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2023 will be another extraordinary year for China’s innovation cause!
This year, the "Struggle" completed the world's first manned deep-diving scientific research mission around Oceania, the large aircraft C919 completed its first commercial passenger flight, the world's first 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine was connected to the grid to generate electricity, and independent third-generation nuclear power technology " The world's first "Hualong One" reactor demonstration project passed completion acceptance, the domestic large-scale cruise ship manufacturing has won the "third pearl" of the shipbuilding industry, and the world's first memristor storage and calculation integrated chip was born... Since this year, a series of new inventions , new technologies, new products, and new equipment have become important driving forces for industrial upgrading and structural optimization, and technological innovation continues to empower high-quality development.
Behind the rich innovation achievements is strong innovation capabilities, both of which are inseparable from a good innovation ecosystem. These dazzling innovation achievements show that China's scientific and technological strength is moving from quantitative accumulation to qualitative leap, from point breakthrough to systematic capability improvement. As we accelerate the pace of achieving self-reliance and self-reliance in high-level science and technology, the dream of becoming a powerful country will surely become better realized in reality.
The innovation results are exciting
This year, China’s innovation achievements are exciting!
China Space Station, the two crews of Shenzhou 17 and Shenzhou 16 successfully "reunited" at the China Space Station. This is the 20th anniversary of China's first manned spacecraft Shenzhou 5 realizing the Chinese nation's millennium dream of flying into space. The first, second and third batches of Chinese astronauts are on the same frame on the Chinese Space Station for the first time...
In Wanan, Jiangxi, a new rapeseed variety "Zhongyouzao No. 1" independently bred and developed has a rapeseed yield of 175.7 kilograms per mu. The team of the Oilseeds Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has been working hard for 6 years and set a new high-yield record.
Hefei, Anhui, the "artificial sun" fully superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device (EAST) successfully achieved steady-state high-confinement mode plasma operation for 403 seconds - EAST Big Science of the Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences The team worked together to tackle the problem and ushered in a major breakthrough.
From the stars above our heads to the earth beneath our feet, from the vast universe to the faint particles, in 2023, China continued to achieve major original scientific and technological achievements.
Smooth takeoff, smooth landing, crossing the water gate... On May 28, China's independently developed large passenger aircraft C919 successfully completed its first commercial passenger flight. In the field of civil aviation, large passenger aircraft are known as "the pearl of modern manufacturing". Its manufacturing capacity directly reflects a country's industrial level. The C919's soaring into the sky has made the Chinese people's "big airplane dream" a reality.
In order to help achieve the "double carbon" goal, China's first offshore carbon dioxide storage demonstration project was officially put into operation in the eastern waters of the South China Sea on June 1, and began to inject carbon dioxide generated with offshore oil extraction into seafloor formations on a large scale. This project fills the gap in China's offshore carbon dioxide storage technology.
"Chinese Core" has also made technological breakthroughs. In September, an article published online in an international academic journal introduced the latest research results of the team of Professor Wu Huaqiang and Associate Professor Gao Bin of the School of Integrated Circuits at Tsinghua University - the world's first fully system-integrated, integrated computer based on the integrated storage and computing paradigm. A memristor storage and computing integrated chip that supports efficient on-chip learning (machine learning can be completed directly on the hardware side). The chip demonstrates excellent energy efficiency advantages and has the potential to meet the high computing power needs of the artificial intelligence era.
On September 27, one of the iconic equipment of the national major scientific and technological infrastructure "Space Environment Ground Comprehensive Monitoring Network" (Meridian Project Phase II), known as the "Thousand-Eyed Dzi Bead" - the Circular Array Solar Radio Imaging Telescope (hereinafter (referred to as the circular array) successfully passed the process test and was officially completed. The ring array can not only monitor various eruptive activities on the sun, but also monitor the process of solar storms entering the interplanetary system. This plays an important role in understanding the mechanism of solar explosions and the propagation rules between the sun and the earth, and predicting the impact of solar activities on the earth.
As key green power technologies continue to make new breakthroughs, ships in the golden waterway of the Yangtze River are also using "new energy." On October 11, as the sound of "set sail" resounded across the river, China's first hydrogen fuel cell-powered demonstration ship "Three Gorges Hydrogen Boat 1" made its maiden voyage in Yichang, Hubei Province, the starting point of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, realizing the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell technology in China The "zero breakthrough" in the application of inland river ships has opened the hydrogen energy era for Yangtze River shipping.
In 2023, China's new energy vehicle industry will develop rapidly. On November 24, BYD announced that its 6 millionth new energy vehicle rolled off the assembly line. The first "1 million vehicles" took 13 years, and the sixth "1 million vehicles" took just over 3 months. In the first half of this year, China's automobile exports have surpassed Japan's and ranked first in the world, with new energy vehicles performing particularly well.
In 2023, China's Long March series of launch vehicles will also usher in the 500th launch. On December 10, China successfully launched the Yaogan 39 satellite using the Long March 2D carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Since the Long March 1 carrier rocket launched the Dongfanghong-1 satellite in 1970, China's aerospace industry has completed a breakthrough "from 0 to 500" in 53 years. Among them, it took 37 years for the Long March rocket’s first 100th launch and only 2 years for the fifth 100th launch, constantly setting new records for China’s aerospace industry.
In 2023, China also won the "third pearl" of the shipbuilding industry. The total tonnage is 135,500 tons, 323.6 meters long, 37.2 meters wide, and the maximum height is 72.2 meters; the entire ship is equipped with 107 systems, 55,000 pieces of equipment, including 25 million parts and components, and has completed the laying of 4,750 kilometers of cables... On November 4, China's first domestically produced large-scale cruise ship "Aida·Modu" was officially named and delivered.
China's ultra-high-speed next-generation Internet backbone channel will also be opened in 2023. On November 13, Tsinghua University announced the official opening of the world's first 1.2T (transmission rate of 1200G bits per second) ultra-high-speed next-generation Internet backbone channel. The overall technical level of this channel is not only world-leading, but also all system software and hardware equipment are domestically produced and independently controllable. Its completion means that China's Internet backbone channel technology has reached the T-bit level threshold.
Innovation capabilities steadily improved
In 2023, China's innovation capabilities will continue to steadily improve!
Since the beginning of this year, China has targeted key core technologies to tackle key problems, focused on improving its original innovation capabilities in cutting-edge fields of science and technology, and continuously achieved new breakthroughs, laying a solid foundation for continuously enhancing the resilience of industrial and supply chains. With the solid advancement of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, key core technologies in some fields have achieved breakthroughs and industrialization, and the role of scientific and technological innovation in driving economic growth has increased.
The national innovation index is an important indicator reflecting the country's comprehensive innovation capabilities. On November 21, the "National Innovation Index Report 2022-2023" released by the China Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategies showed that the global innovation landscape maintains a tripartite posture of Asia, the United States and Europe, the trend of science and technology innovation centers moving eastwards is more significant, and China's comprehensive innovation capabilities The ranking rose to tenth, moving further towards the forefront of innovative countries.
The "National Innovation Index Report" selects 40 countries that are comparable to China (their total R&D investment accounts for more than 95% of the world, and the total GDP accounts for more than 85% of the world) as the evaluation objects, including innovative resources, knowledge creation, enterprise innovation, The evaluation index system is constructed from the five dimensions of innovation performance and innovation environment. It uses authoritative international organizations and national official statistical survey data to objectively judge China's position in the international scientific and technological innovation landscape, and comprehensively reflects China's scientific and technological innovation input, output and supporting economy. social development ability. The results show that in 2023, China's National Innovation Index ranked tenth in the world, up three places from the previous period, and was the only developing country to enter the top 15. The country's innovation capabilities have made significant progress, rapidly rising from 38th place in 2000 to 20th place in 2011, and then steadily rising to 10th place.
Judging from the five sub-indexes of the National Innovation Index, China has performed well in all dimensions. It performed particularly well in "knowledge creation", scoring 83.7 points and ranking third.
Innovation ecology continues to optimize
2023 is the year of continuous optimization of China’s innovation ecosystem!
A number of policies have been introduced one after another to create a good innovation ecosystem: there are "hard measures" to support the development of young scientific and technological talents, the "other power" of scientific research has ushered in a fairer growth environment, and the "gift package" of corporate tax benefits has improved the quality and upgrading of science and technology. Innovation... The whole society is enthusiastic about supporting innovation, investing in innovation, participating in innovation, and promoting innovation.
With the in-depth implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, technological innovation continues to empower the real economy, new industries and new drivers continue to develop and grow, and their role in driving economic growth increases.
On the one hand, a number of industries with long industrial chains, high technological content, and strong driving capabilities have accelerated their development. From January to October, the industrial added value of automobile manufacturing, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing increased by 11.3% and 13.6% year-on-year. The research and development and industrialization of key technologies such as edge computing, industrial big data, and general artificial intelligence are in the ascendant, promoting the accelerated integration and development of the service industry and manufacturing industry. The core industry scale of the industrial Internet network platform exceeds 1.2 trillion yuan, and nearly 8,000 digital workshops and smart factories have been built. indivual.
On the other hand, new models and new business formats continue to be active, and leadership is highlighted. Since the beginning of this year, the business activity index of culture-related industries such as telecommunications, radio, television and satellite transmission services, Internet software and information technology services has been in a high-prosperity range.
Since the beginning of this year, various regions have focused on breaking through the marketization breakpoints, benefit-sharing pain points, and industrialization blockages in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. From January to October, among the high-tech service industries, investment in scientific and technological achievements transformation services and professional and technical services increased by 37.3% and 29.1% respectively. By increasing the speed of transformation of scientific and technological achievements from "bookshelf" to "shelf", and promoting quality change through efficiency change and power change, we can continuously break through bottlenecks in high-quality development and better solve the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development.
Enterprises are the main body of technological innovation. To tap the potential and vitality of innovation, the focus is on enterprises. In 2023, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the Development and Growth of the Private Economy" was released, clearly supporting the improvement of scientific and technological innovation capabilities; the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments issued several measures to promote the development of the private economy and support private enterprises in participating in major scientific and technological research; the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council The Committee promotes central enterprises to accelerate the development of strategic emerging industries...A series of policies and measures have been implemented in the same direction, and the innovation vitality of enterprises has been further stimulated. As the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation continues to strengthen, the "flower of innovation" will better bear the "fruits of development", and scientific and technological innovation will continue to empower high-quality development.