The central government is stepping up its planning for future industries
“Future industries are industries formed based on cutting-edge major scientific and technological innovations. They are forward-looking industries that face the future and determine industrial competitiveness and regional competitive strength. , is the leading industry that supports the development of future industries." Shao Xinyu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that the current future industry is in the early or gestation stage of explosive growth, has huge future development potential, and has an overall driving and major leading role in the economy and society.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" outline outlines a blueprint for future industrial development, and proposes forward-looking planning for future industries, including brain-like intelligence, quantum information, genetic technology, future networks, deep sea and aerospace development, hydrogen energy and storage. We can organize and implement future industry incubation and acceleration plans in the fields of cutting-edge technology and industrial transformation.
Concrete support measures are being actively deployed from ministries to local governments. Shao Xinyu said that the next step is to seize the window of opportunity, increase policy guidance and support, and accelerate the cultivation and development of future industries. In order to increase total factor productivity, promote the optimization and upgrading of my country's industrial structure, build a modern economic system and support high-quality development Provide new momentum. Strengthen scientific and technological innovation, lead the direction of future industrial development, integrate the innovative resources of industry, academia and research parties around the scientific and technological needs of future industry cultivation, increase basic research, tackle cutting-edge technologies, carry out cross-field research, and use major scientific and technological breakthroughs and applications to lay the foundation for the future. Industrial development provides strong scientific and technological support.
Shao Xinyu also pointed out that it is necessary to create a good innovation ecology and create a highland for future industry cultivation. The future industry is forward-looking and highly uncertain. It is necessary to improve the innovation ecological support. Where conditions permit, we should aim at the direction of future industrial development, create an innovation ecology that conforms to the laws of future industrial development, explore inclusive systems, and support basic research, technological innovation and industry. Carry out integrated deployment, carry out cultivation and demonstration, and create a highland for future industrial development.
Locally, Beijing is accelerating the construction of an international science and technology innovation center, proactively deploying basic research, strengthening the supply of technology and knowledge sources for future industries, smoothing the integration of basic research and industrial development, and deploying artificial intelligence, biology technology and other key areas, and create an open innovation platform to create a good environment for future industrial development. Shenzhen proposed that based on the characteristics of future industries, it will continue to increase investment in basic research and applied basic research, focusing on basic sciences such as information science and materials science to carry out research, and establish a first-class open source platform and R&D platform. At the same time, leading enterprises take the lead in establishing an innovation consortium model, giving full play to the advantages of scientific and technological resources, supporting the undertaking of major provincial and ministerial scientific and technological tasks, and organizing and implementing key technological research projects.
Multiple frontier fields welcome key support
Take nanotechnology as an example. It is a national strategic industrial technology that is supportive and cutting-edge. Including atomic manufacturing, smart medical care, new energy, nanocatalysis, biosecurity, etc. are all related to this. It is reported that China is already at the top of the world in terms of applied research in nanotechnology, with SCI papers and patents ranking first in the world. China has the foundation for a breakthrough from 0 to 1. "We are planning to build a nano-industry cluster, including a nano-manufacturing and intelligent technology industrial park, a nano-medical health technology industrial park and a nano-metamaterials industrial park." Zhao Yuliang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the National Nanoscience Center, revealed.
In terms of promoting the integration of artificial intelligence and industry, my country has increased its efforts in conversion applications in areas such as intelligent vision and assisted medical care to provide strong support for high-quality economic development. Taking Zhongguancun in Beijing as an example, data shows that Zhongguancun's artificial intelligence-related output value reached 186 billion yuan in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%, more than doubling the output value in 2016, and the average annual compound growth rate during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period reached 19.4% .
“In the next step, we will focus on the second phase of the artificial intelligence development plan, focus on promoting the integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy, and focus on the needs of the real economy and improvement of people’s livelihood, in the fields of manufacturing, transportation, medical care and other fields. Open up new artificial intelligence application scenarios.
Zhang Xu, deputy director of the Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that in terms of efforts to improve the original innovation capabilities of artificial intelligence, the country will vigorously develop technologies such as chips and operating systems, proactively lay out the basic theories and cutting-edge cross-research of artificial intelligence, and vigorously promote artificial intelligence. Empowering scientific discovery, it also promotes the development of brain science and other sciences, which in turn accelerates breakthroughs in artificial intelligence technology theory.
Accelerate the improvement of supporting policies.
In the opinion of experts, the future industry has great potential. It is highly forward-looking and disruptive, but also highly uncertain. While doing a good job in top-level design, it is necessary to further improve supporting policy guarantees.
Jia Jingdun, director of the Torch Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said, It is necessary to accelerate the construction of modern systems and mechanisms that adapt to future industrial development, accelerate the improvement of precise policies and measures to adapt to future industrial development, form a diversified innovation ecosystem, and accelerate the establishment of a scientific and technological financial system that adapts to future industrial development to provide application-oriented ones that adapt to future industrial development. scenarios, and strengthen basic research and applied basic research for future development. The second is to strengthen the transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, especially the incubation and growth of scientific and technological enterprises as an important focus, laying the foundation for the development of future industries. . The third is to carry out policy and system innovation, improve and optimize existing policies and systems, and make policies and systems better inclusive of new products, new technologies, new enterprises and new industries.
Pan Jiaofeng said that it is necessary to build a solid cultivation system for future industries and promote the layout in a hierarchical, systematic and systematic manner. The first is the layout of factors, including the talents needed for future industrial development, intellectual property protection, etc. The second is to face future industrial development scenarios. , expand the application of typical new technologies such as new generation information technology and intelligent manufacturing technology, thereby deriving new business formats and models. At the same time, we must lay out an innovation platform system that connects basic research, applied research, technological innovation and other aspects.
Fang Lin, deputy director of the Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Commission, believes that it is necessary to increase financial support and actively play the role of special financial support at all levels, taking future network development as an example, in terms of cutting-edge research, core technology research, and application demonstration. It is necessary to provide corresponding financial guarantees, give full play to the role of various government guidance funds in leveraging social funds, and form a financial support system covering the entire industry chain.
“Whether it is a future industry or a strategic emerging industry, All are based on a global cooperation system. Without global information comparison, errors can easily occur, which is an important feature of the future industry. "Wang Jiwu, Chairman of TusHoldings Co., Ltd., believes that the future industry has its own uncertainties, and a corresponding decision-making exemption mechanism must be established.
Editor/Fan Hui