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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 29th - Title: Accelerating High-Level Scientific and Technological Self-Reliance and Self-Strengthening - Xinhua News Agency Reporter Hu Zhe: High-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening is a strategic support for high-quality development. The "Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" lists "significantly improving the level of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening" as a major goal of economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, and dedicates a chapter to "accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening to lead the development of new quality productive forces" as a strategic task. These deployments and requirements have sounded the clarion call for scientific and technological innovation on the new journey, pointing the way forward for the development of my country's science and technology. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, my country achieved fruitful results in scientific and technological innovation, with its national comprehensive innovation capacity ranking rising from 14th to 10th. Scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation have accelerated their integration, with the added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increasing by 42% compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period. Embarking on the new journey of the 15th Five-Year Plan, my country's development environment faces profound and complex changes, and scientific and technological innovation has been given a more important mission: not only to be "self-reliant and self-strengthening," but also to achieve "high-level" innovation. Only by consolidating the foundation for high-quality development with high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening can Chinese-style modernization proceed steadily and sustainably. Key core technologies are crucial national assets. The "Suggestions" explicitly require improving the new national system and adopting extraordinary measures to promote decisive breakthroughs in key core technologies in key areas such as integrated circuits, industrial machine tools, high-end instruments, basic software, advanced materials, and biomanufacturing across the entire industry chain. Only by continuously strengthening basic research and improving original innovation capabilities, and by focusing on breakthroughs in key core technologies and cutting-edge technologies, can we firmly grasp the lifeline of science and technology and the initiative in development. Achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and developing new productive forces places a more urgent need on the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. "Coordinating the construction of national strategic scientific and technological forces," "accelerating the efficient transformation and application of major scientific and technological achievements," and "strengthening the leading role of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation"... the "Suggestions" propose a series of measures to lead industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation, allowing the "deep squatting and running" of basic research and the "accelerated sprint" of industrial development to mutually reinforce each other, which will drive the cultivation and expansion of new productive forces to take new steps and generate a continuous driving force for high-quality development. Talent is the primary resource; the fundamental source of national scientific and technological innovation lies in people. According to the "Suggestions," in the next five years, by focusing on cultivating talent in a coordinated manner to meet the needs of scientific and technological innovation, industrial development, and national strategic requirements, we will accelerate the building of a national strategic talent pool and fully unleash the innovative and creative potential of all types of talent. China's scientific and technological strength will surely reach a new level, providing stronger support for China's modernization.
