On April 8th, the 2nd National Conference on Advanced Technology Achievement Transformation kicked off in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Zhang Kejian, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Xu Kunlin, Deputy Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Governor, and Liu Xiaotao, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Zhang Zi, Member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a report, while Zhang Jianhua, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Commission of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, chaired the meeting.
Zhang Kejian pointed out that the work of transforming achievements in the defense industry has initially formed a prototype of the "Jiangsu model" and the "Suzhou paradigm". He emphasized the need to take the lead and demonstrate in promoting two-way transformation of achievements in a wider range, at a higher level, and in deeper dimensions. Currently, the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the defense industry still faces many difficulties and problems. The State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense will further carry out the "Treasure Hunt Plan", continuously improve its abilities in identifying valuable opportunities and integrating resources, accelerate the establishment of mechanisms for agile response and rapid transformation of advanced technologies, promote the construction of innovation chains, industrial chains, and value chains that are compatible with the development of emerging fields, and focus on deepening and solidifying the transformation of achievements, making them superior and stronger. This will continuously liberate and develop new productive forces and combat effectiveness, making new and greater contributions to realizing the goals of "strength, wealth, beauty, and high standards" and supporting national defense construction.
Xu Kunlin stated that Jiangsu has a solid industrial foundation, abundant scientific and educational resources, and an excellent business environment, giving it unique advantages in receiving and implementing the transformation of advanced technology achievements. With the goal of creating an industrial and technological innovation center with global influence, efforts should be made to actively construct a full-chain innovation ecosystem for the creation, transfer, incubation, and industrialization of advanced technology achievements, vigorously promote defense scientific and technological innovation, efficiently promote the transformation of advanced achievements, and create a high-quality environment for integrated development, enabling the "tree of science and technology" in the defense industry to bear more fruitful "innovative achievements".
The conference was jointly organized by the Jiangsu Provincial Office of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Suzhou Municipal People's Government, and the Yangtze River Delta Advanced Technology Achievement Transformation Center. The purpose of the meeting is to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, effectively improve the level of scientific and technological achievement transformation and industrialization, build a communication platform, promote resource aggregation, advance the application of advanced technology achievements, and provide stronger support for the high-quality development of the national defense science and technology industry and the transformation and upgrading of local economy and society.
The conference includes an opening ceremony, achievement docking, roadshow releases, exhibition displays, exchange seminars, and other activities. During the opening ceremony, 46 transformation projects were signed on-site by supply and demand parties, and the ninth batch of catalogs for the transformation of intellectual property rights of advanced technology achievements was released. Keynote speeches were delivered by Liang Zhifeng, Director of the Small and Medium Enterprises Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xin Feng, Deputy General Manager of China National Nuclear Corporation, Academician Zhang Di from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dong Guoqun, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Stock Exchange, and Li Jun, General Manager of Haitong Securities, focusing on the ideas of technology achievement transformation in military and civilian units, as well as measures to promote the transformation of advanced technology achievements in the securities and financial industries. Prior to the opening ceremony, leaders and guests visited the featured exhibition displays.
Representatives from central and state organs, relevant central enterprises and universities, responsible persons from national defense science and technology industry management departments across the country, leaders of relevant departments in Jiangsu Province, and leaders from Suzhou City attended the event.
