People's Daily: Although some people are trying to contain China, China must not close its doors to innovation

On May 28 this year, Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized in his important speech at the Conference of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering: "We must remain committed to independent innovation, strengthen our confidence in innovation, and strive to enhance our independent innovation capabilities." This once again highlights the extreme importance of independent innovation, and provides us with direction and fundamental guidelines for unwaveringly following the path of independent innovation, achieving independent control of key core technologies, and firmly grasping the initiative in innovation and development.

Independent innovation is the only way for us to climb the world's technological peaks, build a world science and technology power, and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is the concrete embodiment of the precious spirit of self-reliance of the Chinese nation in the field of scientific and technological innovation; independent innovation capability is the core of national competitiveness and is an essential ability to win strategic initiative in fierce international competition. Key core technologies cannot be obtained, bought, or begged for, and we need to overcome difficulties on our own. Vigorously promoting the fine tradition and precious spirit of self-reliance, gathering elite forces to make great efforts in independent innovation, achieving revolutionary breakthroughs in key core technologies, and realizing the strategic transformation of my country's overall scientific and technological level from following to parallel and leading are the inherent requirements and inevitable choices for us to build an innovative country and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

At present, people have reached a broad consensus on the importance of independent innovation, but there are still some vague understandings on how to carry out independent innovation. Some people confuse independent innovation with innovation by themselves, and there is a tendency to innovate behind closed doors, which actually hinders independent innovation. Comrade Xi Jinping clearly pointed out at the meeting of academicians of the two academies: "Independent innovation is innovation in an open environment, and it must not be done behind closed doors, but must gather the energy of the four seas and borrow the strength of all directions." When analyzing some outstanding problems that need to be solved in my country's current science and technology field, he also clearly pointed out that "it is not enough to plan open science and technology cooperation with a global perspective." Facts have proved that in today's era, self-isolation is the enemy of independent innovation. In the increasingly fierce international scientific and technological competition, some opponents have imposed a high-tech blockade on my country in order to curb my country's development, but we cannot tie our own hands and feet and cannot innovate behind closed doors.

Some people believe that compared with decades or even more than ten years ago, China today has made great progress in both scientific and technological strength and innovation capabilities, and is fully capable of innovating behind closed doors by relying on its own strength. This understanding is also one-sided. We should neither underestimate nor overestimate the level of development of science and technology in my country. In particular, we should realize that science and technology are global and contemporary, and the development of science and technology must have a global perspective. In today's world, no country can develop science and technology by its own strength. In fact, whether we can deepen international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation and gather the energy of the world and borrow the strength of all directions determines the starting point and foundation of our independent innovation. Although we can innovate a little behind closed doors, it is difficult to promote independent innovation from a higher starting point and a solid foundation because we cannot reasonably use international innovation resources.

Innovating in an open environment will not only help us to promote independent innovation from a higher starting point, but also help us to deeply participate in global science and technology governance. Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized: "We must make the best use of global innovation resources, comprehensively enhance my country's position in the global innovation landscape, and enhance my country's influence and rule-making ability in global science and technology governance." If we innovate behind closed doors, our voice in global science and technology governance will become less and less, our influence will become smaller and smaller, and our rule-making ability will become weaker and weaker, which in turn will restrict my country's independent innovation. Only by adhering to the global vision to plan and promote scientific and technological innovation, comprehensively strengthen international scientific and technological innovation cooperation, actively integrate into the global scientific and technological innovation network, improve the level of opening up of national science and technology plans, actively participate in and lead international major scientific plans and projects, and encourage Chinese scientists to initiate and organize international science and technology cooperation plans, can we contribute more Chinese wisdom to improve global science and technology governance in promoting independent innovation.

In today's era, the development of science and technology has long transcended national boundaries. It is difficult to build a world science and technology power by closing the door to innovation. If we want to enhance our independent innovation capabilities, we must always adhere to the correct direction and path, seize opportunities more actively and proactively on the basis of self-reliance, open the door more actively and proactively, learn and draw lessons more actively and proactively, participate in global science and technology governance more actively and proactively, speed up the pace of introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation, promote independent innovation from a higher starting point, seize the commanding heights of science and technology competition and future development, and change the situation where some key core technologies are controlled by others as soon as possible.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.