Technological innovation has become the "fixing star" for stabilizing the economy

"Double entrepreneurship and innovation" drives employment doubling

Enterprises are the main body of innovation. Encouraging and supporting enterprise innovation is a strategy for stabilizing the economy and a fundamental way to strengthen it.

Wu Jiaxi, deputy director of the Achievement Transformation and Regional Innovation Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, introduced that the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance have jointly launched ten action measures to support the improvement of enterprises' technological innovation capabilities. Establish a mechanism for enterprises to participate in national scientific and technological innovation decision-making on a regular basis, guide and support various enterprises to take technological innovation as their core competitiveness, and provide strong support for promoting stable economic growth and high-quality development.

Technological innovation re-loans, corporate innovation point loans... the precise drip irrigation of financial water, and promote the deep integration of technology, industry and finance. As of the end of July, the balance of loans to technology-based SMEs was 1,488 billion yuan, an increase of 209.2 billion yuan from the beginning of the year; the balance of loans to high-tech enterprises was 1,0856.3 billion yuan, an increase of 1,387.6 billion yuan from the beginning of the year. The National Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Fund invested 2.029 billion yuan, driving social capital investment of 19.483 billion yuan; in 2022, 64 new companies will be listed on the science and technology innovation board, reaching a total of 442. The initial fundraising exceeds 643.8 billion yuan, and the total market value is nearly 5.7 trillion yuan .

Employment is the biggest livelihood of the people. The total number of college graduates in 2022 is 10.76 million, exceeding 10 million for the first time. At the same time, affected by various factors such as the epidemic and increasing downward pressure on the economy, the employment situation is grim.

The Ministry of Science and Technology, together with 6 departments, encourages various innovation entities to develop and implement scientific research assistant positions, and recruit college graduates to participate in scientific research-related work. Experts said that the post of scientific research assistant is of great significance and can attract more potential scientific and technological talents to engage in scientific research. Under the current economic situation, scientific research assistants have become the reserve army of scientific research talents, providing talent reserves for the development of scientific and technological innovation in our country. As of August 31, a total of 179,000 people were employed in scientific research assistant positions, of which more than 150,000 graduates of the class of 2022.

Various technology-based enterprises have also contributed to promoting employment and stabilizing the economy. "According to statistics, there are 330,000 high-tech enterprises in the country during the period of validity, accounting for 0.7% of the total number of enterprises in the country, contributing more than 70% of the national enterprise R&D investment that year, and absorbing 11.2% of the country's graduates that year." Torch Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology Director Jia Jingdun said.

Cultivate and form new growth points

Smart farms, smart ports, smart mines, smart factories... Not long ago, the news that the Ministry of Science and Technology launched support for the construction of a new generation of artificial intelligence demonstration application scenarios has attracted widespread attention.

"Stabilizing the economy is not static stability, but to achieve stability while seeking progress and progress while stabilizing. Scientific and technological innovation must play a key role, and the economy must be stabilized at the level of achieving high-quality development and building a new development pattern." Strategic Planning of the Ministry of Science and Technology Xing Huaibin, deputy director of the department, said that the creation of a number of major technological innovation application scenarios is based on this consideration. "We choose major application scenarios that have a certain industrialization foundation and represent the future development direction, and coordinate the allocation of scientific and technological innovation resources. We hope that each major scenario can drive the innovation capability of the entire industry chain. actively."

The construction of major application scenarios for scientific and technological innovation, including 10 artificial intelligence demonstration application scenarios such as smart farms, as well as major application scenarios such as black soil cultivation, hydrogen into thousands of homes, green buildings and healthy communities. Xing Huaibin introduced that this work will be promoted one by one when it is mature, and released in batches. Through key support and continuous construction, the cultivation and formation of new economic growth points will be accelerated.

"Science and technology support economic development, and we must focus on solving the key technical bottlenecks that restrict industrial development. To this end, we must increase investment in scientific and technological innovation, promote the deep integration of technology, industry, and finance, implement a new nationwide system, and gather superior scientific and technological innovation resources to achieve key breakthroughs. "Said Chen Baoming, deputy director of the Science and Technology Talent Exchange and Development Service Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Actively explore major tasks, implement systems such as "revealing the list and taking command" and "horse racing", implement the chief scientist responsibility system for frontier exploration projects, and set up special projects for disruptive technologies...The Ministry of Science and Technology, various departments, and localities continue to improve the "jointly condensed technological needs, joint design and development Tasks, joint organization of project implementation” working mechanism, support scientists to boldly explore, is accelerating the formation of a number of strategic and critical scientific and technological achievements that have a major traction and driving effect on economic development.

The transformation and application of the achievements of major scientific and technological projects has also been accelerated in an all-round way. The construction of 12 national demonstration zones for the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements has progressed steadily, 6 actions including the national science and technology plan achievement roadshow and university achievements empowerment and entrepreneurship have been implemented smoothly, and the future industrial science and technology parks and pilots for the empowerment of job scientific and technological achievements have been carried out in an orderly manner. As of July 31, a total of 346,900 technology contracts were registered nationwide, and the transaction value of technology contracts was 2.04 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.06% and 33.84% respectively.

Innovation highlands become economic highlands

Technology empowerment stabilizes the economic market and turns innovation highlands into economic highlands.

With the approval of the State Council to build Changchun and Harbin-Daqi national independent innovation demonstration zones, four provincial high-tech zones in Xinyang, Karamay, Zunyi, and Chuzhou have been upgraded to national high-tech zones. At present, the total number of national independent innovation demonstration zones has reached 23, and the national high-tech zones The total number of districts reached 173.

The data shows that in the first seven months, 173 national high-tech zones achieved a total industrial production value of 17.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.1%; operating income was 27.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%; total exports were 2.8 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.6% ; Investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) was 3.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%.

my country's economic development is facing multiple challenges, and technological innovation should play a more important role. The Ministry of Science and Technology attaches great importance to the steady growth of scientific and technological support. On the one hand, the National High-tech Zone, the most important carrier of innovation, is constantly optimizing the environment for innovation and entrepreneurship; ability. National high-tech zones and self-innovation zones accelerate the progress of major project investment and construction, strengthen the overall coordination of various innovation resources, promote the solid implementation of science and technology policies, and optimize innovation and entrepreneurship services. A large number of high-tech enterprises and small and medium-sized technological enterprises have grown rapidly, and strategic emerging industries And the future industry will continue to grow, and the economic aggregate will continue to maintain rapid growth, showing strong development resilience and anti-risk capabilities, and making important contributions to stabilizing growth and ensuring market players and employment. In the next step, we must further implement the innovation-driven development strategy, make greater progress in achieving high-level technological self-reliance, open up new fields and new tracks for economic development, stabilize the economy with science and technology, and promote development with innovation.