The 12th Municipal Party Congress proposed that it is necessary to strengthen the source function of scientific and technological innovation, strengthen national strategic scientific and technological forces, strengthen basic research and original innovation, and promote the deep integration of industrial chain and innovation chain. The "14th Five-Year Plan" is a critical period for the construction of science and technology innovation centers, and it is necessary to achieve a comprehensive upgrade of functions on the basis of forming a basic framework. To play the game of "strong functions" of scientific and technological innovation resources, we need to start from three aspects.
The first is "hadron force". Accelerating the march towards , a technological innovation center with global influence, is a major strategic task assigned to Shanghai by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. In recent years, Shanghai has actively planned and promoted the construction of a science and technology innovation center, focusing on the reform of systems and mechanisms on the one hand, and the construction of conditions and capabilities on the other. The "hard conditions" and "soft environment" for scientific and technological innovation have been continuously improved, and the task of "hadron power" has been initially completed. The intensity of R&D investment is already comparable to that of innovative cities such as New York and Tokyo; a cluster of world-class scientific facilities facing important scientific frontiers has taken shape; the agglomeration of high-level innovation elements such as talents, institutions, capital, technology, and data is accelerating. In the coming period, "hadron power" will firstly make up for its shortcomings, and secondly, improve efficiency. The former mainly points to strategic scientists, high-level talents in key core technology fields, new infrastructure such as data-computing power-algorithm centers, and high-level research institutions. The latter should focus on how to stimulate the potential energy of the elements. For example, while continuing to increase investment in R&D, we also need to pay attention to the efficiency and quality of output. While accelerating the layout and construction of major scientific and technological infrastructure, we must also strive to improve operational service capabilities and stimulate social innovation potential. In the process of continuously optimizing the business environment and arranging global innovation elements, we must also focus on optimizing scientific research organizations and creating strategic scientific and technological forces that can overcome difficulties and overcome difficulties.
The second is "seeking chess positions". In the chess game, the strength of the pieces is the key, and the position of the chess is also very important, which can often make up for the lack of strength of the pieces. The "strong function" of the science and technology innovation center is a systematic process that affects the whole body. It involves complex relationships among subjects, elements, activities, environment and governance. It requires not only "hadron power" but also "strategy". First, we must pay attention to the domestic and international situation and the development trend of global scientific and technological innovation. In the context of intensified unilateralism and closedness in international scientific and technological cooperation, we must explore effective ways of high-level institutional openness and boost Shanghai's active participation in global scientific and technological governance. Strive to become a key node in the international innovation network; secondly, we must identify new trends in knowledge production, diffusion and transformation into productivity models, grasp the new rules of the flow and development and utilization of global innovation elements, and optimize the interactive interface between the supply side and the demand side of scientific and technological innovation. Create a world-class strategic platform to undertake new innovation elements and future-oriented industries; thirdly, we must study and judge the opportunities and challenges brought by the reconstruction of innovation chains, industrial chains and supply chains in high-tech fields, and promote the main links and elements of the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Community Flows and mechanisms will be coordinated to form a systematic synergy that can face global technology and industrial competition as soon as possible.
The third is to "open a new game". Chess games are ever-changing, and the wisdom and experience of chess players have accumulated over the years into various chess records, becoming efficient tools for enhancing chess power and winning. However, as artificial intelligence related technologies continue to mature, algorithms become increasingly sophisticated, and computing power becomes more powerful, the winning logic on the chessboard has been subverted. The global technological innovation competition is like a chess game, with the situation changing and unpredictable, factors constantly updating, forces ebbing and flowing, paradigms rapidly iterating, and the ecology continuing to be reshaped. In the face of changes, Shanghai must maintain strategic focus, continuously open up new prospects for scientific and technological innovation through the construction of science and technology innovation center functions, and empower high-quality development, high-quality life and high-efficiency governance. For Shanghai, there is no ready-made path to build a science and technology innovation center. It must have the courage to "dare to be the first in the world" and break down ideological barriers and institutional barriers. On the one hand, we continue to improve the framework system of the science and technology innovation center by laying foundations and erecting columns and beams. On the other hand, the source function of the science and technology innovation center has been continuously enhanced by gathering momentum, breaking down barriers, and building networks to empower people. "Opening a new game" is a process of continuous trial and error. It is inevitable to encounter setbacks and failures and pay corresponding prices.As the vanguard and forerunner, Shanghai is bound to shoulder its historical mission and charge forward.
The volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity in current scientific and technological innovation governance are increasing day by day, that is, we are in a "vuca" era. To adapt to the ever-changing times with "hadron power", "strategize the situation" and "open new games", strengthen the function of scientific and technological innovation as a source, and accelerate the march towards a scientific and technological innovation center with global influence, we need to bravely venture into the "unmanned world" District" and play the "first move" well.
Author: Chen Qiang (Professor of School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Executive Director of Shanghai Industrial Innovation Ecosystem Research Center) Editor: Qian Yichen
