When inspecting the Ministry of Science and Technology, Li Keqiang emphasized that we must implement innovation-driven development, enhance our capabilities for technological innovation to drive the transformation and upgrade of the economic structure in a more effective way.
On August 22, Li Keqiang, Member of the standing Committee of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, visited and inspected the Ministry of Science and Technology and presided over a symposium.
At the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center, the principal made a detailed introduction on the construction of national hi-tech industrial development zones and self-dependent innovation demonstration areas, scientific and technological achievement transformation, the development of “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” and the execution of policies that support enterprise researches. The little torch on the display board indicates the overwhelmingly increasing development trend of innovative enterprises in China. Li Keqiang said gladly that the innovation torch should be delivered to the entire society and that the achievements of innovation development should benefit all people. Li Keqiang also learned the achievements of incubation in technology-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) over the 30 years since business incubation first got started. He said, from incubators to Zonetry to innovative ecological construction, everything embodied our constant deepening in innovative services. We should summarize the experience and keep exploring. At the Department of Policies, Regulation and Supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Li Keqiang listened to the briefings on the implementation of the scientific and technological system reform and the construction of scientific and technological management and information system and encouraged them not to be afraid of bringing forth new ideas and to accelerate public sharing of scientific and technological information to better serve researchers and enterprise development.
Li Keqiang pointed out that we should take advantage of the new characteristics like industry transformation acceleration driven by the scientific and technological revolution and accelerate financing development in the scientific and technological innovation, making use of platforms such as the internet and big data. We should combine science and technology with the economy to a deeper extent, create a great innovation ecosystem, build platforms for opening up and innovation, improve innovation efficiency, implement “Made in China 2025” in close combination with market needs, work hard to surmount key technologies, accelerate custom and intelligent supply innovation, and further improve the percentage of contribution that science and technology makes to the economy. We should further the connection between fundamental researches, applied researches and industrialization, encourage more enterprises to get involved in fundamental researches, develop services like scientific and technological intermediaries and accelerate the effective transformation of scientific and technological achievements. We should deepen cooperation among various kinds of innovation subjects such as institutes, colleges and universities, enterprises and innovators, break limits across institutions, departments and regions with determination, facilitate the free flow and optimized configuration of innovative factors such as talents, capital, information and technologies, accelerate the development of mass entrepreneurship and innovation in a more profound way, and achieve the multiplication effect of scientific and technological innovation.
Li Keqiang emphasized that all related departments should adhere to the spirit of President Xi Jinping’s speech at the National Science and Technology Innovation Conference, and in accordance with the specific requirements from the Central Party and the State Council, implement all policies that deepen the revolution of the scientific and technological system and support scientific and technological innovations, and get through “the last kilometer” of policy implementation. In aspects such as scientific research projects, funds management, title appraisal and position setting, we should alleviate the burden of scientific research institutions and colleges and universities, further inspire the innovative potentials of scientific and technological personnel, create a better development environment for young scientific and technological personnel and make them feel they are indeed cared for so they can lead economic and social development with scientific and technological innovations in a better way, achieve rapid growth and high level of China’s economy, and welcome the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with outstanding achievements.
Liu Yandong, Yang Jing and Wan Gang attended the above events.