There are a number of cutting-edge technologies that are accelerating from the laboratory to real-life applications, and then become a key force in driving economic growth. These technologies have the characteristics of fast iteration and great potential, but they also face various challenges such as supervision and funding.
Industrial accumulation lays a solid foundation
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, my country has made significant progress in more than one frontier field, which has laid a solid industrial foundation for subsequent development. The new energy automobile industry has firmly established itself as a global leader, with production and sales ranking first in the world for many years in a row. The manufacturing capabilities of clean energy equipment such as photovoltaics and wind power are also at the forefront, building a complete industrial chain.
Within the field of biomanufacturing, the overall industry scale is approaching one trillion yuan, showing a strong and powerful growth trend. These achievements are not only reflected in scale, but also in terms of independent control of key technologies and the completeness of the industrial chain. Solid accumulation has brought the possibility for emerging industries to transform from "keeping pace" to "moving ahead".
Emerging momentum shapes new growth pattern
Strategic emerging industries, represented by new energy, new materials, aerospace and low-altitude economy, are showing tremendous energy that can change the economic landscape. These fields are technology-intensive, have high added value, and are expected to spawn several trillion-level new markets in the near future. For example, the application of low-altitude economy in scenarios such as logistics and manned transportation is rapidly expanding.
The growth of these industries directly boosted investment, employment, and even exports, and ultimately became an important force in stabilizing the macroeconomic market. Their deep integration with traditional industries promotes the upgrading of the entire industrial system in the direction of high-end, intelligence, and green. They are the core battlefield for cultivating new productivity.
Future industrial layout seizes the commanding heights
Most of the future industries such as quantum technology, biomanufacturing, hydrogen energy, and brain-computer interface are in the early stages of industrialization, but their strategic significance is particularly important. Some analysts predict that the scale of new additions in these fields in the next ten years may be like rebuilding China's high-tech industry. They represent the forefront of technological development.
There are great uncertainties in the incubation and cultivation of these industries, and their technical routes may be rapidly iterated. However, pre-planning is a key position to seize the future global technology competition. The competition among various countries has expanded from the current market share to the right to define future technology standards and industrial ecology.
Crossing the technology-to-market gap
There is a difficult transition between scientific and technological achievements derived from laboratories and capable of large-scale market application. It is called the "Valley of Death." Many cutting-edge technologies are stuck in the middle, making it difficult to move forward due to the large investment scale in the early stages, the extremely long return period, and the high risks involved in the market. This requires a new financial support system.
Its needs cannot be met by traditional bank credit and short-term investment. Therefore, it is particularly critical to develop long-term patient capital and build an effective risk-sharing mechanism. This requires government-guided funds, industrial capital and venture capital to work together to build an investment and financing environment that encourages innovation and tolerates failure.
Innovative supervision adapts to new characteristics of the industry
Emerging industries are characterized by rapid technological iteration and novel business models. Traditional industry regulatory frameworks and supporting policies often cannot be directly used. Business entities often encounter new problems such as lack of standards, restricted access, and data security during the development process. For example, the rules for self-driving cars are still in the exploratory stage.
This requires that supervision methods must evolve with the times, adopt a "sandbox supervision" approach, formulate innovative measures such as flexible temporary catalogs, and give new technologies and new business formats ample room for trial and error and room for development while adhering to the bottom line of safety. Good supervision is not to impose restrictions, but to protect the healthy and rapid development of the industry.
Adapt measures to local conditions to avoid homogeneous competition
The development of emerging industries must not be a "one size fits all" and "disordered swarm" approach. Each place needs to find an appropriate and suitable segmented track based on its own industrial foundation, resource endowment and talent reserve. Some areas are suitable for the development of integrated circuits, while other areas may have more prominent advantages in biomedicine or new materials.
If you blindly follow the trend and launch popular projects, it will easily lead to duplication of construction and waste of resources. The real competitiveness actually comes from building an irreplaceable advantage in a certain link. For local governments, they should conduct more "industrial research", reduce the behavior of throwing out empty slogans, and guide resources to converge in areas with comparative advantages, so as to achieve differentiated and characteristic development goals.
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