Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening of the 17th General Assembly of Academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 12th General Assembly of Academicians from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, emphasizing that the direction of China's science and technology development is innovation, innovation, and innovation again. To implement the strategy of innovation-driven development, the most fundamental thing is to enhance the capacity of independent innovation, the most urgent is to break the institutional mechanism barriers, t and to liberate and stimulate the great potential of science and technology as the primary productive force to the maximum extent. It is necessary to unswervingly take the road of independent innovation with Chinese characteristics, adhere to the policy of independent innovation, focus on leapfrogging, supporting development, leading the future, and accelerate the pace of building an innovative country.

He pointed out that self-reliance is the cornerstone of the Chinese nation's struggle to stand on its own in the forest of the world's nations, and independent innovation is the way for us to climb to the peak of science and technology in the world. Science and technology are global and contemporary, and the development of science and technology must have a global perspective. We need to accurately grasp the strategic opportunities of scientific and technological development in key areas, select the strategic areas and priority directions that are related to the overall situation and long-term development, and further promote collaborative innovation and open innovation through efficient and rational allocation, build an efficient and powerful supply system for common key technologies, and strive to achieve major breakthroughs in key technologies, and master key technologies in our own hands.. The majority of science and technology workers in China should be bold enough to take charge, brave enough to go beyond, find and hold on the right direction, firmly establish the ambition and confidence to dare to be the first in the world, dare to take the road not taken by others, pursue excellence while tackling difficulties, and be brave to create the world's trend-setting scientific and technological achievements.

He stressed that the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy is a systematic project. To deepen the reform of science and technology system, break all the ideological barriers and institutional barriers that restrict scientific and technological innovation, well handle the relationship between the government and the market, promote the deep integration of science and technology and economic and social development, build up the channel of applying strong science and technology to strong industry, strong economy and strong country, release the vitality of innovation with reform, accelerate the establishment of a sound national innovation system to let all innovation sources fully flow. We should focus on speeding up the top-level design of the innovation-driven development strategy, reforming the national strategic planning of science and technology innovation and the institutional mechanism of resource allocation, deepening cooperation among industries, universities and research institutes, strengthening the coordination of science and technology innovation, and speeding up the establishment of a sound national innovation system with organic interaction, synergy and efficiency among various subjects, aspects and links. We should try harder to deploy the innovation chain around the industrial chain, improve the capital chain around the innovation chain, focus on the national strategic objectives, pool resources, form a synergy, and break through the major key scientific and technological issues that matter to the people's livelihood and the economic lifeblood.