He Lifeng Inspects Beijing Sites to Urge Science and Industry Integration

China News Service reported that Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng conducted an inspection tour in Beijing from November 4 to November 5. He stated that efforts must speed up high-level science and technology self-reliance, strengthen the in-depth integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and drive sustained economic progress toward new quality and improvement. Visiting districts including Huairou and Tongzhou, He inspected science infrastructure alongside intelligent manufacturing and biomedicine enterprises to observe research commercialization, enterprise development, and product exports. He urged strengthening strategic scientific support, highlighting government guidance, and deepening industry-university-research collaborative innovation to serve the construction of a science and technology innovation center. He emphasized balancing development with security by increasing financial support and factor guarantees for fields including artificial intelligence and computing network construction. He called for coordinating innovation with risk prevention, expanding investment in new infrastructure in an orderly manner, cultivating emerging industries such as advanced manufacturing, and supporting corporate self-reliance to expand global market competitiveness. He also held symposiums to gather grassroots opinions, demanding target-oriented and problem-oriented approaches to study issues and suggestions raised by local entities and enterprises. He instructed authorities to summarize replicable practices, optimize related policies, tap domestic demand potential, and advance high-quality economic development.