The second Jiangsu Industry University Research Cooperation Matchmaking Conference, with the theme of "Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements and Empowering Industrial Innovation and Development", opened in Nanjing on Monday morning.
Before the opening ceremony, Xin Changxing, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, met with some academicians, experts, and scholars to extend his sincere gratitude on behalf of the provincial party committee and government for the strong support they have provided to Jiangsu's development for a long time.
Xin Changxing said that since the beginning of this year, when giving important speeches on Jiangsu's work on two occasions, General Secretary Xi Jinping has placed scientific and technological innovation at the top of the agenda by demanding that Jiangsu focuses on building an industrial scientific and technological innovation center with global influence, which reflects the General Secretary’s earnest expectations and high trust for Jiangsu's development.
The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee said that to build an industrial technology innovation center, it is necessary to integrate industry and technology more closely, link innovation and transformation more smoothly, accelerate the formation of new productive forces, and enhance new driving forces for development.
After briefing the guests on the foundation and advantages of Jiangsu from the perspectives of industry, academia, and research, the provincial secretary pointed out that holding the Industry University Research Cooperation Matchmaking Conference aims to build a high-end platform, gather resources, promote strong alliances, fuel deep integration of the innovation chain, industry chain, capital chain, and talent chain, and accelerate the construction of a technology innovation system with enterprises as the main body, market orientation, and industry university research combination, so as to show greater achievements in achieving high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement.
He hoped that the academicians, experts, and scholars can further deepen their all-round cooperation with Jiangsu on the basis of their respective research fields, promote the implementation of more original and leading scientific and technological achievements, and make greater efforts to transform scientific research advantages into industrial and development advantages to serve the national strategy.
The academicians, experts, and scholars remarked that Jiangsu is a major powerhouse in terms of economy, science and education, and talent with excellent business environment that has enabled its regional innovation capability to rank among the top in the country.
They said they will give full play to the important platform of Industry University Research Cooperation Matchmaking Conference to continuously deepen communication and cooperation, and help Jiangsu continue to lead in high-quality development.
