quantum technology company. Chairman Peng Chengzhi said emotionally at the time that behind Guodun Quantum, Anhui Province and Hefei City adhere to the far-reaching layout driven by innovation. As early as May 2009, when anhui quantum communication technology co., ltd., the predecessor of Guodun Quantum, was registered in industry and commerce, the staff was not sure whether "quantum communication" could be counted as an industry, and finally the government specially approved the name. At that time, many people did not know what "quantum" was, but Anhui keenly foresaw the application prospects of this technology in the field of information security, supported the launch of the world's first large-scale quantum communication test demonstration network, and the relevant government departments of Hefei Became the first batch of sub-confidential communication users in China.
Guodun Quantum technicians are inspecting the quantum key distribution product device
In April 2021, the Science and Technology Department of Anhui Province officially established and implemented the provincial major science and technology special projects in the field of quantum information technology, supported the research of key core technologies in the quantum field and the basic research on the transformation and application of achievements, and guided and expanded the application demonstration of quantum science and technology in the fields of government affairs, finance, electric power, and communications.
If scientific and technological innovation is the "engine" of economic development, scientific and technological governance can maximize the liberation and stimulation of the potential of science and technology as the primary productive force. A few days ago, the reporter visited the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Information Research Institute and the Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Department to understand their unique practices in innovative science and technology governance.
【Tap the "real needs" of enterprises and look for "whistleblowers" around the world】
"Unveiling the commander- is a hot word at the moment, how to list the valuable research projects and select the most suitable scientific researchers to be the commanders?
In the view of Liu Qing, president of the Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research, there are two criteria for judging the "real needs" of enterprises, one is that they cannot solve certain technologies independently, and the other is that they are willing to pay for solutions. An important task of the Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research is to explore the "real needs" of leading enterprises in the subdivision industry, and then look for "whistleblowers" around the world and build a joint innovation center with enterprises. "Enterprises and we build a joint innovation center, to pay real money and silver." When the enterprise is out of the big head, we will also provide some center construction and operation funds. Gao Jun, vice president of the Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research, said.
The joint innovation center of enterprises jointly built by Jinhaichuang Technology Company and Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research is one of them. As a leading enterprise in the segment of laser equipment core components, Jinhai Chuang was trapped in the technical bottleneck of digital galvanometer research and development in the past. In 2020, Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research introduced the R&D team of the Dutch Sioux Group through overseas cooperation networks, and jointly tackled common technologies in the industry with Jinhaichuang. According to the agreement, the R&D team formed by Sioux works full-time in Suzhou, and the intellectual property rights obtained by the Joint Innovation Center are fully owned by the company. Today, the Joint Innovation Center has completed the system architecture construction of digital galvanometers, and the relevant indicators have reached the international leading level. By the end of last year, Jiangsu had established 189 joint innovation centers for enterprises, with a total investment of more than 2 billion yuan, of which 900 million yuan of contract demand had been solved.
Nanjing has a joint innovation center for 30 enterprises
Wang Xueying, an associate researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Science, said that the Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research has explored the real needs and real problems in the development of the industry by unveiling the commander-in-chief, and led the construction of a two-way link between industry and science and technology. Support enterprises to take the unveiling of the project as a link, take the lead in forming an innovation consortium and an industry-university-research alliance to create a better industrial innovation ecology.
【"Science and Technology Brain + Future Lab" to improve the speed and quality of innovation】
In 2021, in order to develop the "Tianshu" artificial intelligence open source platform, Zhijiang Laboratory accurately screened out the talent team in the field of algorithm through the Zhejiang "Science and Technology Brain" and invited them to join the "Tianshu" team. As a result, the algorithm development time was shortened from the original planned 30 months to 6 months, and the project schedule was greatly accelerated.
Lv Yuehua, director of the Information Technology Center of Zhejiang Academy of Science and Technology Information, introduced that the "science and technology brain + future laboratory" is the core of the digital reform of Zhejiang Province. Is the "tech brain" easy to use? The reporter logged on to the official website of the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Department, clicked "Zhejiang Science and Technology Brain", entered "chip" in the search bar, and found 23 innovative institutions, 1024 instruments and equipment, 99 scientific and technological reports and 125 innovative services. According to statistics, the "science and technology brain" last year reached 2.225 million visits, integrated 44.6 million various resources and data, and handled 110,000 businesses.
What is the Lab of the Future? According to reports, Zhijiang Laboratory and Liangzhu Laboratory, as pilot units, are building a "future laboratory". Its construction goal is to digitize the innovation resources of scientific research institutions, form a digital laboratory that interacts and collaborates with the "science and technology brain", so as to share resources with other innovative entities, such as sharing various common and special data sets, algorithm model libraries and scientific research aids.
"The 'Future Lab' can input various innovative resources with the 'Science and Technology Brain' to improve the speed and quality of scientific research and innovation activities." Lu Yuehua told reporters, "This is also a kind of business process reshaping, so that scientific research and innovation collaboration has changed from relying on limited personal social relations in the past to a collaborative innovation paradigm based on data analysis and resource matching." ”
Wu Yuting, assistant researcher of Shanghai Institute of Science, said that the digitization and synergy of innovative resources is an important direction for the modernization of scientific and technological governance, and it is also a difficult point that needs to be solved urgently. By building a digital platform, the "Science and Technology Brain + Future Lab" promotes the efficient collaboration and linkage of innovation elements across departments, regions and organizations, which helps to improve the efficiency of the scientific and technological innovation system.
[Stable support funds are flexible in use, and do not need to rely on specific projects]
When it comes to "Science Island" in Hefei, almost everyone knows it. It is located in the wetland of Dongpu Reservoir, with turquoise waves, green trees, and the speed of cars must not exceed 40 kilometers per hour. This is not only a large scientific installation concentration area, but also the best ecological environment in Hefei.
At present, Hefei has built three large scientific devices, including synchrotron radiation, full superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device (EAST) and steady-state strong magnetic field experimental device, and 4 devices under construction, such as the comprehensive research facility for the key system of the fusion reactor host, the future network experimental facility, the high-precision ground-based timing system, and the lightning protection test, and plans to build 4 more.
PROTOTYPE OF EAST SUPERCONDUCTING LONGITUDINAL COIL. Photo by Huang Haihua
Among them, EAST is the world's first all-superconducting tokamak test device designed and developed by the mainland itself, known as the "artificial sun". Its completion makes China one of the few countries in the world to have such a type of tokamak device. On May 28, 2021, EAST set a new world record, realizing repeatable plasma operation of 120 million degrees Celsius 101 seconds and 160 million degrees Celsius 20 seconds; as one of the five major international steady-state strong magnetic field experimental devices, Hefei steady-state strong magnetic field experimental device, magnet technology and comprehensive performance are internationally leading, and has provided experimental conditions for more than 2600 topics in 155 user units at home and abroad.
These large scientific devices are not only built in the best places with the best ecological environment, but also set up provincial laboratories separately and receive stable financial support. According to the relevant responsible comrades of the Innovation Base Division of the Science and Technology Department of Anhui Province, for each newly established provincial laboratory, the provincial finance will reward 5 million yuan in one time, and the follow-up will give 3 million yuan of stable operation and 1-2 million yuan of bonus funding support every year. In addition to financial support, it also provides strong support in terms of projects, finance and talent services.
Anhui Province also has various policies for provincial laboratories, including giving priority to supporting the declaration of national projects, giving priority to solving construction land, giving priority to supporting social capital participation, and special policies for the introduction of talents.
In addition, in 2019, the Anhui Provincial Government issued opinions on supporting innovation platforms, and Anhui Province also gave stable financial support to innovation platforms with leading enterprises in some fields as the main body, such as iFLYTEK and Sunshine Power.
"Compared with some places mainly used for the purchase of hardware equipment, Anhui Province provides stable support funds for provincial laboratories and innovation platforms, and the use is more flexible, without relying on specific projects, which can directly reward individuals or use them for talent introduction, which is worth learning." Dr. Zhao Yue, an associate researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Science, said.