Innovation drive is the core strategy related to China’s long-term development.

　　The Outline of National Innovation-Driven Development Strategy has made specific arrangements for the strategic objectives and paths of implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, which is both a design drawing and a general construction drawing.

　　First, it is a great practice to implement the innovation-driven development strategy.

　　Implementing the innovation-driven development strategy is not only a reflection of the general law of economic development, but also a great practice to realize the transformation of development power and realize the leap-forward development of the economy under the new historical conditions. According to Michael Porter’s theory of stages of economic development, a country’s economic development can be divided into several stages: factor-driven, investment-driven, innovation-driven and wealth-driven. With the growth of per capita GDP and the change of development conditions, the transformation from economic development to innovation-driven development is an inevitable process. Developed countries such as Europe and the United States have gradually entered high-income countries through long-term economic development and natural evolution of market economy, and achieved innovation-driven development. However, as a late-developing country, China faces different development conditions, and the competitive situation in all aspects has not allowed China to go through such a natural evolution process. Especially after the middle-income stage, facing the Achilles heel of lack of development motivation and innovation ability, it is the only choice for China to get rid of the danger of "middle-income trap" and enter a high-income country by realizing the transformation of development mode to innovation-driven as soon as possible.

　　Driven by economic globalization and new technological revolution, the period of strategic opportunities for the country to achieve leapfrog development is shortening day by day, and the time window of new technological revolution and industrial transformation is fleeting. We must firmly grasp the general direction of innovation-driven development, seize the opportunities of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and take effective measures to guide the society to realize the transformation to innovation-driven development as soon as possible. Under such circumstances, the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy is a great historical practice, a strategic path to lead China to achieve its development goals and move towards the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, an overall strategy to closely integrate scientific and technological innovation with national development needs and truly rely on scientific and technological innovation to get out of the dream of becoming a rich country and a strong country, and a strategic choice made on the basis of profoundly grasping the world development situation, so it is bound to succeed.

　　Second, the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy is a major ideological change.

　　Throughout the history of human development, innovation has always been an important force to promote the development of a country and a nation, and it is also an important force to promote the development of the whole human society. Implementing the innovation-driven development strategy is a profound understanding based on summing up the history of human development and the experience of the rise and development of great powers, and it is a major change in the concept and thought of economic and social development. The Chinese nation is full of innovative spirit, which is the most distinctive gift of the Chinese nation. The Chinese nation has created a highly developed civilization and contributed countless scientific and technological innovations to the world. Implementing the innovation-driven development strategy is an innovation of the traditional development consciousness, which requires the whole society to deeply understand this major change in economic and social development thinking, firmly establish innovative ideas, form a strong innovative consciousness, and be brave in pioneering and enterprising. It also requires that the innovative spirit contained in the blood of the Chinese nation be further stimulated, and generate will develop new and greater energy and explore a way to rely on innovation to leapfrog development.

　　Third, the strategic path to promote the transformation of economic and social development to innovation-driven

　　To implement the "National Innovation-Driven Development Strategy Outline", from the perspective of strategic tasks and guarantees, it is mainly to handle several relations:

　　First, firmly grasp the core and leading role of scientific and technological innovation. Scientific and technological innovation is the core and guidance of implementing the innovation-driven development strategy. It can be said that the "Outline" implements the "implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, we must firmly grasp the scientific and technological innovation ‘ Bull’s nose ’ " The "three-step" strategic goal fully embodies the core and leading role of scientific and technological innovation, including entering the ranks of innovative countries by 2020 and greatly improving the ability of independent innovation; By 2030, it will rank among the forefront of innovative countries, and generally reverse the situation that scientific and technological innovation is mainly based on tracking; By 2050, it will become a powerful country of scientific and technological innovation in the world, a major scientific center and an innovative highland in the world. Through the implementation of these steps, the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy will be based on strong scientific and technological innovation.

　　The second is the combination of reform and development. Innovation-driven requires comprehensive innovation around the core role of scientific and technological innovation. Therefore, the Outline proposes to effectively create an institutional mechanism and a good environment for implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and accelerate the formation of a new source of development in China. To implement the innovation-driven development strategy and deepen the reform, it is necessary to create an institutional environment conducive to innovation-driven, form an innovation-oriented evaluation system, build an innovation system of regional coordination, military-civilian coordination and Industry-University-Research coordination, and break down the institutional and institutional obstacles that restrict the development of new industries, new technologies and new formats; It is also necessary to stimulate the enthusiasm of the whole society for innovation and entrepreneurship, cultivate and expand the main body of innovation, change from "minority" to "mass", and finally realize innovation for everyone and everywhere.

　　The third is the combination of strategic traction and market foundation. To implement innovation-driven development, the most fundamental thing is to rely on the innovative motive force to stimulate the market, and a perfect market operation mechanism is the institutional basis for innovation-driven development. It is necessary to further promote the supply-side structural reform, create a fair competitive market environment, break the institutional constraints, and form a market operation mechanism that encourages and rewards innovation. On the other hand, it is more necessary to give full play to the traction role of strategy, give full play to the advantage of "concentrating on doing great things", strengthen the overall planning and intensive utilization of scientific and technological resources, strengthen the guidance of social innovation resources, promote the innovation of industrial technology system, break through and solve the core key and cutting-edge technology supply that restricts economic and social development, and create new advantages for development; At the same time, strengthen basic research, strengthen the basic capacity building and condition guarantee of innovation, and strengthen the source supply of innovation.

　　The fourth is the combination of domestic and international. The flow of innovation elements is becoming increasingly global, and whether it can win in the future development competition depends on whether it can make full use of global innovation resources. However, global innovation resources are easier to gather and flow to areas with good innovation ecology, and innovation ecology has become a new source of international comparative competitive advantage. To implement the innovation-driven development strategy, we should create a good ecological environment for innovation, promote mass entrepreneurship and innovation, at the same time, fully attract, gather and utilize international innovation resources, deeply integrate into the global innovation network, absorb and utilize the latest scientific and technological achievements and high-end talents in the world, and provide stronger support for China’s transformation to innovation-driven.

　　To implement the strategy of innovation-driven development, we must rely on the joint efforts of the whole society to guide the whole society to take the road of innovation-driven, so as to make profits by innovation and seek space by innovation, and finally achieve development by innovation and the future by innovation.

　　(The author is the director and researcher of the Institute of Comprehensive Development of China Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy.)