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Enhancing the Ability of Independent Innovation and Accelerating Innovation-driven Development

Column:Company News Time:2019-07-14
The development of each country can be summarized into four main development modes: factor-driven development, investment-driven development, innovation-driven development and wealth-driven development.

From the perspective of international economic theory and the historical experience of economic development around the world, the development of countries can be summarized into four main development modes: factor-driven development, investment-driven development, innovation-driven development and wealth-driven development. These modes of development are generally manifested in several stages of a country's successful economic development, and are the process of a country's economic development from a low-level development mode to a high-level development mode. In general, these development modes interweave with each other to play a role, but in a certain period, some or several development modes will play a leading role. What kind of economic development model a country adopts mainly depends on its level of productivity development, which is determined by the law of economic development and not by human will.


Since the reform and opening up, China's economic development has basically adopted the extensive development mode of combining factor-driven development with investment-driven development, which is now facing great challenges. China's economy is facing an important task of changing from factor-driven and investment-driven development to innovation-driven development.


The most important thing to promote the development of scientific and technological innovation is to enhance the ability of independent innovation.


The Eighteenth National Congress of the CPC put forward the strategy of innovation-driven development, emphasizing that scientific and technological innovation is the strategic support for improving social productivity and comprehensive national strength, and must be placed at the core of the overall national development, which is a major strategic choice of the CPC Central Committee. Innovation and development can be carried out from many aspects, such as technological innovation, management innovation and institutional innovation, but the driving role of technological innovation should be emphasized. To promote the development of scientific and technological innovation, the most important thing is to enhance the ability of independent innovation. We must adhere to independent innovation as a strategic basis. Practice has proved that in the key areas related to the lifeline of the national economy and national security, the real core technology and key technology will not be given by others, but also can not be bought by money. We can only rely on our own innovation and development. President Xi Jinping said in his speech at the 17th Academician's Congress of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 12th Academician's Congress of the Chinese Academy of Engineering: "To implement the strategy of innovation-driven development, the most fundamental thing is to enhance the ability of independent innovation. The most urgent thing is to break down the obstacles of system and mechanism, and to maximize the liberation and stimulation of the huge potential of science and technology as the primary productive force. Therefore, we should unswervingly take the road of independent innovation with Chinese characteristics, vigorously promote original innovation, integrated innovation, introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation, master core technology, possess independent intellectual property rights, constantly enhance the ability of independent innovation, and accelerate the pace of innovation-driven development.


To enhance the ability of independent innovation, we must insist on the combination of independent innovation and economic and social practice.


To enhance the ability of independent innovation, we should first enhance the consciousness of independent innovation. Science and technology are the foundation of national prosperity, and innovation is the soul of national progress.  The strength of science and technology determines the change of the world's political and economic strength, as well as the future and destiny of all nations. Therefore, we should strengthen the understanding of the importance of independent innovation in science and technology, make progress actively, take risks, develop and innovate, overcome the prevalent mentality of "small wealth means peace" in China, establish a sustained concept of innovation, and provide ideological guarantee for enhancing the ability of independent innovation.


To enhance the ability of independent innovation, we must adhere to the combination of independent innovation and economic and social practice. We should innovate and develop closely around the central tasks of the Party and the state, such as tackling key technical issues in the areas of strengthening national defense forces, transforming development modes, adjusting economic structure and improving people's livelihood. In 2010, the State Council issued the Decision on Accelerating the Cultivation and Development of Strategic Emerging Industries, choosing seven strategic emerging industries, namely, energy conservation and environmental protection, new generation information technology, biology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, new materials and new energy vehicles, as key areas of development, reflecting the need to concentrate independent innovation in the country. The strategic intention of breaking through in the frontier technology fields needed by domestic and foreign economic and social development. If breakthroughs can be made in these frontier areas, China will have a very active position in the world economic competition and lead the development of the world economy to a certain extent.


To enhance the ability of independent innovation, we need to strengthen open innovation and collaborative innovation. Through strengthening international joint research and development, we will jointly promote scientific and technological innovation and seek rapid breakthroughs in key technologies. Who can optimize the use of international science and technology and human resources, who can have greater innovation ability, who will be more likely to achieve scientific and technological breakthroughs and industrial success. We should actively carry out international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, make good use of both international and domestic scientific and technological resources, strengthen joint innovation, draw lessons from the advanced experience of other countries in the development of science and technology, promote China's independent innovation at a higher starting point, and then enhance the ability of independent innovation.


To enhance the ability of independent innovation, we need to strengthen the construction of laws, regulations and systems for independent innovation, formulate and implement incentives for independent innovation, and create an environment and atmosphere for independent innovation.


Guangdong Should Concentrate More Resources to Promote the Ability of Independent Innovation


Since the reform and opening up, Guangdong Province has maintained its status as a major economic province in the Mainland. In terms of independent innovation, R&D awareness, R&D capability and basic allocation of R&D are relatively strong. Independent innovation has total advantages. Especially in recent years, driven by the transformation and upgrading strategy, independent innovation capability has been significantly improved. However, the path dependence of Guangdong's economic development makes the independent innovation ability relatively weak, especially the innovation ability of small and medium-sized enterprises in Guangdong. Guangdong's manufacturing industry is the center of processing trade, which makes most small and medium-sized enterprises in the downstream of the international industrial chain. Machinery equipment and advanced technology are mainly purchased from abroad to produce homogeneous and low-priced products. This leads to slow growth of R&D, relatively low average level, and decentralization of independent innovation resources leading to independent innovation capability. The weakening of the strength restricts the sustainable development of Guangdong's economy. Guangdong is in the historical transition period from factor-driven and investment-driven development to innovation-driven development. More resources should be concentrated to promote independent innovation capability. Corresponding laws and regulations can be promulgated to protect the patent right of technological innovation, increase the investment of scientific research funds, strengthen the incentive mechanism to enhance the ability of independent innovation, give full play to Guangdong's export-oriented advantages, strengthen joint R&D and cooperative innovation at home and abroad, establish the innovation center of government-enterprise-university-research cooperation, and aim at the frontier needed by economic and social development. Science and technology tackle key problems vigorously and strive to take the lead in breaking through key technologies in order to promote Guangdong's independent innovation ability and realize innovation-driven development of Guangdong's economy.