The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development covers 17 goals, the ninth of which is "Industry, innovation and infrastructure", namely: build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. 

Under this major goal, there are eight targets, the fifth of which is "Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending".

● Current Situation

About the World

Regional Difference in R&D Input

Globally, investment in research and development (R&D) as a proportion of GDP increased from 1.5% in 2000 to 1.7% in 2015 and remained almost unchanged in 2017, but was only less than 1% in developing regions.The number of researchers per million inhabitants increased from 1,018 in 2010 to 1,198 in 2017, ranging widely from 3,707 in Europe and Northern America, to only 99 in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, women represented only 30% of global researchers.

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About China

Overall Innovation Capability Improved

China's scientific and technological development has accelerated, the national innovation system has become more sound, the innovation ability has been greatly improved, and a number of major scientific and technological achievements have emerged. Investment in basic research increased rapidly, with an average annual growth rate of 16.9%, accounting for more than 6% of R&D input for the first time. 

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In 2019, the total number of R&D personnel in China reached 7.1293 million, 1.3 times that in 2015, and there were 62 R&D personnel per 10000 employed people. Chemistry, materials, physics and other disciplines are at the forefront of the world, and have made a number of major original scientific and technological achievements represented by quantum communication, iron-based superconductivity and stem cells.

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●  Cases

About the World

Germany Highlights Dominant Enterprise Innovation

Germany has a number of enterprises with strong innovation ability, and the enterprise R & D department plays a very important role in the German innovation system. Germany attaches great importance to supporting enterprise innovation ecosystem.

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In the Industrial 4.0 strategy, Germany not only attaches importance to the leading role of large enterprises, but also to enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to solve the problem of the combination and promotion of "production, learning, research and application". The innovation of strong scientific and technological not only has traditional large companies, but also needs to pay special attention to attracting the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises, trying to make small and medium-sized enterprises become users and beneficiaries of new technologies, creators and suppliers of advanced technologies, and promote interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary innovation ecosystem.

Text source: Science and Technology of China

UK Industrial Strategy 2050

The integration of artificial intelligence technology and manufacturing industry has brought about deep and comprehensive changes in manufacturing industry. Since General Electric put forward the concept of industrial Internet, major manufacturing countries in the world have actively promoted the intelligent transformation of manufacturing industry, and large manufacturing enterprises, system integration enterprises, industrial software enterprises and Internet enterprises have also entered the field of intelligent manufacturing.

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In order to promote the development and recovery of the manufacturing industry, the British government put forward the British industry strategy 2050. The main view of the report is that science and technology will change production. Science and technology such as information and communication technology and new materials will be integrated with products and production networks in the future, which will greatly change the design, manufacturing, provision and even use of products. Through the establishment of high-value manufacturing R&D centers, seven research centers located in Britain are used to provide equipment, technology and information for enterprise R&D and marketing products, as well as industrial 4.0 platforms such as customization, virtual reality and man-machine cooperation, so as to attract world-famous large factories to settle in and cooperate.

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About China

Shenzhen Scientific Research Institutions Works Closely with Companies

It is a long and arduous road of scientific and technological innovation for basic research to industrial transformation. Shenzhen Industrial Innovation Center for Engineering Biological , located in Guangming District, is the first one to create the model of "upstairs and downstairs innovation and entrepreneurship complex", which yet shortens the road of industrialization of scientific and technological achievements in terms of time, space and even innovation mechanism.

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By breaking the space gap, the Innovation Center effectively shortens the time cycle of the transformation of original innovation industries. As a result of Shenzhen's innovation chain closely linked to the industrial chain, "establishing an efficient transformation mechanism for scientific and technological achievements to lay eggs along the way" has become one of the 47 "Shenzhen innovation" experiences promoted and introduced by the National Development and Reform Commission to the whole country.

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Industrial Internet Enhanced Innovation

The Industrial 4.0 era has spawned new data, new technologies, new applications and new models. A large amount of IOT data has become a new driving force for the digital transformation, and data assets will become the core assets of enterprises. As a core driving force, it will help enterprises open the gap with the new generation of information technology for digital transformation and business model innovation.

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Relying on the root cloud platform, Sany Heavy Industry has integrated the visualization of digital and the physical world for digital transformation. The value and industrial chain established the digital lean capability. The successful practice of Sany Heavy Industry shows the successful transformation of leading enterprises to bring about new manufacturing and service with digital empowerment.

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●  Background

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Initiated by the United Nations

On 1 January, 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including 169 targets, of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit — officially came into force. Countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.