Solidly promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation
In his important speeches at the Solidly promote National Science and Technology Conference, the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, and the Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “we should solidly promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation to help develop new quality productivity”, “the basis of integration is to increase the supply of high-quality science and technology”, and “we should actively use new technologies to transform and upgrade traditional industries and promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of industries”. These important statements point out the path for the development of new quality productivity and clarify the theoretical connotation of the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. Scientific and technological innovation is the core element of the development of new quality productivity. It can promote and lead industrial innovation, while industrial innovation can realize the value of Solidly promote scientific and technological innovation. The deep integration and mutual promotion of the two are of great significance to the construction and improvement of the modern industrial system, and are an important driving force for accelerating the cultivation of new quality productivity.
How does the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation promote the development of new quality productivity
Scientific and technological innovation is the driving force for promoting industrial innovation. When a revolutionary scientific and technological innovation is applied to specific industries and industrial chains, it can not only transform and upgrade existing traditional industries, but also give birth to new industrial forms and business models, providing impetus for industrial replacement. The emergence and widespread application of emerging technologies such as new generation information technology, new energy, new materials, bioengineering and green and low-carbon technologies can not only achieve the deep integration of digital economy and real economy, promote the intelligentization, digitization and greening of traditional manufacturing and service industries, but also develop emerging industries and future industries, and provide an important carrier for the formation of new quality productivity.
Industrial innovation is the foothold for realizing the value of Solidly promote scientific and technological innovation. The essence of innovation lies in creating new value and forming new productivity. Only when the scientific and technological innovation results are smoothly transformed from science to industry and effectively support industrial development can the commercial value be realized. It can be seen that the realization of the value of scientific and technological innovation depends on the leading role of productivity in industrial replacement. On the one hand, the application of scientific and technological innovation results in traditional industries can improve the productivity and competitiveness of traditional industries and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of traditional industries. On the other hand, breakthroughs in key core technologies and cutting-edge technologies can create emerging industries, lead future industries, and enable scientific and technological innovation to truly support and empower the development of new industries. This is the key to achieving the deep integration of industrial chain and innovation chain and promoting high-quality economic development.
Solidly promote Scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation jointly promote the qualitative leap of productivity. Observing the history of economic development, the connotation of productivity will change with the occurrence of scientific and technological revolutions and industrial changes, and realize the qualitative leap of productivity. All previous scientific and technological revolutions and subsequent industrial revolutions started with scientific and technological innovation, and new production tools emerged. With new industries as the carriers of new productivity, the economic development mode has undergone tremendous changes. In the first industrial revolution from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, the invention and application of the steam engine in Britain marked a major shift in industrial production from manual manufacturing to mechanized production. The invention and application of the steam engine greatly improved production efficiency and production capacity, and gave birth to emerging industries such as the textile industry and the coal industry. The industrial revolution driven by the first scientific and technological revolution formed a productivity with mechanization as the main connotation, which greatly changed the economic pattern at that time, promoted the process of urbanization and the reconstruction of social structure. The second industrial revolution was represented by the electric power and chemical industries. The widespread application of electric power technology enabled factories and family life to be electrified, greatly improving the production methods and quality of life. At the same time, the rise of the chemical industry led to the development of new materials and new products, making important contributions to the diversification of industries and the enhancement of national strength at that time. Entering the second half of the 20th century, the rapid development and widespread application of information technology marked the arrival of the third industrial revolution. Computers have become a new type of production tool, and the popularization of the Internet has completely changed the way people live and work. At present, a new round of scientific and technological and industrial revolutions are accelerating. Modern information technology represented by digitalization, networking and intelligence has not only spawned new business models such as e-commerce and online services, but also promoted the rapid development of emerging industries such as intelligent manufacturing, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence. The computing power based on the digital economy has become an important engine to drive economic growth and is promoting a “qualitative” leap in productivity.
The development of new quality productivity is centered on scientific and technological innovation, based on green, digital and intelligent advanced technologies, and based on green and low-carbon industries, high-tech industries, and high-end equipment manufacturing. Only by unblocking the virtuous cycle of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation can we lead industrial development with scientific and technological innovation, and feed back scientific and technological innovation with industrial development, and drive the development of new quality productivity with two wheels. On the one hand, we should promote industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation, take the initiative to seize the commanding heights of scientific and technological competition and future development, provide the driving force for industrial innovation through the commercial application of scientific and technological innovation results, continuously promote industrial technological innovation and production mode changes, and realize the replacement and continuous upgrading of future industries-emerging industries-leading industries-pillar industries. On the other hand, as the transformation carrier and application scenario of scientific and technological innovation, industrial innovation creates market value by exploring new market demands and business models, upgrading the industrial chain value chain, and providing application scenarios and financial support for scientific and technological innovation.
The path to cultivating new quality productivity through the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation
The deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation is the only way to promote the development of new quality productivity. In the context of increasingly fierce global economic competition and rapid iteration of scientific and technological revolution, my country should take scientific and technological innovation as the core driving factor for cultivating new quality productivity, take industrial innovation as an important carrier for developing new quality productivity, and continuously deepen the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation.
Ensure the autonomy, security and controllability of the industrial chain and supply chain. Strengthen the extension and matching of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, enhance the resource integration ability and industrial driving ability of leading enterprises, promote collaborative symbiosis and mutual benefit and win-win among enterprises, and ensure the security and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain. Promote the upstream and downstream enterprises of the industrial chain to deeply integrate resources and factors, apply technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things to production processes and resource management, effectively ensure the organic connection of various production factors in production, distribution, circulation, and consumption, and realize the interconnectedness of the upstream and downstream links of the industrial chain and the dynamic balance of supply and demand in the front and back ends of the supply chain. Focus on the key links of the industrial chain and supply chain, identify key core technologies and weak links, guide new generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence to empower the development of the entire industrial chain, accelerate the solution of “stuck neck” problems, explore cutting-edge technologies through multiple paths, and accelerate the stable development of the entire chain. Enhance the risk resistance of the industrial chain and supply chain, and focus on building and improving the industrial chain security and resilience management system.
Cultivate strategic emerging industries and future industries. Continue to promote the integrated development of science and technology and industry, shorten the life cycle of the industry, seize the window of innovation of emerging technologies based on new generation information technology, new energy, new materials and life sciences, and accelerate the cultivation and development of strategic emerging industries. Strengthen the supply of high-quality basic research and general technology, identify the direction of future technological development with intelligent technology, attract the gathering of various factors such as talents, capital, technology and policies, build a multi-level, diversified and integrated future industrial ecology, encourage future technology updates and iterations, and plan and deploy future industries in advance.
Promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of traditional industries. Accelerate the high-end development of traditional industries, forge the advantages of traditional manufacturing industries, strengthen the chain, extend the chain and supplement the chain, build and enhance advanced manufacturing capabilities, and strengthen the innovation and iteration of new technologies and new products. Accelerate the intelligent development of traditional industries, and improve the accuracy and coordination of products, management and services through digitalization and networking transformation. Accelerate the green development of traditional industries, promote the transformation and upgrading of the industrial chain from “high consumption, high pollution, and high emissions” to “green, low-carbon, and circular”, promote the upgrading of green design, green procurement, green manufacturing, green circulation, green consumption, etc., and realize the green and low-carbon development of the entire industrial chain.
Consolidate the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation. Build a new innovation system dominated by enterprises and focusing on the development of new quality productivity, create a fast channel for the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological innovation achievements, and promote the implementation of scientific and technological innovation achievements. Improve the collaborative innovation mechanism between universities, research institutes and enterprises, guide enterprises to actively connect with research institutions and universities based on development needs, and jointly refine scientific research problems and jointly carry out scientific research through the establishment of innovation consortia and the construction of scientific and technological innovation platforms. Comprehensively improve the efficiency of collaborative innovation between industry, academia and research, and promote the deep integration and innovation of industry, academia, research and application led by enterprises. Give full play to the leading and supporting role of key science and technology enterprises, stimulate large, medium, small and micro enterprises to give play to their comparative advantages, promote business collaboration and resource sharing between upstream, midstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, attract various innovation elements to gather in enterprises, and further release the momentum of scientific and technological innovation.
Realize the transformation of scientific and technological innovation achievements into real productivity. Promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, attach importance to frontier-oriented basic research exploration and market-oriented applied basic research, and ensure that scientific and technological achievements can be effectively transformed into actual productivity. Promote the marketization of technical factors through high standards, optimize the allocation of innovation resources, solve the problem of information asymmetry between technology supply and demand, and improve the transformation efficiency and quality of scientific and technological achievements. Open up talent exchange channels between the science and technology system and the industrial system, improve the mechanisms for talent training, introduction, use and mobility, establish an innovation-oriented science and technology evaluation system and incentive mechanism, stimulate the creativity and enthusiasm of talents, and provide strong human capital support for the mutual integration and symbiosis of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. Cultivate scientific entrepreneurs, break down the institutional barriers to the commercialization of scientific research results, release the vitality of scientific researchers’ innovation and entrepreneurship, enhance the interaction and integration of scientific Solidly promote research and the market, and promote the formation of an innovative ecology with a virtuous cycle of scientific research and the market. (Author: Wang Hui, Associate Professor of the School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University; Yuan Li, Associate Professor of the School of Business, Hunan Normal University)