In the morning of June 5, 2020, Ying Yong, Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, conducted a thorough investigation into technology trading institutions, scientific research institutions, universities, enterprises, and makerspaces to explore technological innovation and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
Secretary Ying emphasized the importance of thoroughly studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on technological innovation, adhering to technological innovation as the primary driving force for high-quality development, giving full play to Hubei's abundant scientific and educational resources and enriched talent resources, intensifying efforts to promote technological innovation, deploying innovation chains around industrial chains, and structuring industrial chains around innovation chains, to foster more leading enterprises in various industries and "little giants" in niche markets, thereby providing robust technical support for transforming economic development patterns and driving industrial transformation and upgrading.
It is crucial to excel in the endeavor of transforming scientific and technological achievements into practical use. This requires adhering to demand-oriented principles, leveraging market applications, innovating institutional mechanisms, and giving full play to government functions, market functions, and societal roles to propel more scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces.
The Optics Valley Medical Device Innovation Center Makerspace, a professional makerspace dedicated to serving medical device innovation and entrepreneurship, accelerates the transformation of medical device technological achievements by integrating advantageous resources in experts, technology, operations, equipment, and teams, and has successfully incubated over 20 innovative medical device entities.
Secretary Ying pointed out that the makerspace, based on clinical medical needs, strengthens collaborative scientific research and tackles key issues, transforming creative ideas into actual products and subsequently deploying them in clinical applications, forming an effective cycle. It is imperative to further enhance cooperation with professional market enterprises, transitioning from small-scale customization to industrialization, continually refining product technologies through large-scale applications, and striving to become a "little giant" in niche medical device markets.
Source: Hubei News Network, "How to Excel in Technological Innovation and Achievement Transformation? Ying Yong Stresses Leveraging Scientific and Educational Resource Advantages and Strengthening Market Demand Orientation," Published on June 6, 2020.