Video | Focusing on the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements What are the new highlights of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum?

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The deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation is the annual theme of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum, with over a hundred events, more than 20 of which are focused on technology transactions. At the same time, our country actively participates in global standardization governance, promoting the alignment of Chinese standards with internationally advanced standards, leading high-quality development with high standards. “News 1+1” pays attention to: At the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum, how will scientific and technological achievements be transformed?

Three Perspectives to Analyze

Why must technological innovation and industrial innovation deeply integrate?

Lei Chaozi, Executive Vice President of the China Association for Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation: Technological innovation and industrial innovation are an important development direction of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Currently, both technological innovation and industrial innovation have some issues: first, universities and research institutions produce many papers, but the conversion is relatively low. Second, there are relatively few major original achievements. Third, the industry overall lacks competitiveness and technological support. Therefore, from this perspective, technological innovation and industrial innovation must be deeply integrated.

To enhance the efficiency of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, we need to strengthen the deep integration led by enterprises between industry, academia, and research. We should establish a long-term mechanism where enterprises propose topics, and universities, research institutions, and enterprises collaboratively address these topics, with market validation. In this way, technological innovation can align with market demands and the issues in industrial development, achieving an increase in the transformation rate of achievements.

The Parallel Forum on Standardization and Technological Innovation Development

What are the new highlights?

Wang Ying, Deputy Director of the Beijing Institute of Standardization: Compared to previous years, there are several new changes this year:

The forms of showcasing achievements are more diverse. In the past, it was more about inviting industry experts to share and exchange technical experiences. This year, the forum focuses on embodied intelligence, smart connected vehicles, etc., and has added interactive display segments.

Additionally, this year has introduced three new areas: intelligent manufacturing, smart audio-visual, and social environmental governance, focusing on new key industries and areas, and has opened three sub-forums. This allows standards and technological innovation to be more closely connected.

In the process of integrating technological innovation and industrial innovation, what role does standard system construction play?

Wang Ying: Standards are the foundation and base of science and technology. First, as a common language, they enable better interconnection of technologies.

Second, standards serve as the foundation of rules, allowing technological innovation to have a fast track from the laboratory to industrialization, playing a role in completing the “last mile” of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

Moreover, standards are also promoters of experience; technical teams can solidify good practices into standards, enabling technologies to be promoted and applied more effectively and quickly. In summary, standards act as the adhesive and accelerator for the integration of industry and innovation. By replicating new technologies and successful experiences, technology and industry can deeply integrate, achieving mutual advancement.

What is the significance of more Chinese standards going global?

Wang Ying: For our country, the most important significance of participating in international standardization work is that we can contribute Chinese experience to the construction of global rules. By participating in international standardization work, first, we can share successful experiences explored domestically with the world.

Second, our country can better and more deeply integrate into the global innovation network. Standards are a universally accepted language; by participating in the formulation of international standards, we transform from being mere recipients to co-builders of rules, bringing technical solutions and research results to the international stage, discussing and refining them with other countries, which allows our standards to be more diverse and inclusive, achieving sustainable development.

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