Promoting health and well-being through scientific and technological innovation

Adhere to the scientific and technological frontiers of the world, the main battlefield of the economy, the major needs of the country, and the life and health of the people "to speed up the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, draw a blueprint for promoting scientific and technological innovation in the face of people's life and health," the scientific and technological changes brought about by bold innovation and repeated experiments by mankind, and promote the continuous development of modern medical care. Medical progress condenses the achievements of scientific and technological innovation. The integration of scientific and technological innovation and medical and health care will be accelerated. With the rapid growth of the pharmaceutical industry with innovative drugs and high-end medical devices as the main body, and constantly promoting health and health scientific and technological innovation, we can better build a healthy China and a powerful country in science and technology. With the continuous improvement of the ability of scientific and technological independent innovation in China, there are still few domestic high-end medical equipment based on clinical needs, and the infiltration process of innovative medical products is still slow. there is an urgent need to strengthen health and health scientific and technological innovation from the aspects of talent, technology, ecology and so on. Train medical personnel to become a new force in medical innovation.

The report of the 20th CPC National Congress put forward: "persist in facing the frontiers of world science and technology, the main economic battlefield, the major needs of the country, and the life and health of the people, and speed up the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance." In November last year, the Special Plan for Scientific and technological Innovation in Health and Health during the 14th five-year Plan was issued, which drew a blueprint for promoting scientific and technological innovation for the life and health of the people.

The development of modern medical treatment is the embodiment of scientific and technological progress. The scientific and technological changes brought about by human bold innovation and repeated experiments have promoted the continuous development of modern medical treatment. From disease diagnosis, drug research and development to high-end surgical instruments, medical progress condenses the achievements of scientific and technological innovation. To some extent, the development history of human medicine is the epitome of the history of scientific and technological progress. Today, the integration of scientific and technological innovation and health care has been accelerated, the pharmaceutical industry with innovative drugs and high-end medical devices as the main body has grown rapidly, and medical models such as telemedicine, mobile medicine, precision medicine and intelligent medicine have developed rapidly. Only by continuously promoting scientific and technological innovation in health and health can we better build a healthy China and a powerful country in science and technology, and better meet the health needs of the people.

With the continuous improvement of the ability of scientific and technological independent innovation in China, the independent research and development of instruments in China has reached the advanced level in the world in the fields of cardiovascular intervention system, orthopedic surgery robot and so on. However, at present, China's high-end medical device market is still dominated by imported enterprises, there are still few domestic high-end medical devices based on clinical demand, and the penetration process of innovative medical products is still slow. In order to solve these problems, there is an urgent need to strengthen health and health scientific and technological innovation from the aspects of talent, technology, ecology and so on.

Pay attention to the cultivation of scientific research talents and train medical personnel to become a new force in medical innovation. Medical personnel are in the front line of clinical services and protecting people's health, and they are the main discoverers of clinical problems, so clinical demand-oriented scientific and technological innovation is inseparable from the participation of medical staff in the whole process. Only by improving the scientific research quality of medical staff and activating the innovative vitality of talents, can we really create innovative products that meet clinical needs and "take patients as the center".

Focus on tackling key technological problems, speed up the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and achieve more breakthroughs from scratch. In the era of digital economy, health and health scientific and technological innovation needs to break down discipline barriers and promote discipline integration. Taking the development of non-science as an example, the precision and minimally invasive treatment of treatment has become a trend. The robot-assisted therapy system developed by the combination of artificial intelligence and medical enterprises has greatly improved the level of disease treatment, and some products have reached the international leading level. With the help of the advantage of discipline integration, creating a medical science innovation platform, breaking through key technologies and building a strategic layout is an important way to show China's innovation to the world, improve global diagnosis and treatment standards, and contribute China's strength to human health.

Create a good industrial ecological environment, help innovative products fall to the ground, and open up the "last kilometer" from "have" to "use". The development of medical science and technology industry not only needs the ability of basic innovation, but also needs application to improve the original innovation. In recent years, China's new medical infrastructure and the "Thousand County Project" have accelerated the expansion and balanced allocation of high-quality medical resources. At the same time, it should be noted that further efforts need to be made to realize the integrated development of "industry-university-research". Medical scientific and technological innovation cannot rely solely on enterprises to "fight alone". It is necessary to break the isolated island of innovation among disciplines and realize the deep integration and linkage of industry, university, research and medicine, so that the achievements of scientific and technological innovation can really benefit the health of the people.

General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: "Health is the most important indicator of a happy life, health is 1, others are the next 0, without 1, no matter how many zeros are meaningless." By strengthening key common technologies, cutting-edge leading technologies and subversive technological innovation in the field of health and health, and enhancing the ability of independent innovation of key core technologies, we will be able to occupy the frontier heights of medical development in the future. to provide strong support for building a healthy China and a powerful country in science and technology and ensuring the health of the people.

(the writer is Wu Xinbao, vice president and professor of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital)

Source: people's Daily online-People's Daily