China Issues Guidelines on Integrating Scientific and Industrial Innovation

China News Service reported that the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council released guidelines on promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation. A relevant official from the Ministry of Science and Technology stated that the document presents comprehensive planning from strategic and overall heights to foster deep integration under new circumstances. The official explained that the document provides top-level design covering general requirements, target directions, and implementation paths. It emphasizes using reform to break inertial thinking where technology conversion is considered only after achieving results, urging application orientation in scientific innovation and defining innovation tasks within industrial development. To seamlessly connect innovation chains with industrial chains, the guidelines introduce four main measures: improving coordination mechanisms, reforming task organization models, smoothing technological achievement commercialization channels, and strengthening scenario-driven innovation. The guidelines also focus on achieving decisive breakthroughs in core technologies across priority fields such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, high-end instruments, advanced materials, and biomanufacturing, while furthering industrial foundation re-engineering and key technical equipment programs.