Promoting scientific and technological innovation with "internet plus"

  The Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee put forward the idea of "deeply implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and giving play to the leading role of scientific and technological innovation in all-round innovation". China has entered the Internet era. To implement the innovation-driven development strategy and build an innovative country, we must promote the development of "internet plus Science and Technology" and innovate the development model of science and technology in China.

  Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out that "science and technology are the primary productive forces". Although China is an economic power, and its GDP ranks second in the world, it is not yet an economic power. One of the fundamental reasons is that China’s scientific and technological innovation ability is still relatively weak. In September this year, the World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell University and Yingshi International Business School jointly released the 2015 Global Innovation Index. Among the 141 economies in the world, Switzerland, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United States ranked in the top five, and Chinese mainland ranked 29th.

  The Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee put forward the idea of "deeply implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and giving play to the leading role of scientific and technological innovation in all-round innovation". China has entered the Internet era. To implement the innovation-driven development strategy and build an innovative country, we must promote the development of "internet plus Science and Technology" and innovate the development model of science and technology in China.

  First, promote the disclosure of scientific and technological information with "internet plus". For a long time, there has been a problem of repeated research and development of science and technology and repeated investment in science and technology funds in China, which not only wastes the time and energy of science and technology workers, but also wastes the limited science and technology funds of the central and local governments. An important reason for this situation is "information asymmetry", that is, a science and technology worker does not know whether others have carried out relevant research, and a science and technology department does not know whether other science and technology departments have funded similar projects.

  Internet is a connector to eliminate "information asymmetry". For example, through the establishment of a national unified Internet-based information platform for scientific and technological projects, cross-regional and cross-departmental information sharing of scientific and technological projects can be realized. Before funding a project of a scientific and technological staff, the competent department of science and technology should first inquire about similar projects and the funded situation of the scientific and technological staff, so as to avoid repeated investment in scientific and technological funds. The research results of non-confidential scientific and technological projects invested by the government should be made public to the whole society through the Internet. The contents published through the Internet include the general situation of scientific and technological projects, research reports, published related papers, experiments or test data, developed samples and prototypes, etc.

  In the field of scientific research, many European and American countries have launched an "Open Access" movement, aiming at opening up the scientific research results funded by the government to the public. The governments of these countries believe that scientific research funds come from taxpayers and scientific research results should be open to taxpayers. In 2013, the Obama administration issued an executive order requiring that government-funded research should be open to the public free of charge within one year of its publication, involving 15 units including the National Science Foundation, the Ministry of Education and NASA.

  In September this year, the Central Office and the State Council issued the "Implementation Plan for Deepening the Reform of the Science and Technology System", proposing "to fully implement the national science and technology reporting system, establish a service mechanism for sharing scientific and technological reports, and take the submission and sharing of scientific and technological reports as the basis for subsequent support to the project undertaker". To this end, a national database of scientific and technological reports should be established, in which non-confidential scientific and technological reports should be made public to the whole society through the Internet.

  Publicizing scientific and technological information through the internet can not only reduce repeated research and development and repeated investment in scientific and technological funds, but also make scientific and technological workers truly "stand on the shoulders of giants"; But also can promote the docking of supply and demand between scientific and technological development units and potential users, and improve the transformation rate of scientific and technological achievements in China; We can also reduce some other bad phenomena in the field of science and technology by introducing social supervision, such as rent-seeking and corruption caused by black-box operation of science and technology projects, appropriation of other people’s scientific research achievements, forgery of experimental data or products and other misconduct.

  Second, promote the sharing of scientific and technological resources with "internet plus". The Implementation Plan for Deepening the Reform of the Science and Technology System proposes to establish a unified and open national network management platform for scientific research facilities and instruments, bring all qualified scientific research facilities and instruments into the platform management, and establish an open sharing system and operation subsidy mechanism for major national scientific research infrastructure and large scientific research instruments. In addition to scientific research facilities and instruments, scientific and technological resources include scientific and technological talents, scientific and technological capital resources, scientific and technological information resources and natural resources.

  To carry out collaborative innovation and make scientific and technological work form a joint force, we must promote the sharing of scientific and technological resources. The key to promoting the sharing of scientific and technological resources is to find out the family background, clarify the present situation of scientific and technological resources in China, and eliminate the "information asymmetry" between the supply and demand sides of scientific and technological resources. For example, establish a national database of scientific and technological talents, and include scientific and technological personnel with senior titles or doctoral degrees in the national database of scientific and technological talents. The data items include basic information such as name, date of birth, place of origin, educational experience, hosting or participating in scientific research projects, scientific research achievements and contact information. Integrate scientific and technological information resources such as scientific documents and scientific data, establish scientific and technological databases and platforms, and provide scientific and technological information services through the Internet.

  Third, promote the innovation of science and technology model with "internet plus". Whether it is an enterprise, a university or a scientific research institution, the number of scientific and technological personnel it has is always limited, and the ability of scientific and technological personnel is often limited. Many enterprises, universities and research institutes have encountered scientific and technological problems that cannot be solved by the scientific and technological personnel of their own units alone.

  In recent years, a new model-Internet crowdfunding has emerged in the field of scientific and technological innovation. American innovation websites have gathered more than 300,000 people around the world and have solved 1,700 top technical problems for the world’s top 500 enterprises. "How to accurately predict solar flares and keep the space shuttle from bad weather" has puzzled NASA scientists for 30 years. In 2010, this puzzle was published on this website. 120 days later, Bruce Kragen, a retired radio engineer in New Hampshire, provided the solution.

  As the saying goes, the master is in the people and the wisdom is in the people. At the executive meeting of the State Council held on June 24th this year, Premier Li Keqiang pointed out: Great things can be achieved by gathering wisdom from many people. We should give full play to the superposition effect of "China wisdom" and inspire the wisdom of hundreds of millions of people through the Internet. Scientific and technological innovation through internet crowdfunding can make regions and units that are short of scientific and technological talents realize "not wanting everything, but seeking use" for scientific and technological talents, and to some extent alleviate the problems caused by the uneven distribution of scientific and technological resources in China.

  Fourth, promote the development of "intellectual property rights in internet plus". Intellectual property is the most important embodiment of scientific and technological innovation, and the competent department of intellectual property should do a good job in the creation, application, protection, management and service of intellectual property with Internet thinking.

  Support the construction of third-party intellectual property information platform, eliminate the "information asymmetry" between intellectual property owners and potential intellectual property buyers or users, and promote the docking of intellectual property supply and demand and the transformation of scientific and technological innovations. Strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights by using the internet. Publicizing the information of intellectual property law enforcement cases through the Internet, effectively deterring infringers. Accelerate the construction of intellectual property credit database, intellectual property credit information system and intellectual property credit information network, and carry out joint credit punishment on legal persons and natural persons who maliciously infringe intellectual property rights, so as to increase their opportunity cost of breaking the law. Implement online services, and let users know the acceptance, review progress and review results of their patent applications in a timely manner through the App of the competent intellectual property department. Support intellectual property service institutions to innovate business models through "internet plus". Support third parties to establish intellectual property service apps, integrate intellectual property service resources, and provide online consultation, online trading, online comments and other services.