the national science and technology conference, the national science and technology awards conference, and the academician conference of the two academies were held in beijing.

xi jinping presented awards to the winners of the country’s highest science and technology awards and delivered an important speech, emphasizing that the prosperity of science and technology will make the nation prosper, and strong science and technology will make the country strong. chinese-style modernization must be supported by technological modernization, and achieving high-quality development must rely on technological innovation to cultivate new driving forces. we must fully understand the strategic leading position and fundamental supporting role of science and technology, anchor the strategic goal of building a scientific and technological power in 2035, strengthen top-level design and overall planning, and accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance.

li qiang presided over ding xuexiang to announce the award decision

zhao leji, wang huning, cai qi, and li xi attended

the national science and technology conference, the national science and technology awards conference, the 21st academician conference of the chinese academy of sciences, and the 17th academician conference of the chinese academy of engineering were grandly held in the great hall of the people on the morning of the 24th. xi jinping, general secretary of the cpc central committee, president of the state, and chairman of the central military commission, attended the conference, presented awards to the winners of the country’s highest science and technology award, and delivered an important speech. he emphasized that the prosperity of science and technology will lead to the prosperity of the nation, and strong science and technology will make the country strong. chinese-style modernization must be supported by technological modernization, and achieving high-quality development must rely on technological innovation to cultivate new driving forces. we must fully understand the strategic leading position and fundamental supporting role of science and technology, anchor the strategic goal of building a scientific and technological power in 2035, strengthen top-level design and overall planning, and accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance.

li qiang presided over the meeting, ding xuexiang read out the award decision, and zhao leji, wang huning, cai qi, and li xi attended.

at 10 a.m., the conference started. the people's liberation army military band played the "march of the volunteers" and the audience stood up and sang the national anthem.

ding xuexiang read out the "decision of the central committee of the communist party of china and the state council on the national science and technology awards in 2023."

when the horn of the ceremony sounded, xi jinping first awarded medals and certificates to academician li deren of wuhan university and academician xue qikun of tsinghua university, who won the highest national science and technology award in 2023, and warmly shook hands with them to express his congratulations. subsequently, xi jinping and other party and state leaders, together with the two top award winners, issued certificates to representatives who won the national natural science award, the national technological invention award, the national science and technology progress award and the international science and technology cooperation award of the people's republic of china.

amid warm applause, xi jinping delivered an important speech. he pointed out that since the 18th national congress of the communist party of china, the party central committee has deeply promoted the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, proposed the strategic task of accelerating the construction of an innovative country, continuously deepened the reform of the scientific and technological system, vigorously promoted scientific and technological self-reliance, and achieved new breakthroughs in basic frontier research in my country. the strategic high-tech field has ushered in a new leap, innovation-driven high-quality development has achieved new results, the reform of the science and technology system has opened up a new situation, international open cooperation has made new progress, and the science and technology industry has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes.

xi jinping emphasized that in the practice of developing science and technology in the new era, we have continuously deepened our understanding of regularities and accumulated many important experiences, mainly: upholding the party's overall leadership, adhering to the path of independent innovation with chinese characteristics, adhering to innovation-led development, and adhering to the "four with the strategic orientation of "individual orientation", we insist on deepening reforms to stimulate innovation vitality, insist on promoting a virtuous cycle of educational science and technology talents, insist on cultivating an innovation culture, and insist on open cooperation in science and technology to benefit mankind. these experiences must be maintained for a long time and continuously enriched and developed in practice.

xi jinping pointed out that the world's major changes unseen in a century are accelerating, and a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are developing in depth, profoundly reshaping the global order and development pattern. there are still some shortcomings and weaknesses in the development of my country's science and technology industry. we must further enhance the sense of urgency, further increase the intensity of scientific and technological innovation, and seize the commanding heights of scientific and technological competition and future development.

xi jinping emphasized that it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of the new national system, improve the centralized and unified leadership system of the party central committee on scientific and technological work, and build a collaborative and efficient decision-making and command system and organization and implementation system. give full play to the decisive role of the market in the allocation of scientific and technological resources, better play the role of the government, mobilize the enthusiasm of all links of industry, academia and research, and form a work pattern that jointly promotes the research of key core technologies. strengthen the construction of national strategic scientific and technological capabilities, improve the degree of organization of basic research, encourage free exploration, and build a solid foundation and foundation for scientific and technological innovation.

xi jinping pointed out that it is necessary to promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation to help develop new productive forces. focus on key areas and weak links in the construction of a modern industrial system, increase the supply of high-quality science and technology, cultivate and develop emerging industries and future industries, and actively use new technologies to transform and upgrade traditional industries. strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation and promote the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements. do a good job in this article on science and technology finance.

xi jinping emphasized the need to comprehensively deepen the reform of science and technology systems and mechanisms, coordinate the construction of various innovation platforms, and strengthen the optimal allocation of innovation resources. improve the layout of regional scientific and technological innovation, improve the management of scientific and technological plans, and enhance the efficiency of scientific and technological innovation investment. accelerate the improvement of the classified evaluation system and assessment mechanism that conforms to the laws of scientific research activities, improve the incentive system, and release innovation vitality.

xi jinping pointed out that it is necessary to deepen the integrated reform of the educational science and technology talent system and mechanism, improve the collaborative education mechanism of science and education, and accelerate the cultivation of an innovative talent team with large scale, reasonable structure and high quality. optimize the subject settings of colleges and universities, innovate talent training models, and improve the level and quality of independent talent training. accelerate the construction of national strategic talent and focus on cultivating outstanding engineers, great craftsmen, and highly skilled talents. strengthen the training of young scientific and technological talents, vigorously promote the spirit of scientists, and encourage scientific researchers to have high aspirations, patriotism, dedication, and determination to innovate.

xi jinping emphasized that we must deeply practice the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and achieve self-reliance and self-reliance through open cooperation. deeply implement international scientific and technological cooperation initiatives, further expand government and non-governmental exchanges and cooperation channels, give full play to the role of platforms such as the joint construction of the "belt and road", and support scientific researchers from various countries to jointly tackle key problems. actively integrate into the global innovation network, deeply participate in global science and technology governance, jointly respond to global challenges, and make science and technology better benefit mankind.

xi jinping expressed the hope that academicians of the two academies will serve as pioneers at the forefront of science and technology, bearers of major tasks, leaders in the growth of young talents, and demonstrators of the spirit of scientists, so as to make new contributions to the development of my country's science and technology undertakings. the majority of scientific and technological workers must consciously integrate academic pursuits into the great cause of building a scientific and technological power, and create new achievements worthy of the times and the people. party committees and governments at all levels must effectively strengthen the organization and leadership of scientific and technological work and make every effort to provide service guarantees.

li qiang pointed out when presiding over the conference that general secretary xi jinping’s important speech fully affirmed the historic achievements in the development of scientific and technological innovation in our country in recent years, profoundly summarized the important experience in the development of scientific and technological undertakings in the new era, and incisively discussed the role of scientific and technological innovation in promoting chinese modernization , plays an important role in the great process of realizing the second centenary goal, systematically clarifies the basic connotation and main tasks of accelerating the construction of a scientific and technological power under the new situation, and points out the way forward for scientific and technological work in the new era. we must deeply study, understand and conscientiously implement. on the new journey, we have a glorious mission and a great responsibility to achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and build a scientific and technological power. we must unite more closely around the party central committee with comrade xi jinping at the core, fully implement xi jinping thought on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era, and further strengthen our we must be conscious and determined in scientific and technological work, and work together to comprehensively promote the construction of a powerful country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with chinese-style modernization.

at the meeting, li deren and xue qikun made speeches on behalf of all award-winners.

before the meeting, leading comrades xi jinping and other leaders cordially met with the winners of the national science and technology award and took photos with them.

members of the political bureau of the cpc central committee, members of the secretariat of the cpc central committee, relevant leading comrades of the standing committee of the national people's congress, state councilors, president of the supreme people's court, chief prosecutor of the supreme people's procuratorate, and relevant leading comrades of the national committee of the chinese people's political consultative conference attended the conference.

about 3,000 people attended the event, including principal responsible comrades from various provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, cities under separate state planning, xinjiang production and construction corps, relevant departments of the central and state agencies, relevant people's organizations, and relevant military units, academicians of the two academies, some foreign academicians, and representatives of winners of the national science and technology award. general assembly.

a total of 250 projects and 12 scientific and technological experts were selected for the 2023 national science and technology awards. among them, there are 2 national highest science and technology awards; 49 national natural science awards, including 1 first prize and 48 second prizes; 62 national technological invention awards, including 8 first prizes and 54 second prizes; there were 139 national science and technology progress awards, including 3 special prizes, 16 first prizes, and 120 second prizes; 10 foreign experts were awarded the people's republic of china international science and technology cooperation award.