Why Continued Strengthening of Basic Research Is Needed at the Outset of the 15th Five-Year Plan
Basic research lays a solid foundation for building China into a science and technology powerhouse, enhancing original innovation capabilities and the level of self-reliance and self-strengthening Focusing on the critical period of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and gaining a deep understanding of the new trends in technological competition and development opportunities
On April 30, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at a symposium on strengthening basic research held in Shanghai that greater efforts and more concrete measures should be taken to strengthen basic research, enhance original innovation capabilities, and lay a solid foundation for building China into a leading country in science and technology.
The article points out that the period of the 15th FiveYear Plan is a critical stage for China to accelerate the realization of highlevel scientific and technological selfreliance and selfstrengthening, and to advance the building of a leading country in science and technology. Basic research lies at the starting point of the research chain, is related to original innovation capabilities, and also affects breakthroughs in key core technologies and frontier technologies.
The article also mentions that current international scientific and technological competition is focusing more on basic and frontier fields, and the root cause of many bottleneck problems still lies in the weakness of basic theoretical research. In the face of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, only by making longterm efforts in basic research and continuously accumulating progress can we provide stronger support for the development of new quality productive forces and highquality development.