[Academician talks about self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology].
Author: You Zheng (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology).
At present, "accelerating the promotion of new industrialization and developing new quality productivity" has become the main starting point for building a modern industrial system, and it is also a new track to seize development opportunities. The core of the new quality productivity is the innovation in the field of basic research, such as basic materials, basic processes, basic parts and components, industrial technology foundations, industrial basic software, etc. Its proposal makes the direction of "innovation is the first driving force" more concrete, and the development path of leading the construction of a modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation and building new competitive advantages with industrial upgrading is clearer.
In this context, how to continuously cultivate and deliver high-quality innovative talents to the key links of industrial development has become a new topic faced by colleges and universities.
As the intersection of education, science and technology, and talents, colleges and universities shoulder the fundamental task of establishing morality and cultivating people, and assume the responsibility and mission of the main force of China's basic research and the source of major scientific and technological breakthroughs. In particular, high-level research universities should always adhere to the "four aspects", focus on the world's scientific and technological frontiers and support Chinese-style modernization, strengthen organized scientific research, clarify the idea of talent training, build an integrated and innovative talent training model, independently cultivate top-notch talents in basic disciplines and outstanding engineers who can solve complex engineering problems, and serve the "great man of the country" of industrial development.
As the world enters the era of big science, scientific research is becoming more and more organized. It is important to rely on high-level universities to build high-level research platforms, which can not only create conditions for universities to carry out high-level basic research, but also increasingly become an important foundation for the cultivation of top-notch talents and outstanding engineers in basic disciplines in universities. The platform education mechanism with these high-level research platforms as the core will fully release the advantages of the integration of science and education and the cluster of high-level research platforms, and explore the path of integrated promotion of education, science and technology, and talents. In accordance with the strategic orientation, frontier orientation, and market orientation, we will achieve the goal of independently cultivating top-notch innovative talents with a high-level scientific platform.
At the same time, it is also necessary to balance the distribution of science and education resources and promote the coordinated development of the region through the means of digitalization, informatization and intelligence of education on the basis of the advantages of regional advantageous industries and the discipline advantages of colleges and universities. Efficient matching of policy, technology, and market resources to ensure the realization of self-reliance and self-improvement of core and key technologies, echelon training of basic top-notch talents, and global leadership of advanced industries.
From the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" to the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", Huazhong University of Science and Technology has successively built the "Four Pearls" of Wuhan National Research Center for Optoelectronics, National Major Scientific and Technological Infrastructure for Pulsed Strong Magnetic Field, National Major Scientific and Technological Infrastructure for Precision Gravity Measurement Research Facility, and National Digital Design and Manufacturing Innovation Center based on the national key strategic needs of each period. The school has always regarded the construction of major national science and technology platforms as the "key chess" to build strategic scientific and technological strength, and has established a full-chain technological innovation system from basic research, technological innovation to engineering application, and incubated a large number of industry leaders who have mastered core technologies such as Huagong Science and Technology, which has continuously injected new vitality into the development of the industry.
Facing the new journey, Huazhong University of Science and Technology will continue to strengthen strategic planning and forward-looking layout, carry out organized and high-quality scientific research, build an integrated talent training model, and strive to improve the strategic ability of the university to serve the national development and undertake the national mission, so as to accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance.
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