(Source: "Economic Daily (Theoretical version）》 2026-03-17）
Achieving high-quality development relies on technological innovation to cultivate new driving forces. As my country moves forward from a manufacturing power to a manufacturing power, we must fully understand the strategic leading position of science and technology, solidly promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and accelerate the cultivation and development of new productive forces. The 2025 Central Economic Work Conference emphasized “strengthening the dominant position of enterprises in innovation.” As a micro-subject of the market economy, enterprises are an important carrier for the application demonstration of new technologies, new products and new scenarios, and are also an important starting point for promoting the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. Facing the strategic opportunities of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, we must seize key links and focus on the entire chain to explore practical paths for enterprises to play the main role of innovation, promote enterprises to become the main body of technological innovation decision-making, R&D investment, scientific research organization and achievement transformation, open up a channel from strong science and technology to strong enterprises, strong industries, and strong economies, and provide strong support for building a modern industrial system and promoting high-quality development.
Connecting technological innovation and industrial innovation
Technological innovation is the source of industrial innovation, and industrial innovation is the realization of the value of technological innovation. The deep integration of the two is an inevitable requirement for cultivating and developing new productive forces. Generally speaking, the more innovative a company is, the higher its efficiency in transforming scientific and technological achievements will be, and the stronger its industrial competitiveness will be. At present, in some fields, some scientific research results of universities and scientific research institutes are still at the laboratory stage and are insufficiently connected with the actual needs of the industry. As the key carrier of industrial innovation, enterprises know best the pain points, difficulties and blockages of industrial development, and are important promoters of scientific and technological innovation from the laboratory to the market and towards the industrial end. Focusing on the entire chain to strengthen the status of corporate innovation entities can help all innovation entities accurately identify industry development trends and market demands, anchor innovation directions, strengthen industry-university-research collaborative research, improve the efficiency of scientific research resource utilization, and form a virtuous cycle of "technological innovation-industrial application-technology iteration" to help my country's industrial chain climb to the high end of the value chain.
On the one hand, it helps to realize the seamless connection between the innovation chain and the industrial chain. The innovation chain covers basic research, technology research and development, and achievement transformation, while the industrial chain runs through the industrial system from raw materials to end products. The seamless connection between the two is an intrinsic requirement for promoting the construction of a modern industrial system. If there is a disconnected "breakpoint" between the innovation chain and the industrial chain, it will easily lead to misalignment between R&D direction and industrial demand, and key links will face "stuck" constraints. Enterprises are spread throughout the upstream, middle and downstream links of the industrial chain, focusing on the entire chain to play their main role in innovation, and can effectively connect the innovation chain, so that the innovation chain is laid out around the industrial chain and the industrial chain is upgraded based on the innovation chain. Especially for key areas such as integrated circuits and industrial motherboards, chain owners can take the lead in integrating upstream and downstream resources, coordinating basic research, applied research and industrial applications, building an ecosystem in which the innovation chain and the industrial chain coexist and prosper, and further enhance the resilience and competitiveness of the industrial chain.
On the other hand, it can promote the organic combination of innovative resources and market demand. The efficiency of innovation resource allocation is related to the effectiveness of innovation, and market demand can guide the allocation of innovation resources. The innovation activities of universities and scientific research institutes focus on theoretical breakthroughs and are relatively less sensitive to market demand; as enterprises participate in market competition, they are more sensitive to changes in demand. Giving full play to the main role of enterprises in innovation will help achieve precise adaptation of innovation supply and demand. The development of the new energy automobile industry is an example: automobile companies continue to invest in the research and development of power batteries, motors, charging piles and other technologies based on consumer demands for cruising range and charging efficiency, driving the rapid development and growth of the industry. This market demand-oriented innovation model can maximize the agglomeration effect of innovative resources and accelerate the realization of key technological breakthroughs.
Based on the whole process of innovation and playing a role
Practice shows that enterprises play a vital role in the entire innovation chain and are the key variables that determine innovation efficiency and achievement transformation effectiveness. In the context of unprecedented fierce global science and technology competition, enterprises must play a major role in the four key links of technological innovation decision-making, R&D investment, scientific research organization, and achievement transformation, further promote the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain, and ensure that innovation is transformed into real industrial activities.
Let enterprises become the main body of technological innovation decision-making.Technological innovation decision-making is the “first mile” of innovation activities and determines the direction of innovation. Enterprises are on the front line of market competition and can have a keen insight into market changes. In combination with national strategic needs and their own development positioning, enterprises can proactively deploy business to ensure that innovation does not deviate from reality. At the same time, through the establishment of a "reverse innovation" in-depth collaborative mechanism, we will strengthen close cooperation between universities, research institutes and enterprises to ensure that technology research and development directions closely follow the cutting-edge of science and technology and accurately meet the needs of industrial development.
Let enterprises become the main body of R&D investment.R&D investment is the material basis for enterprises to carry out innovative activities and an important yardstick to measure their innovation vitality. To give full play to the main role of enterprises in this process, we must not only pay attention to the intensity of R&D investment, but also work hard to improve efficiency. Data shows that the current R&D investment of our country's enterprises accounts for more than 75% of the entire society's R&D investment. Especially in industries such as new energy and smartphones, the intensity of R&D investment by enterprises is far higher than the average level. Many new technologies, new business formats and new models have emerged in these industries, injecting strong vitality into economic development. In addition, building a diversified investment mechanism around enterprises and optimizing the combination model of "own funds + government guidance + social capital" will help better coordinate the short-term benefits of innovative technology research and the long-term value of basic research reserves, and promote the sustainable, stable, efficient and orderly development of innovation activities.
Let enterprises become the main body of scientific research organizations.Scientific research organizations are the central link in innovation activities and can connect innovation resources and innovation goals. Enterprises becoming the main body of scientific research organizations will accelerate the efficient integration of innovative resources. Taking the lead in establishing an innovation consortium with enterprises as the hub, connecting the resources of universities, scientific research institutes, and upstream and downstream enterprises will help speed up the systematic research on key core technologies and cutting-edge technologies, and solve the problem of "siloing" of industry, academia, and research. Giving full play to the role of chain owners and co-building innovation platforms with related enterprises will help promote the integration and innovation of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and realize the upgrade of the entire chain. In addition, companies can adopt flexible models such as "project system" and "joint laboratory" to greatly improve R&D efficiency and quickly respond to market demand.
Let enterprises become the main body of achievement transformation.The transformation of results is the "last mile" of innovation activities and the link to realize innovation value. Enterprises have production equipment, processes and market channels, which can not only promote the industrialization of technological achievements, but also promote the iterative upgrading of achievements, optimize technological achievements based on market feedback, and form a closed loop of "transformation-feedback-iteration". For example, smart home companies continue to optimize product algorithms based on user experience, thereby continuously improving the market competitiveness of smart products. In addition, enterprises can transform technological achievements into economic benefits through market-oriented operations, which can also feed back a new round of R&D investment, forming a virtuous cycle of "innovation-transformation-profit-re-innovation" and providing continuous power for enterprise innovation.
Empower innovation activities with practical measures
To further strengthen the main position of enterprises in innovation, we should base on the construction of innovation ecosystem, adhere to the integration of innovation elements, improvement of innovation mechanisms and ecological optimization simultaneously, integrate the full chain empowerment requirements throughout the entire process of enterprise innovation activities, and systematically plan practical and practical paths.
Promote the integrated development of education, science and technology talents and consolidate the foundation of innovative talents.Strengthen w88 casino-enterprise collaborative education, adjust university professional settings and talent training plans according to the needs of enterprises, promote enterprises and universities to jointly build internship training bases and joint training bases, explore the "order-based" talent training model, build engineering colleges and industrial colleges, and introduce actual corporate projects into the classroom. Promote the collaborative innovation of industry, academia and research, clarify the rights, responsibilities and interests of universities, research institutes and enterprises, support enterprises and universities to jointly build joint laboratories and innovation centers, and promote the two-way flow of talents. Improve the talent incentive mechanism, establish a talent evaluation system oriented by innovation ability, quality, effectiveness, and contribution, eliminate the tendency of "only papers, only professional titles, only academic qualifications, and only awards" to fully stimulate the enthusiasm of scientific researchers.
Optimize the innovation resource allocation mechanism and guide innovation elements to gather in enterprises.Intensify policy guidance, optimize fiscal subsidies, tax incentives and other policies, provide financial support for key core technology research projects of enterprises, and conduct regular evaluations and dynamic adjustments. Improve technology financial services and launch products such as intellectual property pledge loans to ease the pressure on corporate R&D funds. Promote the integration and innovation of large and medium-sized enterprises, give full play to the role of leading enterprises, and promote the specialized and innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Improve the resource sharing mechanism, promote the opening of large-scale scientific research instruments and experimental facilities in universities and scientific research institutes to enterprises, establish a resource sharing platform, provide one-stop services for enterprises, and improve resource utilization efficiency.
Strengthen information docking and standard collaboration to help enterprises enhance their voice in innovation.Build an information sharing platform to integrate the scientific research results information of universities and scientific research institutes and the technical demand information of enterprises to achieve real-time updates, accurate matching and effective docking. Establish an information monitoring and early warning mechanism to closely track market demand changes and industrial development trends to provide reference for corporate innovation decisions. Improve the intellectual property information service system, provide enterprises with retrieval, analysis, early warning and other services, and enhance their intellectual property management capabilities. Strengthen the collaborative ability of innovation standard formulation, support enterprises to take the lead in formulating industry standards, participate in the formulation of international standards, and provide enterprises with an international exchange and cooperation platform.
Strengthen collaborative guarantees for pilot platform construction and open up channels for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.Co-build and share pilot test platforms, increase investment in the construction of national and provincial pilot test platforms, encourage enterprises to jointly build pilot test bases with universities and research institutes, and support the opening of pilot tests, testing and certification services to enterprises. Consideration can be given to setting up special funds for pilot trials, providing subsidies for enterprises' pilot R&D investment and equipment purchase, and providing rewards for the transformation of results, guiding enterprises to incorporate the pilot phase into the entire innovation process, and improving the success rate of achievement transformation. Improve the pilot service system, create a "pilot R&D-testing and certification-industrialization" service chain, provide enterprises with technical consultation, talent training, etc., and improve transformation efficiency.(The author is Vice President of w88 casino and Professor of International Business w88 casino)
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