Seizing Key Integration of "Four Chains"
Education, science and technology, and talent are the foundational and strategic supports for Chinese-style modernization. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed that it is imperative to deeply implement the strategies of revitalizing the country through science and education, strengthening the nation with talent, and innovation-driven development. It made arrangements and deployments for the "coordinated advancement of the integrated reform of the systems and mechanisms of education, science and technology, and talent," and set higher requirements for further promoting the deep integration of the innovation chain, industry chain, capital chain, and talent chain.
The new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is deepening, and technological innovation has become the arena for the competition among major powers. Continuously exploring new fields and tracks, and promoting a significant leap in scientific and technological strength, is the practical need to effectively respond to risks and challenges and to win the initiative in international competition. To win the strategic initiative in fierce international competition, especially in the competition among major powers, it is necessary to further comprehensively deepen reforms, especially in building a system and mechanism that supports comprehensive innovation, deepening the comprehensive reform of education, the reform of the science and technology system, and the reform of the talent development system and mechanism, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency of the national innovation system and achieving high-level self-reliance in science and technology. In this process, deploying the innovation chain around the industry chain and laying out the industry chain around the innovation chain, optimizing the capital chain, and improving the talent chain are key paths and important means to promote the deep integration of the "four chains."
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On the one hand, the characteristics of science and technology's permeability, diffusivity, and disruptiveness are becoming more prominent. The process of directly transforming science into industry is accelerating, and the widespread application of digital technology, intelligent technology, etc., is profoundly changing the landscape of industrial development. Promoting original and disruptive scientific and technological innovation and breaking through key core technologies is by no means an easy task. It requires fully mobilizing the enthusiasm of all parties and efficiently coordinating various fields to form a joint force. On the other hand, scientific research is expanding to the extremely macro level, delving into the extremely micro level, advancing into extreme conditions, and making efforts in extremely integrated and interdisciplinary directions, continuously breaking through the boundaries of human cognition. The innovation of key core technologies is often a system project of extremely high complexity, involving multiple innovative entities such as enterprises, universities, research institutes, governments, and related service organizations, covering multiple links such as basic research, concept verification, applied research, pilot testing, commercialization, industrialization, and production and sales, with continuous deepening of interdisciplinary integration and a significant increase in the uncertainty of the innovation process. This requires continuously improving the breadth, depth, speed, and precision of scientific and technological innovation, accelerating the aggregation of innovative elements, achieving effective allocation and flow of elements such as knowledge, talent, technology, and capital in the upstream, midstream, and downstream of the industry chain, and promoting comprehensive and precise connection of innovative elements and industrial resources. Through the integrated design, deployment, and advancement of each link and link, the effectiveness of scientific and technological innovation activities is enhanced.
In recent years, China has made significant progress in promoting the deep integration of the "four chains." A series of major scientific and technological tasks have been deployed in the field of strategic high technology, and scientific and technological innovation achievements have continuously led the industry chain to develop towards the middle and high end. The investment in innovation by the whole society has increased significantly, the contribution rate of scientific and technological progress has increased to more than 60%, the proportion of strategic emerging industries in the gross domestic product is about 13%, the number of high-tech enterprises nationwide has reached 463,000, and the role of enterprises as the main body of scientific and technological innovation is becoming more and more prominent. Various places have continuously explored and introduced flexible talent introduction policies to attract high-quality talent aggregation. At the same time, it should also be seen that there are still some difficulties in promoting the deep integration of the "four chains." The main manifestations are: there is a disconnect between scientific and technological achievements and industrial needs, there are still pain points in the safety and cooperation mechanisms of the industry chain, the systematic support role of the capital chain for industrial innovation needs to be strengthened, and the construction of the talent chain is still difficult to meet the needs of industrial innovation. In response to this, it is necessary to focus on the key links and important nodes of the deep integration of the "four chains" and to improve the new mechanisms of policy coordination between the "four chains" and the collaborative innovation of various entities.
First, adhere to the concept of system to provide policy support. Focus on key links such as basic research, achievement transformation, scientific and technological finance, and talent support, and form a complete and scientific policy chain in terms of planning and layout, element configuration, infrastructure, and public services to promote the collaborative development of various entities and various elements. It is possible to normalize the sorting of the list of needs for key core technology research and development, clarify the research and development goals and key tasks at different development stages and planning cycles, and realize the full-chain resource layout in a planned and step-by-step manner. According to the development laws of technological innovation and overall planning, carry out scientific and technological innovation work in a planned and step-by-step manner, plan talent development in a forward-looking manner, and stimulate the vitality of various innovative elements throughout the chain.
Second, build a high-level innovation chain around the industry chain. Consider building an application-oriented major scientific and technological project topic selection and establishment mechanism that can effectively condense the needs of industrial users, effectively play the role of enterprises in the review and acceptance links, and ensure that the results are usable and influential. Improve the market acceptance of new technologies and products, optimize the application scenarios of major scientific research and technological development, and increase market users for new technologies and products with good prospects through government procurement, publicity and promotion, and other forms. Support relevant departments and various entities to take the lead in trying to expand the application of scenarios, and provide a foundation for the iteration and upgrading of technology.
Third, strengthen the supporting role of the capital chain for industrial innovation. Increase the credit investment in scientific and technological innovation enterprises in various forms, encourage banks or other financial institutions to carry out credit loans, intellectual property and equity pledge loans, order financing, and other credit services in combination with the characteristics and needs of scientific research institutions and scientific and technological innovation enterprises under the premise of controllable risks and sustainable business. Develop a multi-level capital market service platform and play the "lever effect." Through forms such as "lump-sum system" and "basic research special zone," give researchers greater autonomy in the use of funds, and consider giving phased support according to the results of phased assessments.
Fourth, layout the talent chain in a forward-looking manner. Dynamically adjust the catalog of urgently needed and scarce talents in key fields, strengthen the support of scientific and technological talents in key industrial fields, drive talent introduction through project introduction, and promote project development through talent introduction. Improve the mechanism for predicting the demand for industry talents and releasing information on urgently needed and scarce talents, guide colleges and universities to dynamically adjust their professional settings, and accelerate the construction of a professional training system for urgently needed and scarce talents. Encourage enterprises to participate in the revision and implementation of college talent training programs, build a long-term, stable, and institutionalized interest balance mechanism between colleges, scientific research institutions, and enterprises, and promote the formation of a talent training strategic alliance. Implement a classified evaluation standard for professional titles and a representative work review system, carry out differentiated and classified evaluation of scientific and technological talents, and pay attention to the quality and original value of scientific research achievements.
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