Ministry of science and technology of China proposes to build "first mover advantage" in basic research

Source: Bio 360 2017-09-25 Wan Gang, Minister of the Ministry of science and technology of China, said in Shanghai on September 23 that as China enters a new stage of innovation and development, it is necessary for China to build a "first mover advantage" and become a world power in science and technology Wan Gang said in a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of 2017 Pujiang innovation forum that since the reform and opening up, China has continued to follow up the world's leading edge, and has successfully achieved the "last mover" in aerospace, deep sea, high-speed rail, nuclear energy, biology, supercomputing, communications, Internet, new energy and other fields Up to now, some Chinese enterprises have found "no man's land" when they are leading the world In 2016, Chinese officials proposed to build a world power in science and technology and the corresponding "three-step" strategic goal Wan Gang said that to achieve this goal, the first thing is to lay a good foundation, that is, to form a strong original innovation ability of basic research In recent years, China has begun to increase investment in basic research and improve the layout of basic research For example, more than 100 scattered funding projects have been integrated into the "new five types of science and technology plan" The budget of the National Natural Science Foundation has steadily increased, and the proportion of basic research in the national key R & D plan has exceeded 34% It is pointed out that there are still some problems in China's basic research, such as insufficient investment, lack of major original achievements, lack of institutional mechanism to transform basic research into original ability, lack of long-term and stable team in a certain direction For example, the proportion of basic research investment in China's central financial science and technology investment is equivalent to that of developed countries, but there is a big gap in the proportion of local financial science and technology investment and the proportion of enterprise basic research funds Wan Gang put forward a series of measures for the above problems on the same day, including optimizing the layout of basic research, building a high-level basic research base, strengthening the team of basic research talents, improving the development mechanism of basic research, improving the international level of basic research and strengthening the construction of scientific research integrity.