General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the forum of experts and scholars pointed out the direction of scientific research

"Science and technology are the sharp weapons of mankind in the fight against diseases, and mankind cannot overcome major disasters and epidemics without scientific development and technological innovation. We should increase investment in science and technology in the field of health and health, concentrate on core technology research, and give full play to the advantages of the new national system."

General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a very important speech at the forum of experts and scholars on the 2nd, once again highlighting the key supporting role of scientific research in building a strong public health system, which aroused strong repercussions among the participating experts and scholars, the vast number of scientific research workers, and all sectors of society.

In response to the urgent needs of front-line prevention and control, China quickly organized the country's superior forces to carry out scientific research, deployed and launched 83 emergency research projects, carried out vaccine research and development in 5 technical routes, developed nucleic acid detection kits in the first place, screened out effective therapeutic drugs represented by "three drugs and three parties", and accelerated the promotion and application of clinically verified effective diagnosis and treatment methods......

"China's scientific research capabilities have been tempered in the fight against major disasters and epidemics. On the one hand, we are doing our best to treat patients and save lives, and on the other hand, we are pushing forward the deep integration of research and development with clinical treatment and prevention and control practices at full speed." Zhong Nanshan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of respiratory medicine at Guangzhou Medical University, who made a speech at the forum of experts and scholars, said with deep feeling.

According to preliminary statistics from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as of May 10, there were more than 2100 papers published internationally on the new coronary pneumonia virus, of which more than 650 were published in China, accounting for about 30%. "This has never been done before. This time, researchers and high-tech companies across the country have taken active action, and it's a big step forward to be able to do this." Zhong Nanshan said.

In the view of Li Song, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Institute of Toxicology and Drugs of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, the sudden outbreak of new coronary pneumonia is a big test of scientific and technological innovation in the field of biomedicine in China. General Secretary Xi Jinping's request to "concentrate on tackling key problems in core technology and give full play to the advantages of the new national system" made Li Song feel excited.

Major scientific and technological achievements in the field of life safety and biosafety are the most important weapon of the country. "In the fight against the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, China has given full play to the advantages of socialism in concentrating its efforts on major issues and has produced a number of high-quality scientific and technological achievements in epidemic prevention. As scientific and technological workers in the field of health and health, we should strive to master more core technologies with independent intellectual property rights, produce more hard-core products and make greater contributions to the maintenance of national strategic security." Li Song said.

At present, effective vaccines are seen by countries around the world as the key to winning the "turnaround" against the epidemic. China has four kinds of inactivated vaccine and one kind of adenovirus vector vaccine approved to carry out clinical trials, some of the technical route progress in the international leading.

Zhou Dapeng, a professor at Tongji University School of Medicine who began leading the team to research and develop glycoprotein vaccines on January 21 this year, said: "An effective vaccine is an important weapon to defeat the epidemic, and our team received emergency funding from the national research special fund in the first place, greatly improving the speed of the team's research. Next, we will continue to strengthen our joint development efforts with enterprises and strive for clinical and early product release in the morning."

General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed giving full play to the supporting role of science and technology: "it is necessary to enhance the ability of early monitoring and early warning as a top priority to improve the public health system." it is necessary to strengthen the construction of laboratory testing network and enhance the ability of infectious disease detection "......

In the P2 laboratory of the Center for Disease Control and prevention in Xingtai City, Hebei Province, technicians are conducting nucleic acid tests for personnel returning from abroad. "At present, the nucleic acid testing of the new coronary pneumonia regular is the responsibility of the counties (cities and districts), and we, as a confirmatory agency, are mainly responsible for testing key populations such as people returning from abroad and suspected cases." Zhang Baoguo, deputy director of the Xingtai Center for Disease Control and prevention, said that in addition to epidemic monitoring, it has also strengthened the monitoring of influenza, hemorrhagic fever and other harmful and influential diseases, and conducted monthly disease risk assessment.

Many front-line public health and epidemic prevention personnel have noticed that General Secretary Xi Jinping used "top priority" at the symposium to describe the importance and urgency of enhancing early monitoring and early warning capabilities, which not only pointed out the direction of tackling key problems, but also strengthened the continued increase in scientific research in this field. Confidence and determination.

Shortly after the outbreak, Zhao Liebin, vice president of Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, led the team to launch the clinical practice and scientific research of "artificial intelligence anti-epidemic. In the fight against the epidemic, the robot "Xiaobai" helps doctors consult suspected cases in time through high-definition cameras in the quarantine area every day.

"Primary medical institutions are the 'outsentines' of epidemic surveillance, and only when every 'outsentinel' in the country is done well can the data and computing power be fully 'show' and combine public community data to effectively enhance the ability of analysis and early warning." Zhao Liebin told reporters that the team will continue to step up efforts to carry out scientific research on the cluster of "intelligent sampling cabins" for large-scale screening of major infectious diseases, in order to play a greater role in improving the ability of public health monitoring and early warning.

Source: Xinhua