(Source: Nanfang.com 2025-02-28)
On January 31, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the 11th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to accelerate the development of new productive forces and solidly promote high-quality development. Over the past year, new productivity has attracted great attention in the economic and technological fields at home and abroad. There have been more than 210,000 overseas reports covering 118 countries and regions. From academic discussions to policy formulation, from corporate strategic layout to industrial transformation practices, the impact of new productivity is everywhere. New productivity is an advanced productivity state that plays a leading role in innovation, breaks away from the traditional economic growth mode and productivity development path, has the characteristics of high technology, high efficiency and high quality, and conforms to the new development concept.
New productive forces are an inevitable product of the development of the Chinese era and are rooted in China’s long-term economic construction practice and changes in the current development pattern. General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed this concept during an inspection tour of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, and it has far-reaching implications. The Northeast region is an important agricultural and old industrial base in China. The problems encountered in the new stage of economic development are a microcosm of the development problems of the entire national economy. Under the current development pattern of deep adjustment of the global economy and upgrading and transformation of domestic industries, it is an urgent need to break the shackles of traditional productivity, drive industrial transformation with technological innovation, and reshape the economic development model to stimulate new momentum for China's economic development.
To develop new productive forces, opportunities and challenges coexist. A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are booming, and cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, new energy, and 5G communications have made fruitful achievements. China has deeply implemented the innovation-driven development strategy, made historic achievements in scientific and technological innovation, and made remarkable achievements in building an innovative country. The growing scientific and technological strength, ultra-large-scale market, and constantly improving industrial system constitute the foundation and advantages for the development of new productive forces.
According to the "Global Innovation Index 2024" released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), China is the only middle-income economy among the top 30, ranking 11th. It occupies three seats in the world's five major technology clusters and is one of the economies with the fastest growth in innovation in the past 10 years.
Although this achievement is impressive, we must also be clearly aware that China still faces many challenges in developing new productive forces. On the one hand, competition around the commanding heights of science and technology brought about by globalization has become increasingly fierce. Technological innovation has become the focus of competition among countries. The global industrial chain and supply chain pattern has undergone tremendous changes. How to improve international competitiveness has become a complex issue faced by China in the process of promoting the development of new quality productivity. On the other hand, there are still many "stuck neck" problems in key core technology fields, and independent and controllable capabilities need to be improved. There are also shortcomings in the construction of scientific and technological innovation talent teams. Comprehensive talents who understand cutting-edge technologies and are good at transforming results are relatively scarce, making it difficult to fully meet the diverse needs for talents in the development of new productive forces. The system and mechanism of scientific and technological innovation are not perfect enough, and innovation results cannot be transformed into actual productivity in a timely and effective manner.
New productivity is a new starting point and new driving force for economic development. Its scale and speed depend on the present and determine the future. To break the bottleneck that restricts the development of new productive forces, it is crucial to accurately identify the focus.
To accurately identify the focus, we must first grasp the key point of innovation. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the development of social productivity and the improvement of comprehensive national strength ultimately depend on scientific and technological innovation. Innovation is the core element in developing new productive forces and can promote the optimal combination and renewal of workers, labor materials, and labor objects. It is necessary to focus on original technological innovation breakthroughs, increase investment in basic research, cultivate and attract high-end innovative talents, establish a collaborative innovation mechanism between industry, academia and research, improve original innovation capabilities, and achieve breakthroughs from 0 to 1.
Accurately identify the focus, and secondly, focus on quality. New quality productivity takes the substantial improvement of total factor productivity as its core symbol, and emphasizes high quality as its essential feature. It is necessary to promote high-quality economic development through technological breakthroughs, innovative allocation of production factors, and industrial transformation and upgrading. Specifically, it is necessary to deepen the reform of the science and technology system, improve the innovation system, strengthen basic research and key core technology research, build a collaborative innovation mechanism with enterprises as the main body, market orientation, and deep integration of industry, academia and research, and form a full-chain, interdisciplinary innovation consortium to enhance original innovation capabilities and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productivity.
Accurately identify the focus, and finally grasp the essence of advanced productivity. The essence of new productivity lies in its advanced nature, which is characterized by high-tech content, high efficiency and high quality. Driven by innovation, new generation information technologies such as digital technology and artificial intelligence must be integrated into traditional industries to achieve intelligent, green and high-end production methods. At the same time, we must focus on improving the quality of workers, cultivating new talents that adapt to the development of new-quality productivity, and promoting the iterative upgrading of labor materials, thereby providing solid support for high-quality development. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the resilience and safety level of the industrial and supply chains, promote the development of industries in the direction of high-end and clustering, and ensure that the economic system is independent, controllable, safe and reliable.
Author:
Gao Lei, Director of the Department of Ideological and Political Education, w88 casino of Marxism, w88 casino
Zhang Qidi, postgraduate student majoring in ideological and political education, w88 casino of Marxism, w88 casino
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