China issues guidelines for reinforcing integration of sci-tech, industrial innovations

China has released a set of guidelines on promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation.

Issued by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, this document provides a comprehensive blueprint for advancing the deep integration of sci-tech and industrial innovations.

The guidelines call for deepening the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy to foster new quality productive forces and build a modern industrial system. They focus on establishing an enterprise-led, multi-stakeholder collaborative framework for integrated industry-academia-research innovation, creating a mutually reinforcing dynamic between technological advancement and industrial growth.

This document is of great significance for accelerating high-level sci-tech self-reliance and strength, cultivating and developing new quality productive forces, building China into a leading country in science and technology, and advancing Chinese modernization, an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology said.

It highlights the necessity to stimulate vitality via reform, requiring that sci-tech innovation should be strengthened with an application-oriented approach while industrial development should clearly define its sci-tech innovation tasks.

The document specifies concrete measures in six areas, namely seamlessly connecting the innovation chain with the industrial chain, supporting the building of a modern industrial system with the supply of high-quality sci-tech achievements, strengthening enterprise-led industry-academia-research collaborative innovation, improving the efficiency of coordinated allocation of innovation resources, fostering a sound ecosystem and expanding the space for deep integration.

The official noted that the translation of sci-tech achievements into practical productive forces is manifested in spawning new industries and driving industrial transformation. Therefore, it is necessary to promptly apply innovation achievements to industries and industrial chains.

The document puts forward three measures in this regard: enhancing the self-reliance and controllability of industrial chains through breakthroughs in key technologies, cultivating and expanding emerging industries and future industries via original and disruptive sci-tech innovation, and transforming and upgrading traditional industries through the application of advanced technologies.

The official underlined the significance of strengthening enterprises' principal role in innovation. The document outlines three measures regarding this aim, which are enhancing corporate innovation capabilities, accelerating the development of sci-tech enterprises and promoting greater synergy among innovators.

To improve the allocation of innovation resources, it stipulates measures to foster a virtuous cycle among science, industry and finance, enhance coordinated talent development and utilization, and build integrated innovation platforms.