S&T modernization is the key to Chinese-style modernization, and to implement this key, it is necessary to accurately grasp the composition and characteristics of S&T modernization. The modernization of science and technology is based on the great changes unseen in a century and the overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and supports the modernization of the national innovation system to help Chinese modernization. It is necessary to deeply understand and grasp the composition and key characteristics of the subsystem of scientific and technological modernization from multiple dimensions, including the following eight points.
Strengthen the national strategic scientific and technological forces and promote the modernization of the scientific and technological innovation system
Judging from the evolution of the world pattern, national strategic scientific and technological strength is the key to winning international competitive advantage. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "the competition of the world's scientific and technological powers is the national strategic scientific and technological strength." "The national strategic scientific and technological force system is composed of the main national strategic scientific and technological force represented by science and technology leading enterprises, national laboratories, national scientific research institutions, high-level research universities, etc., and the carrier national strategic scientific and technological force represented by the comprehensive national science center and regional innovation highland. It is the "ballast stone" to ensure national security and strongly support the construction of a modern and powerful country. At present, the national strategic scientific and technological forces have developed rapidly and achieved remarkable results on the whole, but the lack of coordination among various subjects, the duplication of research, the difficulty in transforming the results, and the incompatibility of income distribution incentives have restricted the improvement of the systematization capacity of the national strategic scientific and technological forces. In order to cope with the complex new situation and new challenges at home and abroad, how to activate the forces of all parties and promote the systematic and efficient coordination of strategic scientific and technological forces has become a major and urgent issue to promote scientific and technological modernization on the new journey of Chinese-style modernization. In this regard, it is necessary to focus on the needs of major scenarios of Chinese-style modernization, promote the integrated innovation of national strategic scientific and technological forces, greatly improve the systematic ability of scientific and technological research, and promote the modernization of scientific and technological innovation architecture and capabilities.
Strengthen the status of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, and promote the modernization of scientific and technological innovation subjects
Compared with other innovation subjects, enterprises have the advantages of being closest to the market, responding most sensitively to market demand, grasping the pain points of scenarios most comprehensively, having the strongest desire to innovate to meet market demand, and having the most flexible mechanism for the transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological innovation achievements. Strengthening its position as the main body of scientific and technological innovation is an inevitable choice for promoting scientific and technological modernization. Since the beginning of the new era, with the deepening of the reform of the scientific and technological system, the innovation environment of the mainland has been increasingly improved, the main position of enterprise innovation has been increasingly enhanced, and the innovation vitality of enterprises has been continuously stimulated. However, it is also necessary to be soberly aware that the level of modernization and internationalization of mainland enterprises is not high enough, the investment in basic research of enterprises is insufficient, and the foundation of enterprises' status as the main body of scientific and technological innovation is not solid, the confidence is insufficient, the vitality is not high, and the ecology is not excellent. When General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the first meeting of the 20th Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, he emphasized that it is necessary to focus on the major needs of national strategy and industrial development, increase support for enterprise innovation, actively encourage and effectively guide private enterprises to participate in major national innovation, and promote enterprises to play a role in key core technological innovation and major original technological breakthroughs. The mission requirements of the enterprise, the core subject of scientific and technological innovation, are further clarified. On the new journey of Chinese-style modernization, we should further strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, stimulate the spirit of initiative, strengthen the leading position of science and technology leading enterprises, encourage enterprises to become important subjects of basic research, support enterprises to become the main body of talent "introduction, education, use and retention", establish a new enterprise-led scientific and technological innovation system and a scientific and technological achievement transformation system, and improve the overall efficiency of the national and regional innovation system.
We will further implement the strategy of strengthening the country with talents, and promote the modernization of scientific and technological innovation talents
Talent is the first resource of scientific and technological innovation and the key to innovation-driven development. The party and the state have always attached importance to the importance of qualified personnel and have always given priority to the cultivation and development of qualified personnel in the cause of modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "the foundation of innovation lies in talents", so it is the long-term development plan of the country and the nation to deeply implement the strategy of strengthening the country with talents, accelerate the modernization of scientific and technological innovation talents, and cultivate a large number of high-quality talents with both ability and political integrity. It is necessary to speed up the construction of national strategic talent forces, and strive to cultivate more masters, strategic scientists, first-class scientific and technological leaders and innovative teams, young scientific and technological talents, outstanding engineers, great craftsmen, and high-skilled talents. Strengthen the international exchange of talents, and make good use of all kinds of talents. It is necessary to give full play to the leading role of strategic scientists and strategic entrepreneurs, establish and improve a dynamic talent introduction, education, employment and retention ecology, and lead the modernization of science and technology with the support of talent modernization.
Build a high-level innovation consortium and promote the modernization of scientific and technological innovation platforms
The innovation consortium is an effective way and organizational model to promote the collaboration of industry, university and research and the transformation of scientific and technological innovation achievements. In the new era, the construction of innovation consortiums should not stop at promoting general collaborative innovation and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, but also comply with the new requirements of scientific and technological modernization for the construction of high-level innovation consortiums and the overall improvement of the overall efficiency of the national innovation system. In this regard, it is necessary to accelerate the construction of high-level innovation consortiums and promote the modernization of scientific and technological innovation platforms and capabilities. In particular, in order to realize the fundamental transformation of the construction of the national innovation system from the "imitation-catch-up" model to the leading innovation, it is necessary to be led by leading enterprises in science and technology, driven by national strategic scientific and technological forces, and coordinated and integrated by multiple subjects, focusing on building a "high-level innovation consortium" that is fundamentally different from traditional innovation consortiums, and systematically promoting basic research and major scientific and technological innovation tasks related to the national economy and people's livelihood, national security, and core competitiveness of science and technology, so as to more effectively undertake the mission of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance. In the future, it is necessary to further focus on the fields of integrated circuits, aero engines, industrial machine tools and other "big powers" and artificial intelligence, industrial robots and other "strong countries", comprehensively promote the "chain length system", rely on the leading enterprises in the industry to give full play to the leading advantages of the scene, build high-level innovation consortiums and industrial consortiums, and maximize the release of the institutional advantages of the new national system.
Accelerate the market-oriented allocation of data elements, and promote the modernization of scientific and technological innovation elements
The digital economy, with data as the core factor of production, is rapidly and profoundly changing the way of life, mode of production and mode of social governance, not only becoming a key force in reorganizing global factor resources, reshaping the global economic structure and changing the pattern of global competition, but also a new engine for accelerating the modernization of science and technology to achieve high-quality development and build Chinese-style modernization. The essence of the market-oriented allocation of data elements is to promote the efficient circulation of data elements and release the amplification, superposition and multiplication value of digital technology and data elements for high-quality economic and social development. How to give full play to the advantages of the mainland's super-large-scale market, massive data and rich application scenarios, and promote the integration of data, technology and scenarios has become an important issue to drive the modernization of science and technology with digital elements. The key is to better play the role of the government in guiding and regulating and the institutional intermediary role of the data trading platform on the basis of the allocation of resources in the market, and accelerate the formation of a digital economy with innovation as the main guide and support. Therefore, it is necessary not only to support enterprises to take the lead and participate in the construction of major scenarios of the digital economy, but also to further support the industrial Internet platform and digital industrialization platform led by leading enterprises, strengthen the digital economy infrastructure and related standard system, and cultivate the dynamic capacity of industrial digitalization, so as to promote the digital transformation of the national innovation system and the green, intelligent and high-end upgrading of the industry.
Form a basic system to support comprehensive innovation, and promote the modernization of the scientific and technological innovation system
Institutional innovation is an important guarantee for scientific and technological innovation, and scientific and technological innovation and institutional innovation are the two wings of scientific and technological modernization. In the face of the new challenges brought about by the rapid changes in the international situation and the new missions and new requirements put forward by Chinese-style modernization, there are still bottlenecks in the reform of the mainland's science and technology system, such as the unbalanced implementation of tasks, the lack of fast pace of some major reforms, the lack of coordination of reforms in relevant fields, and the fundamental elimination of some deep-seated institutional obstacles. It is also in this context that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to "deepen the reform of the scientific and technological system, deepen the reform of scientific and technological evaluation, increase diversified investment in science and technology, strengthen the legal protection of intellectual property rights, and form a basic system to support comprehensive innovation." "At the new historical starting point, it is necessary to further play a key role in comprehensively deepening reform, deepen reform around scientific and technological modernization and high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, improve the party's institutional mechanism for centralized and unified scientific leadership of scientific and technological innovation, break the institutional constraints that restrict scientific and technological innovation, improve and improve the new national system, and form a basic system to support comprehensive innovation. With institutional guarantees, we will continue to optimize the layout of the scientific and technological force system of the scientific and technological innovation strategy, strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, promote the integrated allocation of scientific and technological innovation elements, build the echelon of scientific and technological innovation talents, improve the energy level of scientific and technological innovation platforms, and improve the evaluation system of scientific and technological innovation achievements.
Deepen international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, and promote the modernization of the scientific and technological innovation ecosystem
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to "expand international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, strengthen the construction of an international scientific research environment, and form an open innovation ecology with global competitiveness." In this regard, it is urgent to create a first-class innovation ecology and business environment, build an efficient and vibrant domestic innovation ecology, and actively integrate into the global innovation network on this basis to build a global innovation cooperation ecology. In terms of domestic ecology, it attaches importance to the scenario-driven deep integration of the "four chains" and the integration and innovation ecology of large and medium-sized enterprises. Through major scenario-driven and industrial policy guidance, we will support leading enterprises to play an important role in scenario-driven scientific and technological innovation, open up innovation resources to the industrial chain, and build an industrial platform that supports the integration and innovation of large and medium-sized enterprises. Further encourage specialized, special and new enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises to give full play to their unique advantages in subdivided fields and disruptive technological innovation, and participate in the innovation chain and supply chain of leading enterprises with strategic agility and innovation vitality. In terms of the construction of an international open ecosystem, it is necessary to ensure and support Chinese enterprises to integrate and participate in global innovation cooperation with higher quality, higher efficiency, lower cost and more equality through high-level institutional innovation and institutional openness. From exporting products made in China, to exporting Chinese manufacturing brands, Chinese enterprise innovation management standards and China's experience model of building a strong country in science and technology. Support enterprises to participate in the organization of the Global Science and Technology Innovation Alliance, the formulation of scientific and technological innovation standards, the construction of scientific and technological innovation networks, and the global industrial division of labor and cooperation, promote the deep integration of internal and external industries, and form an open innovation ecology with global competitiveness.
Develop the theory of innovation management with Chinese characteristics, and promote the modernization of the theory of scientific and technological innovation
The modernization of Chinese science and technology needs the theory of scientific and technological innovation with Chinese characteristics to guide practice. In today's world, the great power game is increasingly reliant on digital innovation ecosystem competition. Correspondingly, the modernization of science and technology also needs to move from openness to openness and integration based on independence, and apply innovation theoretical paradigms that are in line with China's history and national conditions, such as integrated innovation and scenario-driven innovation, to build a new national innovation ecosystem. As China accelerates its progress towards the center of the global innovation pattern, we should build an innovation theory system based on China and connect with the world as soon as possible, so as to "tell China's story well" and promote the internationalization of China's science and technology while supporting the modernization of science and technology.
Author: Yin Ximing, Beijing Xi Jinping Research Center for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Beijing Research Base for the Integrated Development of Philosophy and Social Sciences
This article is reprinted from the WeChat public account Mingli Innovation, and was originally published in the September 4, 2023 issue of Sichuan Daily Thought Weekly
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