On the evening of May 25th, the 2023 Zhongguancun Forum opened in Beijing. Ding Xuexiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. In the past decade of the new era, China has placed scientific and technological innovation at the core of its overall national development, promoted significant achievements in the development of science and technology, and entered the ranks of innovative countries. Ding Xuexiang emphasized that China will adhere to facing the forefront of world science and technology, the main battlefield of the economy, major national needs, and people's lives and health, accelerate the implementation of the innovation driven development strategy, and provide strong support for high-quality economic and social development. Improve the scientific and technological innovation system, optimize the allocation of innovation resources, strengthen the construction of scientific and technological infrastructure, and enhance the overall efficiency of the national innovation system. Adhere to the combination of goal orientation and free exploration, strengthen basic research, gather strength for scientific and technological breakthroughs, and comprehensively enhance innovation capabilities. Promote the deep integration of industry, academia, and research led by enterprises, increase support for enterprise innovation, improve the level of transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system. Deepen the reform of the science and technology system, increase diversified investment in science and technology, strengthen the legal protection of intellectual property rights, form a basic system to support innovation, and stimulate the innovation and entrepreneurship vitality of all kinds of talents. China supports Beijing to continue to lead the country in basic research, technological breakthroughs, achievement transformation, and industrialization, and supports Zhongguancun in accelerating the construction of a world leading science and technology park. Ding Xuexiang expressed that China is willing to actively participate in global innovation cooperation and share the achievements of innovation and development with countries around the world. He proposed three initiatives: firstly, to improve global innovation governance, leverage the role of international organizations and multilateral mechanisms, and work together to create an open, fair, just, and non discriminatory technology development environment. The second is to promote comprehensive international scientific and technological cooperation, strengthen exchanges and interactions between governments, the scientific and technological community, and the industrial community of various countries, and promote the smooth flow of talents, technology, capital, data, and other elements. The third is to strengthen research cooperation on global issues, support researchers from various countries to carry out joint research and development, and jointly launch research results that promote global sustainable development. After the opening ceremony, Ding Xuexiang visited the 2023 Zhongguancun Forum Frontier Technology Exhibition and had exchanges with scientific and technological personnel. About 1000 people, including domestic and foreign scientific and technological personnel, business leaders, government officials, and representatives of international organizations, participated in the opening ceremony through a combination of online and offline methods. (New News Agency)