on the morning of august 28, the chongqing science and technology innovation conference was held. photo by reporter su si/visual chongqing

chongqing science and technology innovation conference was held

yuan jiajun attended and spoke. hu henghua hosted wang jiong and cheng lihua attended.

the meeting awarded the 2024 chongqing science and technology award

on the morning of august 28, the chongqing science and technology innovation conference was held. municipal party secretary yuan jiajun attended the meeting and delivered a speech. he stressed that we must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of general secretary xi jinping’s important discourse on scientific and technological innovation and the important speech and instructions during his inspection of chongqing, take iteratively deepening the “416” scientific and technological innovation layout as the driving force, strengthen the support of enterprises and talents as the starting point, and solidly promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, highlight the “dual-wheel drive” of artificial intelligence and deepening reform, accelerate the creation of more landmark achievements in scientific and technological innovation, inject strong momentum into the construction of a modern people’s city at a high level, and provide solid support for striving to write a chapter of modern chongqing in a chinese style.

hu henghua, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor, chaired by wang jiong, chairman of the municipal people's congress standing committee, cheng lihua, chairman of the municipal cppcc, li mingqing, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and deputy director of the municipal people's congress standing committee, member of the municipal party committee, relevant municipal leaders, academicians of the "two academies" in chongqing, and representatives of the 2024 chongqing science and technology awards attended.

yuan jiajun, hu henghua, wang jiong, cheng lihua and others presented awards to representatives of the chongqing science and technology award. photo by reporter liu li/visual chongqing

the meeting read out the decision on chongqing science and technology awards in 2024. yuan jiajun, hu henghua, wang jiong, cheng lihua and others presented awards to the winners. the meeting heard reports on the city's scientific and technological innovation, and the heads of the municipal state-owned assets supervision and administration commission, shapingba district, chongqing medical university, jialingjiang laboratory, chongqing qianli technology co., ltd. and the award-winning representatives made speeches.

in his speech, yuan jiajun expressed warm congratulations to the winners on behalf of the municipal party committee and municipal government and expressed his highest respect to the scientific and technological workers in the city. he emphasized that talent is the first resource and innovation is the first driving force. the whole city should thoroughly study and implement the spirit of general secretary xi jinping’s important expositions on scientific and technological innovation, deeply understand that scientific and technological innovation is the only way for chinese modernization, scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation are the basic paths for developing new quality productive forces, deeply understand the key measures to strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, build reform tasks to support comprehensive innovation systems and mechanisms, and promote the virtuous cycle of educational and scientific and technological talents. deeply understand that the party’s leadership over scientific and technological work is the fundamental guarantee, accelerate the construction of a science and technology innovation center with national influence, firmly support the "two establishments" with practical work, performance and effectiveness, and resolutely implement the "two safeguards".

yuan jiajun pointed out that over the past year, the whole city has implemented the strategy of scientific and technological innovation and talent-strengthening city in depth, further comprehensively deepened reforms, continuously improved the "416" scientific and technological innovation layout, highlighted the leading comprehensive innovation with industrial innovation, and promoted the construction of high-level platforms, high-level scientific and technological innovation, high-quality subject cultivation, and high-level talent introduction and cultivation. the urban science and technology innovation system has entered a new stage of quality improvement and development. this year marks the end of the 14th five-year plan and the planning of the 15th five-year plan. the whole city must continue to strive and make breakthroughs—

●focus on enhancing the source function and continuously build a high-level innovation platform system, actively build four major chongqing laboratories, speed up the construction of the urban science and technology innovation corridor system, cultivate high-level science and technology innovation bases, and better form a urban innovation pattern with concentrated space, industrial clusters, and innovation integration.

●focus on strengthening, supplementing, extending, and expanding the core technology, adhere to the principle of "industry questions and scientific and technological answers", vigorously promote the upgrading of industrial foundation and the modernization of industrial chains, and continuously improve the independent and controllable level of industrial chains.

●focus on strengthening technological empowerment and innovation-driven shaping new advantages in industrial cluster development, improve quality and promote the "double increase" action plan, continuously improve the innovation strength of industrial enterprises above the designated size, coordinate the use of various innovation resources of central enterprises, state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and foreign enterprises, better play the role of leading chain enterprises as a leading chain enterprise to build an industrial innovation complex at a high level, fully connect the "four-side" data, integrate the "four-chain" resources, and continuously amplify the innovation promotion role of "industrial brain + future factory".

●focus on building a first-class ecology to accelerate the aggregation of innovative resources and factors, continue to strengthen the team of industrial innovation talents, optimize the talent incentive and use and service guarantee system, deepen the reform of industry-education integration, improve the urban science and technology incubation and achievement transformation system, improve the professional and market-oriented operation level of incubation platforms, enhance the support and service capabilities of science and technology finance, deepen open cooperation in science and technology, and better integrate into the overall national science and technology innovation situation.

●focus on deepening integration and mutual promotion and comprehensively improving the effectiveness of artificial intelligence leading scientific and technological innovation, strengthen the construction of artificial intelligence science and technology innovation capabilities, promote the integration of science and technology innovation brain and industrial brain, comprehensively build an "ai+" innovative development ecosystem, and accelerate the formation of an artificial intelligence partner ecosystem that shares resources in multiple subjects, creates value together, and creates mutually beneficial and win-win situations.

yuan jiajun emphasized—

●we must strengthen the party’s leadership over scientific and technological work, strengthen overall coordination, accelerate the construction of a working pattern of departmental linkage, city-district-county collaboration, and all participation, and further gather the strong joint force of the whole city to promote scientific and technological innovation.

●we must care for and care for scientific and technological workers with all our hearts and souls, create good conditions for scientific and technological workers to do things and start businesses, and create a strong atmosphere in the whole society for respecting science and respecting scientific and technological workers.

●the vast majority of scientific and technological workers should promote the spirit of scientists, cultivate a good academic style, actively participate in the grand cause of scientific and technological innovation, bravely shoulder heavy responsibilities, be enterprising, and contribute greater wisdom and strength to accelerating the construction of a science and technology innovation center with national influence.

the meeting was held video. the main leaders of all ministries and commissions of the municipal party committee, various departments of municipal state organs, and heads of relevant people's organizations and enterprises, institutions, financial institutions, universities, and research institutes attended the meeting at the main venue. sub-venues will be set up in all districts and counties, liangjiang new district, chongqing hi-tech zone, and wansheng economic development zone.