How will China's scientific and technological innovation do in the next 15 years

At present, our country is in the best period of development since modern times, and the world is in a state of great change that has not been seen in a century. The two are intertwined at the same time and stirred up with each other. Under this background, how to establish the strategic position and realization path of Chinese science and technology in the future? On September 27, the National High-Level Expert Seminar on Medium- and Long-Term Science and Technology Development Planning Strategy was held in the Ministry of Science and Technology. Well-known experts from the fields of economy, science and technology, and industry jointly worked together to draw a grand blueprint for China's technological innovation in the next 15 years.

Wang Zhigang, director of the Office of the Planning Leading Group and Minister of Science and Technology, said that mid- and long-term science and technology development planning is to carry out top-level design at the national level. It is important to analyze the future competitive landscape of international scientific and technological innovation from multiple dimensions such as history, current and future. The preparation of a new round of mid- and long-term scientific and technological development planning has far-reaching implications, which is related to the strategic deployment of scientific and technological innovation in China and the overall development of the country in the future. He hoped that the scientific and technological community and all sectors of society would pay attention to the medium- and long-term scientific and technological development planning, gather wisdom, form a consensus, and work together to plan a good medium- and long-term scientific and technological development plan for the country.

Despite his physical inconvenience, Yang Zhenning, a nearly 100-year-old academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor at Tsinghua University, still cared about the development of the national scientific and technological cause. He personally attended the meeting and introduced the most advanced scientific and technological achievements in international physics. attract attention.

"Many scientists have reached a consensus that cross-science will become a major trend in the future development of science and technology." Yao Qizhi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor at Tsinghua University, said that the current wave of artificial intelligence development and the technological innovations driven by it are precisely the obvious examples of the rise of cross-science. One. In the top foreign universities, the integration and development of interdisciplinary subjects has gradually become the norm, but it is still rare in China.

"We need to establish a complete talent training chain from undergraduates, graduate students to leading talents." Yao Qizhi said with deep feelings, to strengthen the integration and cooperation between different disciplines, the technology should be vertically integrated, and the results should be transformed into realities. Facing the current general direction of scientific and technological progress and the trend of global industrial transformation, Yao Qizhi suggested that it is necessary for China to focus on cross-disciplinary research related to computing, to further improve the national scientific research level, and enhance its ability to lead and support future industrial development.

"Some of the world's most cutting-edge technology directions are being researched simultaneously by China, or they can keep up with it quickly. Now they must dare to put forward their own direction and dare to lead in the direction of huge strategic value." Director of Huawei Company and Dean of Strategic Research Institute Xu Wenwei believes that after decades of development, China has basically synchronized with the world on some frontier topics and has the possibility to lead in certain key areas.

The National Laboratory was also the focus of hot discussions among experts at the symposium. Xue Qikun, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and vice president of Tsinghua University, believes that the construction of national laboratories should be taken as the key content of the new round of national mid- and long-term scientific and technological development strategic planning and the key task of system and mechanism reform. Strive to form the basic pattern of national laboratories within five years and form the deployment of national strategic forces in key areas.

According to Xue Qikun, the national laboratory must have a relatively clear and important task of great significance to national development. Depending on the task, it may be considered to cover key core materials, key experimental equipment and industrial instruments, and strategically forefront of the sector. He suggested that the National Laboratory Academic Steering Committee be established to be responsible for scientific research and judgment in the relevant fields of the national laboratory to be constructed to ensure accurate decision-making.

Chen Zuoning, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, academician of the Academy of Engineering, Gao Song, president of the South China University of Technology, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wu Manqing, general manager of the China Electronics Technology Group Co., Ltd., and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhou Qi, director of the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zhou Qi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd. Lei Fanpei, chairman of the company, Yin Zhiyao, chairman and general manager of China Microelectronics Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and Ye Tianchun, director of the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences also stood at the height of the country ’s future development, focusing on the international pattern and domestic development , Scientific and technological situation and planning goals, key points, methods and other aspects have expressed their insights.

Experts pointed out that the medium- and long-term scientific and technological development planning must be planned based on the vision and future assumptions, and must be advanced and leading; cross-science has become a major trend in the future development of science and technology, regardless of quantum computing, nanomaterials, biomedicine, The development of driverless or financial technology depends on the close integration of multiple disciplines. Interdisciplinary science should be valued in the national medium and long-term scientific and technological development; to strengthen the national strategic scientific and technological strength; to build an innovative country, talent is the first priority Establish a complete talent training chain, from undergraduates to graduate students to leading talents, systematically cultivate a batch of high-quality talents for the country.