Strong to rely on innovation and innovation to rely on talent

-- Learning from Comrade Xi Jinping's important exposition on "three firsts" when he participated in the deliberation of the Guangdong delegation

When attending the deliberations of the Guangdong delegation at the first session of the 13th National people's Congress, Comrade Xi Jinping made the important conclusion that development is the first priority, talent is the first resource, and innovation is the first driving force, and stressed that strengthening depends on innovation and innovation depends on talents. "Development", "talent" and "innovation" are high-frequency words in Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The three are juxtaposed to the height of "first" to explain, with lofty intentions, rich connotations and profound thoughts. To implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the spirit of Comrade Xi Jinping's latest important speech, we must deeply grasp the dialectical relationship of the "three firsts.

In the "three firsts", development is an important task for a strong country. This means that, whether it is top-level design or concrete implementation, all theories and practices must be carried out closely around the important task and goal of development. Only by promoting sustained and healthy economic development can we build a solid material foundation for the prosperity of the country, the happiness and well-being of the people, and the harmony and stability of the society. If there is no solid development results and no continuous improvement in people's lives, the superiority of socialism will not be reflected. As long as there is no fundamental change in the domestic and international situation, there can be no change in adhering to economic construction as the center.

Since the reform and opening up, our party has firmly grasped development, the "master key" to solve all problems in our country, and has achieved great development with a lot of hard work and aggressiveness, making my country's total economic output rank second in the world and comprehensive national strength continue. The improvement has pushed socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new era, and my country is increasingly approaching the center of the world stage. In the new era, the main contradiction in our society has been transformed into a contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. However, we must be soberly aware that the basic national conditions that my country is still and will be in the primary stage of socialism for a long time have not changed, and my country's international status as the world's largest developing country has not changed. Whether it is to build a well-off society in an all-round way or to overcome the "middle-income trap", we must grasp the first priority of development, and continuously liberate and develop social productive forces through comprehensively deepening reforms. At the same time, we must see that the development of the new era is high-quality development and a development that focuses on solving the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development. We must implement the new development concept and take innovation as the first driving force. If we do not follow the path of innovation-driven development, the new and old kinetic energy cannot be smoothly converted, and we cannot be truly strong.

In the "three firsts", innovation is the driving force of a powerful country. Only innovators advance, only innovators are strong, and only innovators win. In the new era, innovation-driven development is the only way to achieve sustained and healthy economic and social development. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out that innovation must be taken as the first driving force for development, innovation must be placed at the core of the overall development of the country, and innovation in various aspects such as theoretical innovation, institutional innovation, technological innovation, and cultural innovation must be continuously promoted, so that innovation can run through the party and the country. All work has made innovation a common practice in the whole society. Only innovation can gain a firm foothold in the turbulent world trend, and only innovation can become strong in sustained and healthy development.

At present, my country's economy is in a critical period of transforming development mode, optimizing economic structure, and transforming growth momentum. "This is a hurdle that must be crossed". To successfully cross this threshold, it is necessary to stimulate the "first driving force" of innovation and take the path of innovation-driven development. Innovation is the soul of national progress, science and technology is the foundation of national prosperity. If China is to be strong and the Chinese people's life is better, it must be supported by strong science and technology. For a long time, my country's innovation ability is not strong, the ability of science and technology to support economic and social development is insufficient, and the contribution rate to economic growth is far lower than the level of developed countries. This is the "Achilles heel" of my country's big economy ". Scientific and technological innovation is the strategic support for the construction of modern industrial system. Today, as we enter the stage of high-quality development, we need strong scientific and technological innovation capabilities more than ever before.

In the "three firsts", talent is the foundation of a strong country. Talent is the basic element of innovation and development. Whether it is the competition of science and technology, the competition of enterprises, or the competition of comprehensive national strength, it is the competition of talents in the final analysis. In today's era, the characteristics and role of human resources as the first resource of economic and social development are more obvious. Talent dividend has become the biggest dividend of economic and social development, and talent advantage has become the biggest advantage of international competition.

Talents are the main body of innovation, and innovation-driven is essentially talent-driven. In the face of the new mission of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, in the face of new contradictions in the new era, and in the face of fierce international competition, we need to open up the road to talents and recruit talents from all over the world more than at any time in history, and make full use of the "first resource" of talents ". Comrade Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that we are closer to the grand goal of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history, and we are more eager for talents than at any time in history. This remark shows the internal connection between talent work and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Fortunately, the rapid development and change of China's talent siphon is constantly increasing. As of the end of 2016, the total number of returned overseas students in my country reached 2.6511 million, of which 70% have returned to China since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, forming the largest "return wave" of overseas students since the founding of New China ".

Development is the priority of a strong country, innovation is the driving force of a strong country, and talents are the foundation of a strong country. The three together point to the goal of becoming stronger. The "three firsts" are interrelated and interact with each other, which is an organic unity. Where is Chang'an? Only under the horseshoe. As long as we firmly grasp the "first priority", vigorously stimulate the "first driving force", gather the "first resource" of the world, and take a multi-pronged approach and go hand in hand, we will certainly be able to achieve the goal set by the 19th CPC National Congress and build a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist country in an all-round way.