The Work Promotion Meeting for the Joint Construction of Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center by Multiple Municipalities was held in Shanghai.

According to the Shanghai release, the Work Promotion Meeting of Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center jointly built by the provinces and cities is held in Shanghai today. Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, and Yin Hejun, Minister of Science and Technology, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Chen Jining pointed out that it is necessary to focus on key tasks, strengthen collaboration, and continuously deepen breakthroughs. By focusing on high-risk, high-value basic research, continuously deepening institutional and mechanism reforms in practice, better utilizing the value driving and strategic traction role of basic research pilot zones, promoting the organic integration and collaborative advancement of high-level talents and high-risk, high-value projects. Strengthen key core technology research, focus on key areas in the three leading industries of integrated circuits, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence, and build a mechanism for nurturing future industries throughout the entire process and value chain, strategically enhancing the agility of frontier technology layout from a mechanism level. Deepen the reform of integrated development of education, technology, and talents, better serve national strategies and technological development according to the requirements of the "Four Orientations". Accelerate the improvement of the scientific and technological financial system, vigorously develop market-oriented, high-level, high-energy venture capital funds, better align with the high-risk, long-term financing needs of technology companies. Yin Hejun stated that facing new situations and new requirements, Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center should benchmark against the world's top scientific and technological levels with a global perspective and play a leading role in building a strong country in science and technology. The Ministry of Science and Technology will further strengthen central-local coordination, departmental cooperation, and support Shanghai in building a systematic strategic scientific and technological strength with greater efforts and practical measures, strengthen basic research and key core technology breakthroughs, coordinate the promotion of integrated reform of education, technology, and talents, deepen regional innovation coordination and industrial cooperation, create an open and innovative ecosystem with global competitiveness, and make new and greater contributions to achieving self-reliance and strengthening in high-level science and technology and building a strong country in science and technology.