On June 29th, the National Integrated Circuit Design Automation Technology Innovation Center was officially unveiled in Nanjing, becoming the first national level technology innovation center in this field in China.

The integrated circuit industry is one of the advantageous industries with strong competitiveness in our province. The unveiling of the center has opened up a corner of Jiangsu's thriving technological innovation, demonstrating our province's confidence and determination in building a globally influential industrial technology innovation center.

Innovation has become the most distinctive feature of the times in Jiangsu.

Implement an innovation driven development strategy and strive to break through key core technological challenges

Accelerating the realization of high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement is the only way to promote high-quality development.

To fulfill the glorious mission of "leading the way in technological self-reliance and self-improvement", it is necessary to accelerate the implementation of the innovation driven development strategy, strive to break through key core technological challenges, and achieve autonomy and controllability in key areas and links.

Since March of this year, there have been frequent reports of breakthroughs in key core technologies by Jiangsu research institutions, with innovation vitality constantly bursting from universities to research institutes.

At the beginning of April, Professor Xia Haiyun's team from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology developed the world's highest resolution Doppler lidar, which was featured by the American Physical Association. In practical applications, this Doppler LiDAR with a resolution of sub meters (0.9 meters) can capture precise dynamic structures more clearly, thereby promoting various design optimizations of the aircraft. Xia Haiyun stated that everyone aspires to become an internationally leading laser radar. "The current achievements are just a summary of past work, and the key core technologies are not obtainable, cannot be bought, or cannot be won. We are united and committed to innovation, moving towards a better laser radar

In May, Nature, the top international journal, sent a letter of acceptance: Professor Yin Jun from the International Institute of Frontier Sciences of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the team of Artem Mishchenko from the University of Manchester made a new discovery, which expanded the research of two-dimensional torsion electronics, which is currently widely concerned, to a three-dimensional system, providing a new way to regulate the physical properties of bulk materials. Relevant achievements were received by the journal Nature with Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics as the communication unit, and will be officially published soon. This is a true portrayal of our commitment to innovation driven development and enhancing our independent innovation capabilities, "said Yin Jun.

The charging speed of the new generation new energy Car platform based on silicon carbide devices has been increased by 5-10 times, and the endurance mileage has been increased by more than 8%... In May this year, the "high-performance and reliable silicon carbide MOSFET technology and application" led by CETC 55 Institute passed the technical appraisal. "We have broken through a number of key core technologies, connected with the mass production platform of the whole industrial chain of silicon carbide materials, chips and modules, and taken the lead in developing 750V/150A, 1200V/100A and 6500V/25A high current silicon carbide MOSFET devices in China, so as to achieve mass supply of silicon carbide MOSFETs in new energy vehicles, photovoltaic, smart grid and other fields, effectively ensure the safety of the Supply chain security of silicon carbide power devices, and support the industrial chain to leap to the high-end." Chief expert of China Electronics Technology, Bai Song, said that currently, the silicon carbide MOSFET chips developed by Institute 55 have been supplied in bulk to millions of new energy vehicles by first tier car companies, and are accompanying Mercedes Benz across the country.

Strengthen the dominant position of enterprises and create industrial technology innovation centers

This points the way forward for Jiangsu to cope with the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation.

Collaborative innovation between industry and technology, we must bid farewell to 'fighting alone' and focus on 'group warfare'! "Said Miao Hangen, Chairman of Shenghong Holding Group Co., Ltd. The Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center led by Shenghong Group has become the first national level manufacturing innovation center in Jiangsu. At present, the Innovation Center is striving to leverage its platform effect, gather innovative resources, accelerate innovative breakthroughs in the field of advanced functional fibers, establish a technology innovation supply system supported by key laboratories, pilot bases, and national textile testing centers, and enhance the international discourse power of the entire industry. To build an industrial technology innovation center, it is necessary to play the role of enterprise innovation as the main body, lead the integration of industry resources, break through the bottleneck of key common technology supply in the industry, cross the 'death valley' of engineering and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, and further enhance the core competitiveness of Jiangsu's industry

In summer, the "Collaborative Innovation Building" of Jiangnan University has settled in a number of domestic leaders and backbone enterprises. "Efforts should be made to build an industrial science and technology innovation center with global influence. It is necessary to strengthen school local cooperation, further improve the collaboration mechanism, education mechanism, and scientific and technological achievements transformation mechanism for enterprises and universities to jointly carry out industry university research cooperation, and further strengthen the transformation and application of key research and development achievements." Chen Wei, an academician of the CAE Member and president of Jiangnan University, said that Jiangnan University should work with well-known enterprises to build an industry university research collaborative innovation strategic alliance, Establish an industry university research technology development system that meets the requirements of market competition and the needs of enterprise development, and inject new vitality into industrial technology innovation by domestic leading and backbone enterprises settling in the "Collaborative Innovation Building".

"A new era and a new journey, building a globally influential industrial science and technology innovation center is a major strategic opportunity for Jiangsu." Xu Guanghui, director of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, said that since March this year, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology has strengthened coordination and docking with relevant provincial and municipal authorities, focusing on basic research and application of basic research, key core technology research, cutting-edge technology and future industrial innovation, major platform upgrading, and enterprise innovation capability improvement Conduct investigations and research on topics such as improving quality and efficiency in high-tech parks, gathering high-end scientific and technological talents, opening up collaborative innovation, and reforming scientific and technological systems and mechanisms, clarify work responsibilities and progress requirements, and take practical actions to help Jiangsu continue to lead in high-quality development.

On June 27th, our province held a series of themed press conferences titled "Striving to Promote Jiangsu to Continue to Lead in High Quality Development" - a special session titled "Promoting High level Science and Technology Self reliance and Self strengthening". The Provincial Department of Science and Technology announced the "roadmap" of the Industrial Science and Technology Innovation Center: By 2025, the construction of an industrial science and technology innovation center with global influence will be effective; By 2030, form a core function of an industrial technology innovation center with global influence; By 2035, we will fully build an industrial science and technology innovation center with global influence, achieve the leading level of innovative countries and regions in terms of major science and technology innovation indicators, and build a modern industrial system with integrity, progressiveness and security, which will play an important role in supporting, demonstrating and leading China's participation in the global industrial science and technology competition.

Deepen the reform of the scientific and technological system, improve the evaluation system and incentive mechanism

In May, the brain-computer fusion intelligent technology research institute under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute achieved the project "Key Technologies and Applications of High spatiotemporal Resolution Dual Mode Neural Microelectrode Arrays" and won the first prize of the 2022 China Electronics Society Technology Invention Award. This research team, led by Chen Hongda, a professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, not only realized the autonomy and control of some key core technologies in the field of Brain–computer interface, but also transformed relevant scientific and technological achievements into reality, successfully incubated a specialized technology company, and provided customized solutions for different application scenarios such as scientific research and smart medicine. The professional research institute arranged by Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research implements a new operating mechanism of 'team holding', which gives the project team operational rights, ownership of achievements, disposal rights, and profit rights, and distributes the value-added part of operating funds according to equity. This undoubtedly stimulates the innovative activity of scientific researchers, and will naturally produce significant scientific and technological achievements, "said Chen Hongda.

Building a globally influential industrial technology innovation center is inseparable from an excellent innovation ecosystem. As a 'experimental field' for the reform of Jiangsu's science and technology system, the core mission of Jiangsu Provincial Industrial Technology Research Institute is to provide continuous technological supply for the transformation and upgrading of existing industries and future industrial development in Jiangsu, and support the construction of service industry innovation ecology. "said Liu Qing, President of Jiangsu Provincial Industrial Technology Research Institute.

In March, Nanjing University took the "wide area situation awareness" research team as a pilot, carried out the construction of "demonstration area for major organized scientific research tasks", focused on building a large platform in the field of artificial intelligence and integrated circuits, and drove the exploration of organized scientific research system and mechanism in key fields. Organize each college to target a national strategy and a key core technology to form a research team. Jiang Tian, director of the Science and Technology Department of Nanjing University, said: With the goal of strengthening organized scientific research capabilities, Nanjing University is establishing an internal research platform evaluation mechanism to explore the development and evaluation mechanism of research teams as a unit. Targeting cutting-edge directions such as silicon-based vision, under the guidance of strategic scientists, the university is organizing and carrying out the unveiling and commanding research. Facing the transformation of scientific research paradigms driven by artificial intelligence, the university is carrying out large-scale discussions and integrations, and plans to build a large platform. Facing the sustainable development and energy of humanity Accelerate the development of source resources and promote the launch and operation of China's first international major scientific plan

Not long ago, two innovative achievements, "Big data prediction and early warning platform for major multiple chronic diseases" and "intelligent bone density measurement workstation", developed by Gaoxin team of Suzhou Institute of Medical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, were unveiled in national scientific and technological activities. It is reported that both of these innovative achievements are pioneering in China. Nowadays, researchers have less and less transactional burden, less errands, simpler reimbursement processes, and faster approvals. The output of heavyweight scientific and technological achievements is thanks to the reform of the scientific and technological system, allowing researchers to focus on innovation without any distractions. "Gao Xin said that since the project was launched, multiple innovative policies have been concentrated to" loosen ties and reduce burdens "for researchers, increasing their autonomy in funding management, The incentive system for the transformation of scientific research achievements is becoming increasingly perfect, and the scientific research environment is increasingly conducive to unleashing innovation vitality.

Xinhua Daily

July 5, 2023