Rewrite the Technological Landscape

Two days after the release of the "Proposal for Talent Training in Colleges and Universities", Dafeng Group ushered in a group of leaders.

With the changes in the domestic scientific research environment and the continuous expansion of the scientific research talent base in China, the country is also very clearly aware of the problems in the country's scientific and technological development, that is, there are not enough cutting-edge talents, and the ability to incubate cutting-edge technology is almost meaningless, but no matter what Whether it is the cultivation of cutting-edge talents or the incubation of cutting-edge technology, there is a problem that has to be faced, that is, the high requirements for the platform.

It is precisely because of this that the country has begun to attach importance to one thing in the past two years, and that is the national laboratory.

In 2006, the Ministry of Science and Technology issued the "National Eleventh Five-Year Science and Technology Development Plan", which proposed to fill the gaps in emerging and interdisciplinary disciplines, and build a number of national laboratories with interdisciplinary, comprehensive integration, and mechanism innovation. It was also in 2006 that domestic 10 national laboratories were established at one time.

In 2007, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education, issued the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan for National Independent Innovation Basic Capacity Building", which included national laboratories and state key laboratories in the construction of the research and experiment system.

But problems also follow. The construction of national laboratories is much more difficult than everyone imagined. Among the 10 national laboratories planned for construction in 2006, only the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology was officially approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology in December 2013. This word, in the end, had to adopt the method of downgrading and opening.

The reason why it has not been built is also very realistic, that is, there are no universities and institutions that can take on this great task. The positioning of the national laboratory is oriented by national goals and strategic needs. Once the national laboratory is completed, it represents a country. At the cutting-edge level, the output of national laboratories must be taken out to compete internationally.

To put it simply, a national laboratory is a country's technology card and a representative of a country's cutting-edge technology. If the performance is not good, it is better not to perform.

Moreover, China has a natural disadvantage in engaging in national laboratories. On the surface, 17 of the 24 national laboratories in the United States belong to the Ministry of Energy, but in fact they are all behind the military. The problem is that the relationship between the military and capital in the United States The whole world knows what kind of relationship is between them. The US military still has to think about how to help capital make money, but it is impossible for China's military to hand over core technology to capital.

But the military is also a representative of a country's cutting-edge technology, and China cannot reveal the core technology of the military, so naturally it cannot develop like the national laboratory of the United States.

At the same time, investment is also a problem. In the United States, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory invests 1 billion yuan per year, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory invests 1.5 billion yuan per year. The budget of China's national laboratories is not so high.

So what to do, I can only procrastinate, and wait until when I have this ability.

There are generally three models of national laboratories, the operation of national regulatory agencies, the operation of state-regulated universities, and the operation of state-regulated enterprises. However, Huaxia has always adopted the first two models and invited some enterprises to participate.

But Huaxia's colleges and universities are good at producing academic talents at this time, and the cultivation of scientific research talents is really not good enough.

Therefore, Meng Qian, who knew what the country was worried about, submitted an application for a national laboratory support unit in early 2007, and there was indeed such a demand at the national level. Naturally, he chatted with Meng Qian several times. Today, the Ministry of Science and Technology brought A team of experts came to investigate.

"President Meng, we meet again."

Meng Qian laughed and teased, "You guys don't want to see me, do you?"

He frequently meets with the leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Meng Qian is already very familiar with them.

Everyone went to the conference room first, and the Ministry of Science and Technology took out several printed documents and went straight to the topic, "According to the latest materials submitted by Mr. Meng, as of May 25, 2007, the total number of employees of Dafeng Group worldwide is 47,683. , including 21,345 R\u0026D personnel, accounting for 44.76%. Among the 21,345 R\u0026D personnel, doctors accounted for 26%, graduate students accounted for 39%, Chinese R\u0026D personnel accounted for 83%, and the company’s cumulative patents were 162,598. We've all checked and confirmed it's correct.

Today, the expert team will further evaluate whether the R\u0026D capabilities of Dafeng Group meet the standards of the national laboratory. First, we would like to hear Mr. Meng's understanding and vision of the national laboratory. "

In 2007, many people didn’t really understand where the country’s focus was on technological development, but as a reborn technology geek, they would understand some things, at least by looking at what the country will do in the next ten years or so. Things are coming, "The meaning of the existence of national laboratories is essentially a purpose, a technological power, but how to become a technological power?

Judging from the development experience of Dafeng Group in the past few years, it is really difficult to simply catch up with the West. As we all know, the lithography machines of our Dafeng Group have been blocked by the Omi market until now, and our Hongmeng architecture has no Omi Enterprise is willing to adopt it, which is still polite. For example, our Fengxin and Kunlun systems are suffering from extreme suppression. The success of Dafeng Group in products makes us more certain about one thing. Don’t have any illusions about Western News. .

It is precisely because we know this very well that we have been doing one thing and betting on the future since a very early time. "

Meng Qian's words made the leader's eyes turn cold. Meng Qian continued, "Looking at history, the changes of a technologically powerful country cannot be separated from one thing, and that is the technological revolution. The US's monopoly position in technology at this time has benefited from The overall national strength of the United States has benefited from the third industrial revolution. For countries that have not grasped the technological revolution, they want to go back and overtake the existing runway. In this country with patent barriers, trade barriers and legal barriers Times are extremely difficult.

So we came up with a concept called Dimensional Overtaking. "

The leader's expression became more interesting, and he pretended to be calm and asked, "What is a dimension-enhancing overtaking."

"Since there were the first, second, and third industrial revolutions in history, there must be a fourth industrial revolution. In my opinion, if China wants to become a technological power, it must focus on the fourth industrial revolution. So if you ask me what is my understanding of the national laboratory, my understanding is to tackle the future."

Looking at the leader's expression, Meng Qian was basically sure that his judgment was not wrong. Looking at the technological strength and technological advantages that Huaxia has gradually shown since 2010, it can be found that Huaxia has always been secretly seeking to achieve the goal of becoming a technologically powerful country. Four industrial revolutions.

More than ten years later, Huaxia has become the world's number one in the number of papers and citations in the fields of materials science, artificial intelligence, clean energy, controllable nuclear fusion, and life sciences. Huaxia's development in these fields has gradually been recognized by the United States and The world pays attention.

Regarding artificial intelligence, in 2019, an article titled "Will Huaxia become the global leader in artificial intelligence in 2030" in "Nature" magazine attracted widespread attention. In fact, as early as 2017, Oxford University made a Prediction, warning the United States should be careful about the development of artificial intelligence in China.

As for life sciences, also in 2019, nearly 70% of the papers in the three major journals of "Nature", "Science" and "Cell" are related to life sciences, and when you open these papers, you will find that the authors are almost all Chinese.

In the field of new materials, if you open the 2019 China New Material Catalog, you will see a data that almost all new materials can be manufactured in China. It is hard to say how the quality is, but it can be manufactured.

In terms of quantum technology, Huaxia has the world's first quantum metropolitan area network, the first optical quantum computer, and the first quantum radar. The most famous must be the world's first quantum technology-built Micius satellite launched in 2016 , And since then, the United States has been calling for China to open up quantum technology every day.

In the direction of controllable nuclear fusion, China's artificial sun has not been able to hide its long-term development.

China's layout in the fourth industrial revolution gradually began to emerge after 2015.

Judging from the time required for scientific research, Meng Qian guessed that the country should have been secretly planning these things before 2007. Judging from the reaction of the leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology at this time, he should be right.

So, Meng Qian took the leader and the inspection team to a place, "This is a special department of our Dafeng Group, the Future Laboratory.

The R\u0026D content here is our guess about the fourth industrial revolution, but there is a real problem before us that is R\u0026D funding, because our company has many key projects that need to be invested in R\u0026D every year, so our current investment model is every year Invest about 10% of the turnover in R\u0026D expenses, but in the future laboratory, our investment is only about 1% of the turnover.

In the face of these future technologies, such a small amount of research and development expenses is obviously not enough, but we have such cost-intensive projects as system-on-a-chip screens to hold back, and we really can't spend more money to invest here. So frankly speaking, this is one of the reasons why we want to become the supporting unit of the national laboratory. We, Dafeng Group, may not be able to do this. We want to integrate more forces, and they are top-notch forces. "

Looking at the future laboratory of Dafeng Group, the leadership and inspection team already had an attitude in their hearts. After all, Meng Qian's mind is in the same direction as the country, and it has already begun to be implemented.

The inspection team stayed for a day to inspect the future laboratory of Dafeng Group. Although the R\u0026D investment is not a lot, the future laboratory is full of first-class talents, and has achieved certain results in some fields.

And Huaxia has indeed performed well in the battle for the fourth industrial revolution in more than ten years, but there have always been three major difficulties.

The first is that the basic tools are weak, that is, the disadvantages under the third industrial revolution will affect the development of the fourth industrial revolution technology, such as industrial software, systems, and chip design capabilities.

The second is that the participation of private companies is very low, and almost all of them are supported by the state. Although private companies in later generations seem to be very active and lively in artificial intelligence, there are really no private companies that are willing to sink their hearts and spend money on artificial intelligence research. A few, most of them are here to grab the wind and make money. This kind of prosperity lacks certain meaning, and it is easy to cause bubbles. The country needs a group of private companies that can sink their hearts into investing in research and development.

The third is that there has been a serious outflow of talents all year round. The batches of talents trained by the country every year have all gone to work in the United States. People are required to engage in technology.

However, the conclusions given by the inspection team are realistic. Dafeng Group has solved these three major problems to a certain extent. Not to mention the development in the field of system chip software and other fields. It is in front of the world, so maybe you can really try to cooperate with Dafeng Group to build a national laboratory.

Ever since, everyone's conclusion is that no matter what, at least you can try further. In mid-September 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology officially issued a document, and the list of preparations for the 20th National Laboratory of Huaxia was released. Hangzhou National Laboratory of Information Physics , Relying unit: Dafeng Group.

Of course, it is still in the preparatory state, but this is already a major breakthrough in the history of China's science and technology. The first national laboratory relying on a private enterprise has appeared on the official preparatory list.