CCTV:
To become a hub for scientific and technological innovation is Anhui's top priority when implementing the strategy of "three hubs and one zone" (a hub for scientific and technological innovation, a hub for emerging industries, a hub for reform and opening-up, and a zone for green transition of socio-economic development"). Why does Anhui have strong confidence in becoming a hub for scientific and technological innovation? Thank you.
Wang Qingxian:
I will answer this question. Creating a scientific and technological innovation hub is a strategic measure adopted upon General Secretary Xi Jinping's instructions for Anhui. We are confident when it comes to building a scientific and technological innovation hub, and this confidence comes from our scientific and technological innovation capability as well as our constant deepening of reforms with scientific and technological mechanisms.
Just now, I introduced national laboratories and big science facilities, which have achieved many scientific and technological outcomes, especially in areas of quantum information, fusion energy and deep space exploration.
In the field of quantum information, we have successively launched major original achievements such as the Micius quantum communication satellite and the "Jiuzhang" and "Zuchongzhi" series of quantum computing prototypes. We have successfully developed a strontium atomic optical lattice clock, which is advanced internationally with a margin of error no more than one second for 7.2 billion years.
In the field of fusion energy, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, known as the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds at 100 million degrees Celsius, setting a new world record. We are constructing a compact nuclear fusion experimental device, and will be the first in the world to demonstrate fusion power generation. Currently, we are at the critical transition point from scientific research to engineering testing.
In the field of deep space exploration, we have established the nation's first deep space exploration laboratory. Recently, the Tiandu-1 and Tiandu-2 lunar satellites developed by this laboratory were successfully launched, marking China's first time to realize dual-satellite formation flight on the lunar orbit.
The Steady High Magnetic Field Facility, a large piece of scientific apparatus, can generate the world's highest steady-state magnetic field – 900,000 times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field – to support scientific research. These high and strong magnetic fields can be used to observe and regulate the inner structure of a nucleus. The under-construction Hefei Advanced Light Source (HALS) is the world's most advanced fourth-generation synchrotron radiation light source, and its performance is over one hundred times higher than that of the third-generation light sources. What are the values of the fourth-generation one? Called the "spiritual eye" by scientists, it allows users to see the microcosmos at the molecular and atomic levels.
Building a home for sci-tech innovation needs to fully leverage the role of the market in allocation of innovative resources, activate elements of sci-tech innovation, and ignite the innovation and creativity of scientists and other talented people. To achieve those goals, we further reformed the systems and mechanisms for sci-tech development. Through a series of reforms, we promoted collaborative innovation by colleges, universities, research institutes, large scientific facilities, and enterprises and constructed an innovative ecosystem featuring the coordinated efforts of the government, enterprises, universities, research institutes, financial support, intermediary agencies, and consumers, obtaining a number of achievements. USTC Silicon Valley creates such a scenario, as a test area. Many innovative units will spring up here. In our operational model, various innovation consortiums are stationed in separate buildings where they foster new, emerging industries. Thanks.
