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Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Keywords

the new era；scientific and technological innovation；independent knowledge system；scientific and technological self-reliance and strength；historical tracing

Abstract

Constructing China’s independent knowledge system of scientific and technological (S&T) innovation is a major proposition for the country’s S&T undertakings in the new era. Such a system has taken shape gradually in long-term practice, as external constraints shifted and domestic capabilities grew. Taking historical tracing as its basic approach, this study defines the connotation of the independent knowledge system of S&T innovation. It argues that autonomy in S&T innovation means subjectivity and originality in knowledge production, with the initiative in development kept in the country’s own hands, and that it is embodied in three links, namely, knowledge production, disciplinary institutionalization, and conceptual expression. The system and the practice of independent innovation reinforce each other, together serving the advancement of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and strength. The study then divides the formation of this knowledge system into four stages, namely, the new-democratic revolution and the laying of intellectual foundations, self-reliance and the exploration of a development model after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, rejuvenating the country through science and education and then independent innovation after reform and opening up, and scientific and technological self-reliance and strength together with the construction of the system in the new era since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. For each stage it examines the landmark events and major strategic arrangements, together with the knowledge elements thereby accumulated, with emphasis on the new era in three respects, namely, strategic positioning, institutional arrangements, and the refinement of identifying concepts. It closes by identifying the priorities for accelerating the construction of this knowledge system on the new journey.

First page

1780

Last Page

1792

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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