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On January 12, 2016, Shanghai's Vice Mayor Zhou Bo published an article titled "Shanghai Practice of Innovation-Driven Development Strategy," which provides an in-depth description of the key initiatives and future goals Shanghai has made in building a globally influential technology center.

Shanghai Practice of Innovation-Driven Development Strategies," which states.

In terms of policy guidance, Shanghai has promulgated the 13th Five-Year Plan for Science and Technology Innovation and the Opinions on the Implementation of the National Demonstration Base for Mass Entrepreneurship and Mass Innovation in Yangpu, to comprehensively deepen reforms in the field of technology transfer, break down institutional barriers and increase the rate of transfer of high and new technologies.

In the area of industry-university-research, Shanghai has issued important documents such as the Measures for the Management of Special Funds for Shanghai's Scientific Research Plan and the Implementation Rules for Shanghai's Special Support for Industrial Technological Innovation to build an enterprise-oriented, market-oriented, industry-university-research combined technological innovation system.

In the area of science and technology finance, Shanghai is actively promoting science and technology financial innovation with the goal of capital project convertibility and liberalization of the financial services industry, and improving its science and technology financial system by launching a pilot program of comprehensive financial supervision.

Therefore, in the new round of technological innovation change, only by accelerating supply-side structural reform and transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and improving the factor market system, can we occupy the market, and thus dominate the market.

Deputy Mayor Zhou Bo's article gives us the following insight.

Firstly, "If there is a very good work, we must treat the very best people." People are the most critical factor in scientific and technological innovation, and the cause of innovation calls for innovative talents. To achieve scientific and technological innovation, we must learn to discover talent, cultivate talent, cohesion talent, we must strive to cultivate professional and innovative scientific and technological talents.

Secondly, we should promote the improvement of the financial system for science and technology. With the rapid flow of capital elements, finance has become the primary driver of scientific and technological innovation. At present, Shanghai is organizing the establishment of the Zhangjiang Science and Technology Investment Bank and the private Zhangjiang Science and Technology Bank, with the aim of promoting investment and credit linkage and credit service innovation, and jointly improving the whole life cycle services for science and technology-based, innovative enterprises.

Third, "The wise hear in silence, but the wise see in silence." Scientific and technological innovation is never-ending. Scientific and technological innovation should not only take the road that others dare not take, but also have the space to tolerate mistakes and trial and error, which is the only way to overcome difficulties, to be innovative and to maximize the benefits of scientific and technological innovation.

Fourthly, scientific and technological innovation must have a global perspective. We must now firmly grasp the trend of globalization in science and technology innovation and attract high-quality overseas technology transfer agencies to our shores through mergers and acquisitions, corporate investment and the establishment of joint parks, so as to stimulate the innovative vitality of technology "bringing in" and "going out".

As historical opportunities are often fleeting, we are facing an important historical opportunity to promote scientific and technological innovation. To realize innovation-driven development, the most fundamental thing is to enhance the capacity of scientific and technological innovation, and the most urgent thing is to remove the obstacles in the system and mechanism, so as to liberate and stimulate the huge potential of science and technology as the first productive force to the fullest extent. Looking to the future, only by enhancing scientific and technological innovation capacity and insisting on independent innovation can we transform from "followers" to "parallel walkers" and "leaders".