Innovation as a Strategic Tool

In his speech to the meeting celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA on August 1, 2017, Xi Jinping emphasized the strategic importance of scientific and technological innovation in building a strong military.

Guided by a national strategy for innovation-driven development, a strategic focus on innovation calls for self-reliance, perseverance, and willpower to reinvent ourselves in our push to develop proprietary core technologies and new weaponry systems. Science and technology will contribute more to a stronger military with greater capability.

An innovation strategy is being implemented across the military to build up and leverage existing strengths, and promote innovation in new areas, especially strategically important areas, such as the development and application of frontier technologies. Significant progress has been made in this regard, with an impressive array of research results, such as the rollout of the Tianhe-2 supercomputer.   

堅(jiān)持自主創(chuàng)新的戰(zhàn)略基點(diǎn)

2017年8月1日，習(xí)近平在慶祝中國(guó)人民解放軍建軍90周年大會(huì)上發(fā)表重要講話，強(qiáng)調(diào)要全面實(shí)施科技興軍戰(zhàn)略，堅(jiān)持自主創(chuàng)新的戰(zhàn)略基點(diǎn)。堅(jiān)持自主創(chuàng)新的戰(zhàn)略基點(diǎn)，是在國(guó)家創(chuàng)新驅(qū)動(dòng)發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略指導(dǎo)下，發(fā)揚(yáng)自力更生、自強(qiáng)不息、自我革新的意志和精神，堅(jiān)持創(chuàng)新這個(gè)發(fā)展基礎(chǔ)，努力建立和完善擁有自主知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)的核心技術(shù)和武器裝備體系，不斷提高科技創(chuàng)新對(duì)人民軍隊(duì)建設(shè)和戰(zhàn)斗力發(fā)展的貢獻(xiàn)率。中國(guó)軍隊(duì)加快實(shí)施科技興軍戰(zhàn)略，鞏固和加強(qiáng)優(yōu)勢(shì)領(lǐng)域，加大新興領(lǐng)域創(chuàng)新力度，一些戰(zhàn)略性、前沿性技術(shù)自主創(chuàng)新取得重要進(jìn)展，成功研制天河二號(hào)超級(jí)計(jì)算機(jī)等一批高技術(shù)成果。