On the afternoon of June 5th, Yuan Jiajun, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and executive vice governor, presided over the plenary meeting of the provincial leading group for the reform of science and technology system and the construction of innovation system. The main task of the meeting is to implement a series of decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on innovation-driven development, especially the document “Several Opinions of the State Council, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Deepening the Reform of System and Mechanism and Accelerating the Implementation of Innovation-driven Development Strategy” (No.8, 2015), study specific measures and accelerate the innovation-driven development in our province. Leading group member units and heads of relevant departments attended the meeting.
At the meeting, Zhou Guohui, director of provincial science and technology department, introduced the work measures of implementing the spirit of document No.8 issued by Zhongfa in our province; Zhang Geng, deputy mayor of Hangzhou, reported on promoting the construction of independent innovation demonstration zones; Xinchang County and Binjiang District reported the pilot work of science and technology system reform.
The meeting fully affirmed the achievements of the reform of science and technology system and innovation-driven development in our province in recent years. The meeting pointed out that at present, the whole province should seize the favorable opportunity of the times, the attention of the state, and the expectation of enterprises, firmly grasp the general direction of scientific and technological progress, the general trend of industrial revolution, and the great opportunity for gathering talents, and earnestly do a good job in the central government’s decision-making and deployment, especially the implementation of document No.8 issued by China Central Committee. We should take the implementation of Document No.8 issued by Zhongfa as the most important task in deepening the reform and development of science and technology in our province in the coming period, plan the reform of science and technology system according to the logic of the new economic normal, focus on building a more dynamic innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, and follow the law of innovation activities.
The meeting stressed that we should do our best to implement Document No.8 of China Development, focusing on the planning and implementation of major innovation platforms, major innovation projects, key innovation teams and major system supply, arranging timetables and drawing construction drawings, deepening, refining, concretizing and concreting various reform and development measures, and implementing the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the requirements of the provincial party committee and government. It is necessary to improve the integration development mechanism of science and technology and industry as the core and plan a major innovation platform. We should focus on accelerating the construction of Hangzhou Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, vigorously develop a number of high-tech parks with a scale of 100 billion yuan, and vigorously support the construction of platforms such as science and technology cities and major innovation carriers. It is necessary to promote the reform of science and technology planning system as a carrier and plan major innovative projects. It is necessary to pay more attention to top-level design, active design, concise themes, and plan and implement major innovation projects in areas that are urgently needed by the country, can fill domestic gaps, and Zhejiang has its own foundation and is expected to break through. It is necessary to focus on the implementation of scientific and technological talent evaluation and incentive reform, and plan the introduction and cultivation of key innovation teams. Vigorously introduce and cultivate high-level talents, increase support for young talents, improve the talent incentive system and talent evaluation mechanism, and form a good situation in which people can make full use of their talents. It is necessary to study and formulate major innovation support policies with the reform of institutional mechanisms as the main line. It is necessary to focus on policies and measures such as reforming investment and financing in science and technology, promoting the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, building a large market for science and technology, supporting enterprises to increase investment in innovation, strengthening collaborative innovation, and accelerating the development of creative space, so as to form a good situation of mass entrepreneurship and innovation.
The meeting stressed that the joint efforts of grasping the reform of the scientific and technological system should be further strengthened. Provincial departments of science and technology should play a leading role, relevant departments at the provincial level should do a good job in task implementation according to the requirements of reform, and all departments at all levels should actively promote classified demonstration pilot projects, strengthen performance appraisal and evaluation, and effectively put the No.8 Document of China Development and a series of decision-making arrangements and major tasks of the provincial party committee and government in place.
(Source: Zhejiang Science and Technology Department Author: technology and finance Times reporter Lin Jie)