On June 11, General Secretary Xi Jinping sent a letter back to Yao Qizhi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor of Tsinghua University, extending sincere greetings to him and encouraging him to "make new contributions to achieving self-reliance in high-level science and technology and building a strong scientific and technological country in education".

This reply conveys the deep concern and expectation of General Secretary Xi Jinping for Academician Yao Jizhi and the vast number of scientific, technological and educational workers. Everyone said that we should stick to our original mission, vigorously cultivate innovative talents, accelerate the construction of a strong scientific and technological country, and provide strong support for building a socialist modern country in an all-round way by relying on high-level science and technology.

Not long ago, Tsinghua University established the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, and Yao Qizhi became the first president. He wrote a letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping, reporting on the training of talents, scientific research and innovation in the past 20 years of teaching back home, and expressing his determination to serve the country through science and technology and contribute to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

After receiving the reply from General Secretary Xi Jinping, Yao Qizhi was very excited: "In the 20 years since I returned to China, I have never forgotten my original mission of returning to my homeland and building the motherland. The affirmation and encouragement of General Secretary made me feel more burdensome. I will, in accordance with the requirements of the General Secretary, lead the team to actively explore the independent training mode of innovative talents, promote the development of computer science and interdisciplinary innovation, and go all out to build a competitive advantage for high-level talents. "

"The reply from General Secretary Xi Jinping to Academician Yao Qizhi has inspired each of our technology and education workers returning from overseas, and strengthened our belief and determination to serve the country through science and technology and become a powerful country through education," said Xu Feng, dean of the School of Life Science and Technology of Xi'an Jiaotong University, "We need to inherit the 'spirit of moving to the west', adhere to the multidisciplinary intersection of science, engineering and medicine and the integration of industry and education, and cultivate a steady stream of high-level talents in biomedical and health fields for the country."

At present, China has more than 1.3 million overseas students studying in more than 100 countries around the world. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the number of people studying abroad has accounted for more than 80% of the number of people studying abroad in the same period.

After learning the reply from General Secretary Xi Jinping, Yuan Yuyu, the "post-80s" overseas returnee entrepreneur and chairman of Guangzhou Maipu Regenerative Medical Technology Co., Ltd., deeply felt that "the encouragement of General Secretary is the direction of our overseas returnees' struggle to turn patriotism into a service to the country". We should vigorously carry forward the glorious tradition of studying abroad and serving the country, take the path of innovation driven development, strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in innovation, and live up to the era when innovation and entrepreneurship are promising. "

Strengthening basic research is an inevitable requirement for scientific and technological self-reliance. In a laboratory of the School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, researchers are carefully analyzing lunar samples to explore the evolution of the moon and its relationship with the Earth.

"In his reply to the letter, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that we should promote interdisciplinary and cutting-edge innovation. We should give full play to the advantages of high-level research universities in deep basic research and interdisciplinary integration, become the main force of basic research and the fresh force of major scientific and technological breakthroughs, and provide a strong guarantee for achieving self-reliance and self-improvement in high-level science and technology." said Huang Fang, a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China.

To achieve self-reliance and self-improvement in high-level science and technology, it is ultimately up to high-level innovative talents.

In Zhejiang, Zhijiang Laboratory, a high-energy scientific innovation platform built with the strength of the whole province, recently launched the "Young Talent Promotion Plan", aiming to create a growth plan tailored for young scientific research backbones and cultivate a number of high-level leading talents.

"In his reply, General Secretary Xi Jinping asked for 'continuing to explore the independent training mode of innovative talents', which has defined the work path for us to strengthen the cultivation of top-notch innovative talents in the next step." Zhao Xinlong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhijiang Laboratory, said that he will constantly improve the talent growth mechanism that allows young researchers to take the lead, and let young people take the lead in scientific research practice, Build a high-level talent training and scientific and technological innovation highland.

In the opinion of Zhou Tianfeng, a professor at the School of Machinery and Vehicles of Beijing University of Technology, young scientific and technological workers should be concerned with "national affairs" and shoulder "national responsibilities". "We should strengthen the connection between talent cultivation and national strategic goals and tasks, cultivate innovative talents who are committed to serving the country, and consciously pursue serving the country and the people. We should make further achievements in upholding morality and cultivating people, and promoting self-reliance in science and technology," he said.

To speed up the construction of a strong country in science and technology, we need the broad masses of scientific and technological workers to work together.

Liu Xingping, head of the Department of Science and Technology Innovation of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, said that the Chinese Association for Science and Technology will deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's letter reply, shoulder the responsibility of the party and the government to connect with scientific and technological workers, unite and lead the vast number of scientific and technological workers to have a "big country" in mind, focus on national strategic needs, and build a first-class academic platform in cutting-edge scientific and technological fields such as artificial intelligence, Promote the full release of talent vitality in the motherland, and consolidate the foundation for self-reliance and high-quality development of high-level science and technology.

Young scientific and technological workers are the main force of scientific and technological innovation. Recently, Li Zongrui, a member of Huang Danian's scientific research team and a doctoral student of the School of Earth Exploration Science and Technology of Jilin University, is developing software related to deep earth exploration.

"The reply from the General Secretary makes me feel that it is my luck to live in a great era. As a member of Huang Danian's scientific research team, I will continue the spirit of Huang Danian, feel his patriotism of being great and serving the country sincerely, have a scientific dream, set up an innovative ambition, continue to tackle key problems in the field of deep earth exploration, and contribute youth strength to accelerate the realization of self-reliance and self-improvement in high-level science and technology. ”Li Zongrui said.

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 13)