Science and Technology Rewards Reform Generates Wave of Innovation in Major Countries

Original title: The reform of science and technology rewards generates a wave of innovation in the main countries

A few days ago, Prime Minister Li Keqiang signed an order from the State Council to announce the revised “National Science and Technology Award”.Regulations“(Hereinafter, the” Regulation “), effective as of December 1, 2020. After the third revision, the” Regulation “has absorbed the pertinent measures to deepen the reform of the science and technology award system and the science and technology awards practices and experience in practice, aiming to solve new problems in practice and mobilize the majority of science and technology.jobsEnthusiasm and creativityInnovation-Driven Development StrategyImplement.

The science and technology awards work is a mirror of scientific and technological development, and is a concentrated reflection of the level of science and technology, science and technology guidelines, and policy guidance.excitementA gas station and lighthouse for science and technology workers to work hard. For more than 40 years, the national science and technology awards system has led innovation in reform, promoted development in innovation, and cultivated developing talents. Since the “Deepening Plan for Reform of the Rewards System of science and technology “, the reform of the national science and technology systemquality“Reduce the number, optimize the structure and standardize the procedures” as keywords, keep pace with the times and advance in depth.

China has a large number of science and technology workers and large-scale R&D investment. The key isto get betterThe ecology of science and technology innovation stimulates innovation and creativity, creates a stage for scientists and science and technology workers to demonstrate their talents, and allows the results of scientific and technological innovation to emerge continuously. The deepening of the reform of the national science and technology reward system has laid a solid foundation for the enhancement of the science and technology innovation ecosystem, and will surely stimulate and unleash the enormous potential of scientific and technological talents to the maximum.

The intensity of emancipating the mind determines the speed of technological innovation. National science and technology awards pay more attention to forward-thinking and innovative research, and put more emphasis on science and technology andsocietyCombine development. The Regulation clarifies that the National Prize for Science and Technology must bestrategyNeed and meanslongTechnological developmentplanningClose integration; the state increases rewards for basic research and applied basic research; The National Award for Natural Sciences should focus on the future and theory, the National Award for Technological Invention should focus on originality and practicality, and the National Award for Progress in Science and Technology should focus on innovation, Efficacy. These value orientations will encourage the whole of society to more respect the laws of scientific research and give scientific researchers greater power to make decisions about technical routes, greater power to control funds, and greater power to mobilize resources.

National science and technology awards give greater prominence to academic and scientific evaluations. For a long period of time, the main body of recommendation for the National Science and Technology Awards was government departments, and the administrative color was relatively strong to some extent, and the participation of experts, academics and academic organizations was less, which which weakened the academic authority of science and technology awards. Reference “Regulations”International practice, Changing the recommendation system to the nomination system means that the application channels will be more fluid and the role of experts, academics and academic communities will be better played. This is of great benefit in curbing academic misconduct, promoting dedicated research, and unlocking outstanding talent from cumbersome evaluations.

National science and technology awards pay more attention to creating a good scientific research environment. “Regulations” on the one hand to strengthen technology rewardsIntegrityThe construction of the system, on the other hand, intensifies the supervision and sanction of scientific and technological awards, with the aim of promoting academic ethics and the ethics of scientific research, and “zero tolerance” for academic misconduct. Serious dishonesty by establishing the integrity of scientific researchbehaviordatabase, Strengthen the supervision of the entire national science and technology awards process.mechanism, Building the integrity of scientific research will be more specific. In addition, the “Regulations” emphasize the rationalization of various science and technology awards and the standardization of social science and technology awards. The purpose is to “reduce” the scientific research staff, reduce the rewards of the process, and focus on rewarding the main original achievements. When scientific researchers free themselves from “filling in forms and marking the abacus,” they will have more energy to devote to technological innovation.

Today’s world is undergoing major changes that have not been seen in a century. The national and international environment facing China’s development has undergone profound and complex changes. China’s development during the XIV Five-Year Plan period and beyond has posed more urgent requirements to accelerate technological innovation. The majority of science and technology workers should take the reform of the national science and technology awards system as an opportunity, dare to set ambitions, boldly provoke important historical tasks, strive to become pioneers of scientific and technological innovation in the new era and unleash a wave of innovation in major countries.

(Source: Guangzhou Daily)

(Responsible editor: DF522)