During this year's Two Sessions, many experts from the field of quantum science participated, including Pan Jianwei, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Guo Guoping, a representative of the National People's Congress and deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
In this year’s chinese government work report, technological innovation was elevated to an important position. The report clearly proposes to formulate future industrial development plans, open up new tracks such as quantum technology and life sciences, and accelerate the promotion of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance; deepen the research and development applications of big data, artificial intelligence, etc., carry out "artificial intelligence +" actions, and create an internationally recognized Competitive digital industry clusters.
On the afternoon of March 4, the second meeting of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. These are Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng seated on the platform. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng
“Integrate national strategic scientific and technological strength and social innovation resources, promote collaborative research on key core technologies, and strengthen research on disruptive technologies and cutting-edge technologies,” the report reads.
The report also pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate the formation of a basic system to support comprehensive innovation, deepen the reform of science and technology evaluation, science and technology awards, scientific research projects and fund management systems, and improve the "unveiling the list and taking charge" mechanism. Strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and formulate policies and measures to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Carry out extensive scientific popularization.
Many representatives and members who participated in the Two Sessions told China Business News that their deepest feeling after listening to the report was that we are now in a critical period of technological change, and the report sent a signal that technological innovation is being taken more seriously.
In interviews with reporters from China Business News, almost all representatives and committee members mentioned one key word - "integration." With the development of AI technology, interdisciplinary collaborative research capabilities are particularly important.
Technological innovation is the only way to go
Lei Jun, deputy to the National People's Congress and founder of Xiaomi Group, said that this year's report continues to emphasize "innovation", with the word "innovation" appearing as many as 41 times. The core of high-quality development is innovation. Among the government work tasks in 2024, the first is to focus on building a modern industrial system, and the second is the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, which firmly grasps the key points of economic development and technological innovation.
Lei Jun also believes that the first appearance of "artificial intelligence +" in the government work report means that artificial intelligence will play an important role in promoting the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, further empowering the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry.
Zhu Tongyu, a representative of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice president of Fudan Medical College, told China Business News: "Today's report has a special section that emphasizes technological innovation. If our country wants to break through the existing domestic and foreign pressures, technological innovation is still the only way to go. This time we will upgrade the industry. , scientific and technological innovation are placed in a crucial position, and it is written very well."
Zhu Tongyu said that he paid attention to the two priorities emphasized by the government: first, to strengthen the layout of basic research, enhance original innovation capabilities, deploy a number of major scientific and technological projects, and focus on strategic scientific and technological strength; on the other hand, scientific research achievements that complement basic science transformation and private capital investment, as well as improving new cooperation mechanisms between the government and enterprises.
“Scientific and technological innovation is not enough to rely on the state alone. It requires the investment of social capital. The “Government Work Report” also proposed that efforts should be made to expand private investment and improve the new mechanism for government-enterprise cooperation so that private investment can come in, develop and make achievements. I think it’s very important,” he told China Business News.
Zhang Wenhong, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, director of the National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, and director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, also said that the report covered a lot of content, but he was deeply impressed by the emphasis on technological innovation.
Zhang Wenhong told reporters that "new productivity" should be the key word in this government work report on the revitalization of science and technology. Traditional technological development cannot face the current fierce international competition. We must actively cultivate emerging industries and future industries in the future development of science and technology. Open up new tracks such as quantum technology and life sciences, carry out "artificial intelligence +" actions, and create an internationally competitive digital industry cluster.
"These contents all have brand new connotations and it is no exaggeration to describe them as reborn. In other words, if we are not in touch with the fundamental competitiveness of science and technology, then we will not be at the same level as the world's advanced productive forces and international competition will do There is a situation of transdimensional crushing,” Zhang Wenhong said. Therefore, it can be said that we are seizing the opportunity when it comes to technological innovation and "promoting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-sufficiency". The countermeasures are to "fully exploit the advantages of the new national system and comprehensively strengthen independent innovation capabilities" and to "strengthen the structure of the basic research system, provide stable and long-term support to a number of research bases innovation, advantageous teams and key directions, and enhance original innovation capabilities."
Cao Peng, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the technical committee of JD.com, said that the new productivity itself also means new elements such as advanced information technology represented by cloud computing and artificial intelligence, from digital machines and equipment and digital workers, closely combined to form a new form of productivity.
He suggested that China should use a localized computing power base to promote the development of new productivity. Localization construction should not only reach real life for real use, but also actively build and fully exploit the value of new productivity, achieve continuous progress in product technology, gradually improve industrial ecology, and gradually expand industrial applications.
Zhou Hongyi, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and founder of 360 Group, said that seeing "artificial intelligence +" become an action today means that the country will strengthen top-level design and accelerate the formation of new productive forces with artificial intelligence as the engine.
As an artificial intelligence industry, Innovative entrepreneurs are even more duty-bound.
Zhou Hongyi said that large models, as the core engine of the development of artificial intelligence, are triggering a new industrial revolution. To this end, he called on our country to give full play to the advantages of scenarios, promote the vertical and industrial development of large models, and integrate large models as productivity tools with traditional industries for "digital transformation and intelligent transformation" to become an important enabler of industrial digitalization. On the other hand, he suggested that to accelerate the development of modern producer services, we must focus on solving the security difficulties of my country's industrial chain and supply chain, and promote industrial development to be independent, controllable, safe and reliable.
Zhihu founder and CEO Zhou Yuan also mentioned that although China has made certain achievements in the field of large models, it still faces some challenges. One of the most significant problems is the shortage of high-quality Chinese corpus resources. He suggested that relevant government departments and regulatory agencies should establish corresponding regulatory mechanisms for data compliance, promote the improvement of AIGC regulatory legislation, protect and standardize data compliance in the field of artificial intelligence, and at the same time accelerate the development and utilization of high-quality Chinese data sets.
During this year's Two Sessions, many experts from the field of quantum science participated, including Pan Jianwei, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Guo Guoping, a representative of the National People's Congress and deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Guo Guoping suggested that in order to break through the blockade of the international science and technology industry chain and achieve high-level science and technology self-reliance and self-reliance, our country should "specially cultivate" the quantum computing industry chain, formulate a quantum computer industry development plan and special support policies, and promote the quantum technology industry to accelerate its transformation from a future industry to a Iterative development of strategic pillar industries; implement the quantum computing innovative talent plan, combine talent training with scientific and technological research, and increase innovation and training of quantum computing special talents.
The advantages of “nationwide effort” to develop big science
Liu Qingfeng, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of iFlytek, immediately told the media including China Business News after listening to the report: "In the past two years, general artificial intelligence has set off a new craze around the world. Artificial intelligence represented by large models Technology will profoundly change the current industrial form in which manpower and time are the main business models, and fundamentally reshape the global competitiveness of the industry."
Liu Qingfeng called on the country to formulate a "General Artificial Intelligence Development Plan" at this year's Two Sessions to deal with global AI "systemic competition." He said that it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of the national system to increase and maintain continuous investment in the "main battlefield" of general large model bases.
"While catching up, combined with new technological development, competitive landscape, industrial empowerment and various changes in social life, it is very necessary to formulate systematic plans based on the new situation." Liu Qingfeng suggested.
Currently, artificial general intelligence is the focus of global technology competition and a must in the technology game and strategic competition between China and the United States. According to Liu Qingfeng, the "main battlefield" in the game between China and the United States is the continuous confrontation over universal basic capabilities.
Since the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT, major technology upgrades of large AI models have been led by American companies, and Silicon Valley has kicked off cycles of “tech bombing.”
From the birth of ChatGPT to the shocking release of Sora, in the face of rapid changes in global technology in the new era, how can China join this competition? In this regard, Liu Qingfeng suggested that China should accelerate the formation of an independent and controllable industrial ecosystem around large national models; promote the openness and sharing of high-quality training data at the national level; accelerate the application of large models in industrial sectors; adhere to the systematic innovation of core technologies; establish a new The mechanism accelerates the exploration of cultivating my country's best AI innovative talents; accelerates the cultivation of applied talents; accelerate the formulation and review of laws and regulations related to general artificial intelligence technology; establishes soft topics for conducting ethics and humanities research related to artificial general intelligence.
"Integration" is the main theme of science and technology
If you learn something, you can only be a follower; only by mastering it can you make a breakthrough from 0 to 1. Liu Qingfeng expressed the hope that collaborative research in the fields of brain science, brain-like intelligence, quantum computing and other key areas of artificial intelligence, as well as breakthroughs in cross-disciplinary integration, can be used to help my country's general artificial intelligence overtake the curve.
In response to the "artificial intelligence +" action mentioned in the report, Liu Qingfeng said: "Large models are a typical platform-enabling technology. It is necessary to accelerate the construction and operation of my country's large model developer ecosystem and reduce R&D and use costs. Support industry The empowerment of large models in the field of industrial Internet supports the empowerment of large software models in the software industry, and supports the application of large industry models in automobiles, home appliances, service robots and other industries."
The "integration" of technology also puts forward higher requirements for the cultivation of talents. For example, the training of medical engineers is related to my country's ability to achieve core technological breakthroughs in the field of medical devices and equipment. In this regard, Ge Junbo, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, proposed in the "Recommendations on the Construction of a Training System for Excellent Medical Engineers" that the national and provincial and ministerial-level engineering key laboratories in universities should be combined with the dominant disciplines of medical institutions. Combination, guided by the research and development of high-end medical equipment, forming a powerful "learning-research" integration model.
Zhu Tongyu told China Business News: "There are many basic researchers in universities in my country, but the mechanism for interdisciplinary integration has not been opened up. Fudan University is also exploring how to establish this mechanism to strengthen the cultivation of interdisciplinary talents in engineering, science, medicine and other disciplines, and give full play to The advantages of a comprehensive university.”
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