China Positions Enterprises as Primary Innovators in Developing New Quality Productive Forces

China News Service reported that enterprises are taking the leading role in driving China's development of new quality productive forces, following newly issued guidelines from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council that explicitly reinforce the principal position of enterprises in technological innovation. An official from China's National Development and Reform Commission stated that the rise of future industries, the development of emerging industries, and the upgrading of traditional sectors rely on the market's decisive role in allocating innovation resources and on enterprises driving continuous breakthroughs. Lin Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Innovation-Driven Development Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that this broad and structured corporate base has become the main force hosting national innovation platforms and cracking key common technologies. The policy measures outline establishing enterprise research and development reserve systems, elevating corporate projects aligning with national strategic needs to national projects, encouraging enterprises to lead national science tasks, and supporting capable private firms in leading major technical research programs.

The guidelines establish a user-based evaluation mechanism for innovation outcomes, which strengthens the principal role of enterprises in converting technological achievements into practical applications.