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“Accelerating the development of new productive forces” is included in this year’s government work report and is listed as one of the top ten tasks in 2024.

Since “new quality productivity” was first proposed in 2023, its popularity has continued to rise. The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of 2023 emphasized the need to promote industrial innovation through scientific and technological innovation, especially disruptive and cutting-edge technologies to spawn new industries, new models, new drivers, and develop new quality productivity.

After entering the time of the National Two Sessions, what key words should be noted regarding accelerating the development of new productive forces?

innovation

The government work report proposes to give full play to the leading role of innovation, promote industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation, accelerate new industrialization, improve total factor productivity, continuously shape new drivers of development and new advantages, and promote social productivity to achieve a new leap.

In the past year, the country’s R&D investment exceeded 3.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.1% over the previous year. Scientific and technological innovation achieves new breakthroughs. The construction of the national laboratory system has been vigorously promoted. The research on key core technologies has achieved fruitful results. Technology contract turnover increased by 28.6%. Innovation-driven development capabilities continue to improve.

“Scientific and technological innovation not only improves the competitiveness of our country’s traditional industries, but also lays a solid foundation and injects impetus into the development of new productive forces.” At the first “Ministerial Channel” of the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress, Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun said that he will speed up the establishment and improvement of a new national system by focusing on the “six major coordination” of “strategic planning coordination, policy and measure coordination, major project coordination, scientific research force coordination, resource platform coordination, and regional innovation coordination.”

“The (R&D funding) investment by central enterprises is 1.066 billion (yuan), which is close to one-third of the country’s total.” Zhang Yuzhuo, director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, said that central enterprises must be “upright and upright.” For the source of technology, we must adhere to open innovation and cannot close the door. We must integrate into the global innovation network. At the same time, we must also establish cooperative relationships with domestic scientific research institutions, universities, leading private enterprises and innovative private enterprises.

industry

The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized the creation of several strategic emerging industries such as biomanufacturing, commercial aerospace, and low-altitude economy, opening up new tracks for future industries such as quantum and life sciences, widespread application of digital intelligence and green technologies, and accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.

Focusing on the upgrading and transformation of traditional industries, the development and expansion of strategic emerging industries, and the forward-looking layout of future industries, the representatives and committee members offered their suggestions and suggestions in interviews with the media.

“New productivity can effectively promote traditional industries to improve their productivity development level.” Dai Hegen, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Railway Construction Group Co., Ltd., said that taking the construction engineering industry as an example, there are still many problems in the development and utilization of deep underground space in cities. With huge development potential, the research and development and utilization of a series of special equipment such as underground intelligent exploration and intelligent construction should be further accelerated to promote the high-quality development of the construction engineering industry.

“Strategic emerging industries are characterized by active innovation and technology-intensiveness, which provide huge space for the development and growth of new productive forces.” Gao Wen, deputy to the National People’s Congress, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and director of Pengcheng Laboratory, said that in recent years, my country’s strategic emerging industries have The industry is booming, and strategic emerging industries currently account for about 13% of GDP.

“Although future industries are in their infancy, they can play an important leading role in economic and social development.” Zhao Yuliang, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and researcher at the National Nanoscience Center, said that it is urgent to lay out future industries.

Talent

“The development of new productive forces ultimately depends on talents.” At the first “Ministerial Channel”, Zhang Yuzhuo proposed that we should vigorously promote the spirit of scientists and outstanding entrepreneurial spirit.

“Young people are the most creative and have the greatest potential for innovation.” Yin Hejun said that in the next step, the cultivation of young scientific and technological talents will be regarded as a long-term strategic task.

The government work report proposes to thoroughly implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and strengthen the basic support for high-quality development. Adhere to the integrated and coordinated advancement of the construction of a strong nation in education, science and technology, and a strong nation in talent, deploy and implement the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain in an integrated manner, deepen the comprehensive reform of education, science and technology talents, and provide strong impetus for modernization.

Plans have been made in various places to consolidate the talent base for developing new productive forces. Zhejiang proposes to focus on major projects to strengthen talent support, talent orientation, and talent measures in an integrated manner, and resolutely remove various institutional and institutional obstacles to allow talents to show their talents. Jiangsu proposed to deepen the reform of science and technology and talent development systems and mechanisms, and implement key tasks such as the introduction and cultivation of high-level innovative talents.

Yu Xing’an, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and president of the China Academy of Personnel Sciences, suggested in an interview with the media that to cultivate human resources with new quality productivity, it is necessary to increase the integration of industry and education and school-enterprise linkage to promote talent training and industrial development at a higher level. Close connection is needed; accelerating the certification of new occupations and strengthening the protection of the rights and interests of young people in new occupations.