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.
坚持自主创新的战略基点
2017年8月1日，习近平在庆祝中国人民解放军建军90周年大会上发表重要讲话，强调要全面实施科技兴军战略，坚持自主创新的战略基点。坚持自主创新的战略基点，是在国家创新驱动发展战略指导下，发扬自力更生、自强不息、自我革新的意志和精神，坚持创新这个发展基础，努力建立和完善拥有自主知识产权的核心技术和武器装备体系，不断提高科技创新对人民军队建设和战斗力发展的贡献率。中国军队加快实施科技兴军战略，巩固和加强优势领域，加大新兴领域创新力度，一些战略性、前沿性技术自主创新取得重要进展，成功研制天河二号超级计算机等一批高技术成果。