The 18th China Science and Technology Journal Development Forum opened in Nanjing on Wednesday. Among the top leaders addressing the opening ceremony were Zhang Jianchun, Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Zhang Aijun, Member of the Standing Committee and Director of the Publicity Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, and Shu Wei, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group, Vice Chairman, and Secretary of the Secretariat of the China Association for Science and Technology.
Zhang Jianchun emphasized that scientific and technological journals should deeply understand the significant innovative viewpoints, scientific methodologies, and strategic deployments contained in the Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, closely integrate them with the requirements of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China's major deployment on science, technology, and cultural work, and closely integrate them with the series of important instructions and spirits of scientific and technological journal work so as to effectively demonstrate new phenomena and achievements in the new era and new journey and make greater contributions to enhancing the country's technological competitiveness and cultural soft power.
He asked scientific and technological journals to help high level science and technology self-reliance with high-quality development, better serve the construction of the Chinese path to modernization, play an exemplary and driving role in improving the quality of journals and enhancing the competitiveness of scientific and technological journals, and integrate the supporting role of development in expanding the influence of scientific and technological journals in communication.
Zhang Aijun stated that as a major province of science and technology and a major province of science and technology journals, Jiangsu will take this forum as an opportunity to improve the academic quality of science and technology journals, carry out practical cooperation in journal operation models, strengthen academic governance, and empower industrial development, and make greater contributions to enhancing national scientific and technological competitiveness and cultural soft power.
Shu Wei proposed to build a world power in scientific and technological journals. The scientific and technological journal industry should adhere to the "four orientations", adhere to the original aspiration of publishing, and strive to become an important force in the construction of the national scientific and technological innovation system.
