Liu Zhixin

Guangming Forum

Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Achievements Exhibition at Zhangjiang Science City in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, and pointed out that "promoting Chinese style modernization cannot be achieved without the strategic support of science and technology, education, and talent. In the process of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country, education is the foundation, technology is the key, and talent is the foundation. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statement highlights the crucial role of technological modernization in the process of achieving Chinese style modernization, providing important guidance for us to accelerate the construction of a strong technological country.

If technology is established, then the nation is established; if technology is strong, then the country is strong. Throughout the development of the world since modern times, every major modernization change has been closely related to revolutionary breakthroughs in technology. Every technological and industrial revolution has profoundly changed the face and pattern of world development, determining the changes in the balance of political and economic power in the world, and also determining the future and destiny of all countries and ethnic groups. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that technology is a powerful tool for the country. The country relies on it to become strong, enterprises rely on it to win, and people's lives rely on it to improve. If China is to be strong and the Chinese people live a better life, it must have strong science and technology. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has made historic achievements in scientific and technological innovation, and has entered the world's advanced ranks in many important fields. "Tianwen 1" launched Mars exploration, "Haidou 1" completed the 10000 meter sea trial, the Beidou satellite navigation system was fully launched, and the "Shenwei the Taihu Lake Light" supercomputer for the first time realized 10 million core parallel first principle computing simulation... "It can reach the moon in nine days and catch turtles in five oceans", and the expectations and dreams of Chinese people from generation to generation are becoming a beautiful reality.

At present, global technological innovation has entered an unprecedentedly intensive and active period. Faced with the historical opportunity of a new round of technological and industrial revolution, we must seize the trend, seize the initiative, vigorously develop science and technology, and make unremitting efforts towards the goal of becoming the world's major scientific center and innovation highland, and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through the construction of a strong technological country. The modernization of science and technology will provide a strong impetus for the realization of Chinese path to modernization.

Technology is the foundation of national strength, and innovation is the soul of national progress. Scientific and technological modernization is the core meaning of Chinese path to modernization and the key content of Chinese path to modernization. The key to Chinese path to modernization lies in the modernization of science and technology. Without scientific and technological modernization, it is impossible to achieve Chinese path to modernization. Only by taking control of the lifeline of technology in our own hands can we truly grasp the initiative in competition and development, and form new advantages in international competition. Hundreds of boats compete with thousands of sails, and those who set sail by the sea are the first. In recent years, China has firmly grasped the initiative of innovative development in its own hands and continuously made new breakthroughs in technological challenges. In the face of fierce international competition and against the backdrop of rising unilateralism and protectionism, we have become more and more deeply aware that achieving high-quality development is the essential requirement of Chinese path to modernization. Only through key core technology innovation can we achieve more breakthroughs "from 0 to 1".

Technology is the primary productive force, and talent is the primary resource. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that education, science and technology, and talent are the fundamental and strategic supports for the comprehensive construction of a socialist modernized country. Technological modernization requires the integrated promotion of education development, technological innovation, and talent cultivation. Among them, talent cultivation is the foundation. Success comes from achievement, and broad achievements come from talent. The entire history of technology has proven that whoever has first-class innovative talents and first-class scientists will have an advantage in technological innovation. Therefore, it is necessary to base on the "three in one" deployment of education, technology, and talent, stimulate the innovation vitality of various talents, gather talents from all over the world, and build a large-scale, structurally reasonable, and high-quality innovative talent team. To achieve high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement, it ultimately depends on high-level innovative talents. Higher education institutions should play the role of the main force in cultivating basic research talents, inspiring and enabling talents to achieve their goals, and providing talent support for the realization of technological modernization.

In today's world, only innovators advance, only innovators are strong, and only innovators win. In the face of the important historical opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, China's scientific and technological development must grasp the general trend, take the initiative, accelerate the promotion of innovation driven development strategy, strive to achieve high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement, lead the new direction of world scientific and technological development, seize the strategic initiative in the new round of global scientific and technological competition, and inject stronger impetus into the economic development of China and even the world.