on the morning of june 25, the national science and technology conference and the second plenary session of the academician conference of the two academies were held in beijing. ding xuexiang, member of the standing committee of the political bureau of the cpc central committee and director of the central science and technology commission, attended the meeting and made a concluding speech.

▲on the morning of june 25, the national science and technology conference and the second plenary session of the academician conference of the two academies were held in beijing. ding xuexiang, member of the standing committee of the political bureau of the cpc central committee and director of the central science and technology commission, attended the meeting and made a concluding speech. photo by xinhua news agency reporter yin bogu

ding xuexiang pointed out that general secretary xi jinping’s important speech provided fundamental compliance and action guidance for promoting the development of science and technology in the new era and new journey. we must effectively unify our thoughts, understandings and actions to the spirit of general secretary xi jinping’s important speech, deeply understand the decisive significance of the “two establishments”, strengthen the “four consciousnesses”, strengthen the “four self-confidences”, and achieve “two safeguards” , with the firm determination and strong will of "sharpening a sword for ten years", anchor strategic goals, focus on key tasks, and ensure that we build a scientific and technological power as scheduled.

ding xuexiang emphasized that it is necessary to promote scientific and technological innovation with a new national system, identify major research tasks, gather forces to coordinate to tackle difficult problems, consolidate the foundation of basic research, and accelerate the research of key core technologies. use technological innovation to lead the accelerated development of new productive forces, strengthen demand traction and the dominant position of enterprises in technological innovation, and promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. inject power and vitality into scientific and technological innovation by deepening the reform of institutional mechanisms, improving scientific and technological planning and policy and institutional systems, strengthening the coordination of scientific and technological innovation resources, and accelerating the resolution of outstanding issues that are strongly reported by scientific researchers. the integrated development of education, science and technology talents will consolidate the basic support for self-reliance and self-reliance in high-level science and technology, improve the mechanism for collaborative education and talent introduction through science and education, increase support for young talents, and accelerate the cultivation of urgently needed scientific and technological talents. join hands with the world through open cooperation to promote scientific and technological progress and innovative development, expand exchanges and cooperation in all aspects, build a globally competitive open environment for scientific and technological innovation, and plan forward and deeply participate in global scientific and technological governance.

ding xuexiang requested that all regions, departments and units should strengthen their mission responsibilities, strengthen organizational leadership, enhance work skills, and ensure the implementation of the party central committee's decisions and deployments with a nail-driving spirit. the majority of scientific and technological workers must vigorously promote the spirit of scientists, make new contributions to the development of science and technology, and live up to the ardent expectations of the party and the people.

liu guozhong presided over the meeting, and li ganjie, zhang guoqing, tiening, chen wu, wang guangqian, chen zhu, wang zhizhen and han qide attended.

relevant responsible comrades from the people's bank of china, the state-owned assets supervision and administration commission of the state council, beijing municipality, hunan province, shaanxi province, shenzhen municipality, dalian institute of chemical physics of the chinese academy of sciences, tsinghua university, china state railway group co., ltd., and the yangtze river delta national technology innovation center made exchange speeches . representatives from the national science and technology conference and representatives from the academician conference of the two academies attended the meeting.