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BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A document released on October 28 proposes strengthening original innovation and tackling key core technologies. It calls for improving the new national system for scientific and technological innovation, adopting extraordinary measures, and promoting 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. China's modernization relies on the support of scientific and technological modernization. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, my country achieved fruitful results in scientific and technological innovation, and new productive forces developed steadily, laying a solid foundation for the economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The document calls for implementing a number of major science and technology projects in key industries and fields, strengthening the tackling of key core technologies, continuously increasing the proportion of investment in basic research, encouraging original innovation, and providing scientific and technological support for high-quality development. The document proposes highlighting national strategic needs and deploying a number of major national science and technology tasks. It emphasizes strengthening the strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout of basic research, increasing the proportion of investment in basic research, and increasing long-term and stable support. It also emphasizes strengthening the orientation of original innovation in scientific research and technological development, optimizing the environment conducive to original and disruptive innovation, and producing more landmark original achievements. Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun stated that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the supply of high-quality science and technology will continue to increase. The Ministry will coordinate national strategies with the needs of economic and social development, accelerate the implementation of major national science and technology projects, systematically promote strategically guided basic research, strengthen innovation in key common technologies, cutting-edge leading technologies, modern engineering technologies, and disruptive technologies, enhance self-sufficiency in basic scientific and technological conditions, promote the coordinated development of national strategic scientific and technological forces, and accelerate the production of a number of major landmark and original achievements. The "Suggestions" include measures such as "promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation," "integrating the development of education, science and technology talent," and "deepening the construction of Digital China," which coordinate the construction of a strong education nation, a strong science and technology nation, and a strong talent nation, promoting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and leading the development of new productive forces. "We believe that after five years of hard work, China's scientific and technological strength will reach a new level, and scientific and technological innovation will achieve greater results in leading new productive forces and promoting high-quality development, providing stronger support for China's modernization," said Yin Hejun.
