Editor's note: The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has made a series of arrangements to further expand high-level opening-up, and also demonstrated China's firm determination to achieve win-win cooperation with the world. From now on, Nandu and N Video will connect with authoritative figures from all walks of life around the world to launch a series of reports on "New Blueprint, New Responsibilities - The International Community Focuses on China's Reform and Opening-up in the New Era".
"Promote high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, and promote high-level opening up." The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to build a system and mechanism to support comprehensive innovation, and put the deepening of the reform of the scientific and technological system in an important position.
To achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, we must persist in strengthening international exchanges and cooperation in an open environment, and contribute more Chinese strength to the world's scientific and technological development while absorbing the advanced technological achievements shared by mankind, so as to achieve a win-win situation for the scientific and technological development of China and the world.
A number of foreign experts, scholars and representatives of international institutions told Nandu and N video reporters that China has continuously strengthened scientific and technological cooperation, contributing Chinese wisdom and strength to respond to global challenges and promote human development and progress.
"China is already at the forefront of the world"
Since the beginning of the new era, the continent's ranking in the global innovation index has risen from 34th in 2012 to 12th in 2023, R&D expenditure has jumped to the second place in the world, R&D personnel, high-level papers, and invention patents have ranked among the top in the world for many years, and a large number of landmark and major achievements have been made such as manned spaceflight, lunar exploration project, Beidou navigation, high-speed rail, mobile communications, new energy vehicles, and deep-sea and deep-earth exploration.
China's scientific and technological innovation is inseparable from the world, and the world's scientific and technological progress and innovative development also need China more and more.
Annette · Nessian.
"The world is moving forward, and China brings a lot of new opportunities." Annette Nijs, Global Vice Chairman of the Asia Pacific CEO Association, former Cabinet Minister of Education, Science and Culture of ·Netherlands, and winner of the Chinese Government Friendship Award, said to reporters from the Southern Metropolis for example, "In the field of solar energy, which Netherlands people are proud of, solar companies from China have built a huge solar park in northern Netherlands, and some hospitals in Netherlands are also using data cloud services from Huawei." In her view, China is now at the forefront of its time and continues to play an active role on the international stage.
Washington · Argo.
In the case of former Ecuador ambassador to China, Washington · Ago. Washington Hago sees the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as an important driving force for China's scientific and technological innovation development. In particular, he mentioned the scientific and technological innovation of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the fields of smart city, biotechnology, and intelligent manufacturing to the reporter from Nandu. He expressed the hope that Eritrea and China will innovate cooperation models in two-way investment and trade facilitation, establish deep-water ports, develop shipyards, and jointly research aquaculture technologies.
Anna · Dozenko.
Anna Dotsenko, project manager ·of the Huangpu International Innovation Institute, Russia from the founding member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, praised the innovative power of the Greater Bay Area to reporters from the Southern Metropolis. In recent years, her institute has been continuously promoting innovative cooperation between China and Russia in the fields of new energy, new materials, biomedicine, terahertz communication, and ecological governance.
She believes that as the SCO membership becomes more diverse, the cooperation between the SCO member states in the economic, scientific and technological spheres will also become more extensive. "The SCO provides a wider space for the incubation of many scientific and technological projects in Russia, and it also allows us to obtain more resources."
"It's a hot place for people from all over the world to display their talents"
In terms of deepening the reform of the talent development system and mechanism, the plenum decision clearly stated that it is necessary to improve the support and guarantee mechanism for the introduction of overseas talents and form an internationally competitive talent system.
In recent years, China has continued to implement a more open talent policy, and actively created a good atmosphere of respecting, caring for and supporting talent innovation and entrepreneurship, so that the expertise of foreign talents and the needs of China's development are closely aligned, and a broader stage is provided for foreign experts to display their talents and realize their career dreams.
Edward.
Ralf Altmeyer, a Germany virology expert and former director of the Shanghai Pasteur Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, once told reporters in Nandu that under the guidance of the new development concept, China has become a hot place for talents from all over the world to display their talents and innovate and develop. China has taken the initiative to bring in foreign talents, especially high-level talents, warmly welcomed foreign experts and outstanding talents to participate in the Chinese-style modernization drive in various ways, fully trusted them, and allowed all kinds of talents to have their own place and let all kinds of high-level talents display their strengths, which is also an important reason why he chose to stay in China.
Mark · Levine.
Mark Levine, a professor at Minzu University of China and winner ·of the Chinese Government Friendship Award, also told reporters from Nandu that in recent years, the atmosphere for foreigners to work and live in China has become better and better, and more and more foreign scholars hope to come to this land. China's talent policy is also becoming more attractive, including more open visa policies, generous research funding, and diverse career development opportunities, attracting global academics and professionals to teach and research in China.
Mark · Liwen said that to eliminate misunderstandings and enhance overseas understanding of the real China, more foreigners who have come to China, study, live and work in China need to join in and promote communication between China and overseas.
"China and foreign countries actively carry out scientific and technological cooperation to address global challenges"
The plenary session pointed out that it is necessary to expand international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, encourage the establishment of international scientific and technological organizations in China, and optimize the management mechanism for foreign professional exchanges and cooperation between universities, scientific research institutes, and scientific and technological associations.
In recent years, China has established innovative dialogue mechanisms with many countries, deepened the implementation of science and technology partnership programs, and strengthened international science and technology cooperation in the fields of climate change, space and energy, so as to jointly address global challenges.
Roteri.
Thierry Laurent, head of the climate change working group of the China Committee of France's foreign trade adviser, told reporters that the Sino-French Carbon Neutrality Center, which was launched in 2023, aims to bring together the research forces of China and France in the field of carbon neutrality to jointly respond to global climate change. He believes that in recent years, China and France have actively cooperated in addressing the challenges brought about by climate change, and have achieved many breakthrough results. The establishment of the Sino-French Carbon Neutrality Center can provide a reference for in-depth cooperation between China and France in other fields.
Sino-foreign cooperation in science and technology continues to benefit the people and people's livelihood.
Alexander · Milich.
In the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 150 kilometers from the capital Sarajevo, there is a Bosnian Stanari power plant built by China. Aleksandar Milic, the head of the power plant, told reporters from Nandu that the construction ·of the power plant is an extremely challenging project that requires cooperation between multiple disciplines such as finance, construction, mechanical, and electrical. He was impressed by the development of China's power industry over the past few decades.
"China's power sector is highly competitive in terms of technology, quality, and above all, efficient and fast construction. China is a world leader in this area. Therefore, we are willing to cooperate with Chinese companies and build the first Chinese-built power plant in Europe. After all these years of operation, it can be said that we made the right choice. ”
A series of reports on "New Blueprint, New Responsibilities - The International Community Focuses on China's Reform and Opening-up in the New Era".
Chief planner: Rong Mingchang, Liu Jiangtao
Executive planner: Wang Jia
Co-ordinator: Nandu reporter Xiang Xueni
Writer: Nandu reporter He Jiahui
Written in this issue: Nandu reporter Yang Lingyan Zhou Minxuan intern Guo Yunting