2021 Zhongguancun Forum Held Plenary Meeting Cai Qi Speech and Award wang Zhigang Hou Jianguo Li Xiaohong Zhang Yuzhuo Chen Jining Xie Zhenhua attended

Source: Beijing Daily

On the morning of September 25, the 2021 Zhongguancun Forum held a plenary meeting. Cai Qi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee, delivered a speech and presented the Zhongguancun Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Beijing Science and Technology Award. Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Hou Jianguo, President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Li Xiaohong, Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology in charge of daily work and First Secretary of the Secretariat Zhang Yuzhuo, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Chen Jining, and China's Special Envoy for Climate Change Affairs Xie Zhenhua attended the meeting.

Cai Qi congratulated Academician Shao Feng and other winners of the Zhongguancun Award for Outstanding Contributions, and thanked people from all walks of life who cared about and supported Beijing's construction and development. He pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's video congratulations at the 2021 Zhongguancun Forum clearly proposed to support Zhongguancun to carry out a new round of pilot reform and accelerate the construction of the world's leading science and technology parks, which has injected new and powerful impetus into Beijing's high-quality development. We must conscientiously and comprehensively grasp the implementation.

Cai Qi stressed that Beijing is one of the regions with the most intensive scientific and educational resources and the most active innovation in the world. It is necessary to give full play to the advantages of scientific and technological intellectual resources, make good use of major policy dividends, adhere to the standard of first-class kindness, aim at the world's first-class, base on the main position of the Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, and step up the construction of an international scientific and technological innovation center. It is necessary to step up the formulation of the implementation rules and pilot programs for a new round of pilot reform in Zhongguancun, further deepen the reform around strengthening the main body of innovation, gathering innovation elements, and optimizing the innovation mechanism, and strive to build the world's leading science and technology park and innovation highland. Continue to optimize the business environment, improve the "whole chain" innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, and provide good services for scientific and technological innovation enterprises. Stimulate the innovation vitality of all kinds of talents, and strive to build a world talent highland. Welcome global innovative talents to China, to Beijing, to Zhongguancun innovation and entrepreneurship, and interpret wonderful innovation stories.

Cai Qi pointed out that to solve and respond to global development problems and challenges, it is even more necessary to open, inclusive, mutually beneficial and shared international scientific and technological innovation exchanges. Zhongguancun Forum is a national platform for China's global scientific and technological innovation exchanges and cooperation, and looks forward to the in-depth participation of guests and friends in this international science and technology event, fully exchanging innovative ideas, discussing cutting-edge science and technology, so as to promote scientific and technological innovation to better serve the pursuit of a better life for the people of all countries, and make new contributions to promoting global scientific and technological innovation exchanges and cooperation.

Wang Zhigang said in his speech that the Chinese government adheres to the "four aspects", promotes the integrated layout of basic research, applied basic research and technological innovation, strives to build a good legal, policy, cultural and institutional environment, and creates an efficient and smooth national innovation system. The Ministry of Science and Technology and Beijing Municipality work closely together to promote Beijing Municipality, especially Zhongguancun, to take the lead in innovation-driven development, give play to the role of "test field" and "vanguard"; continuously improve the influence and radiation of the Zhongguancun Forum, and create an effective platform for international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation. We are willing to carry out dialogues and exchanges with all countries in the world to form more international consensus on scientific and technological governance; we also hope to learn from more international advanced experience and share more Chinese scientific and technological achievements with the world.

Hou Jianguo said in his speech that the Chinese Academy of Sciences has always adhered to the scientific and technological values of "innovating science and technology, serving the country and benefiting the people", and is committed to promoting sustainable human development and effectively meeting the major scientific and technological needs of the country's economic and social development. Zhongguancun is a banner of China's innovation-driven development and a fertile ground for the reform and innovation development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. We hope that through the Zhongguancun Forum, a global platform for scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, we will establish closer cooperative relations with major innovation institutions at home and abroad, jointly explore new trends in the development of the frontier of science and technology, new directions of industrial transformation, and new paths for high-quality development led by science and technology, and make new and greater contributions to promoting global innovation and development.

Li Xiaohong said in his speech that the Chinese Academy of Engineering, as a national strategic scientific and technological force, will focus on the theme of the Zhongguancun Forum, do a good job in three aspects, and help the Zhongguancun Forum to go steady and far. The first is to face the construction of a smart society and draw a magnificent blueprint for digital China with unlimited innovation. The second is to face the people's life and health, and compose a healthy Chinese moving movement with sincerity and sincerity. The third is to face the construction of ecological civilization and use green and low-carbon brushes to depict the magnificent poems of beautiful China. The avenue is far away, hand in hand. We are willing to work with you to promote comprehensive innovation with scientific and technological innovation, and make greater contributions to the construction of the capital Beijing, China and the world community with a shared future.

Zhang Yuzhuo said in his speech that the Zhongguancun Forum has become a beacon for science and technology and industry at home and abroad to lead social civilization. Science and technology change the world, innovation wins the future. We advocate scientific and technological innovation that supports high-quality development, adheres to the truly people-oriented scientific and technological innovation, and looks forward to the global win-win scientific and technological innovation. Facing the world and the future, the China Association for Science and Technology will better gather the wisdom of the scientific and technological community, continuously enhance open exchanges with the international scientific and technological community, build an innovation ecosystem of mutual trust and cooperation, jointly write a new chapter for the high-quality development of the capital, and make new contributions to the support of Chinese-style modernization and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind through science and technology.

Chen Jining said in his speech that General Secretary Xi Jinping's video congratulations at the 2021 Zhongguancun Forum pointed out the direction for Zhongguancun to carry out a new round of pilot reform and promote international scientific and technological innovation exchanges and cooperation. Based on the strategic positioning of the capital city, we will resolutely assume the major historical responsibility of building an international science and technology innovation center, adhere to the core position of innovation, strengthen the strategic layout, and accelerate the formation of a new model of high-quality development led by innovation. Efforts should be made to build a national strategic scientific and technological force, strengthen the construction of new research and development institutions, explore institutional mechanism innovation, and fully stimulate the vitality of innovation and creation. Gather innovation elements, improve the innovation ecology, make every effort to promote technological innovation breakthroughs at the bottom, and promote scientific and technological achievements to benefit the people. Focusing on key areas such as the digital economy, life and health, and climate change, we will strengthen basic research and original innovation, further promote international scientific and technological cooperation that is open, inclusive, mutually beneficial and shared, continue to optimize innovation services, and strive to achieve more high-level innovation results.

At the meeting, 5 major scientific and technological achievements were released, and the "2020 Beijing Science and Technology Award Award Decision" was read. Representatives of international innovative organizations and institutions delivered video messages. Relevant central departments, leaders of Beijing Municipality, responsible comrades of universities in Beijing, envoys stationed in China, responsible persons of international scientific and technological organizations in China, winners of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Award, leading figures in the scientific community, well-known entrepreneurs and representatives of investors attended the meeting.