Looking back on the development of integration of defense and civilian technologies in 2017： integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development has entered a new era.

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　　In September 2017, the 5th China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City International Science and Technology Expo with the theme of "integration of defense and civilian technologies, Science and Technology Innovation and Open Cooperation" was held, and the scene was unprecedented. Chen Dongdong photo/bright picture

　　On January 10th, 2018, the industrial base of integration of defense and civilian technologies in Jishui County, Jiangxi Province rose from the ground. Photo by Liao Min/Bright Picture

　　2017 is a milestone in the development of integration of defense and civilian technologies in China. This year, the Central integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Committee was established and operated efficiently, and its strategic guidance and overall planning were comprehensively strengthened. This year, integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development strategy was fully implemented, and the system was established, the pattern was fixed, and new plans were broken. integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development events were frequent. This year, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was successfully held, which defined the course and voyage of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development, deployed the short-term tasks, drew a blueprint for the future and injected new impetus. This year, major reforms in integration of defense and civilian technologies were significantly accelerated, and a series of policies were launched intensively. integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development boom surged and entered a new era.

　　1. usher in the most profound qualitative change

　　The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in October 2017 made a series of arrangements and long-term plans for integration of defense and civilian technologies. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized "integration of defense and civilian technologies" in three places, profoundly expounded the theoretical guidance, strategic position, development goals and key tasks of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development in the new era, and further highlighted integration of defense and civilian technologies’s strategic position in strengthening the country and the army. The 19th National Congress established the guiding position of the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army in national defense and army building, and formally regarded the development of integration of defense and civilian technologies as an important part of the supreme leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, and incorporated it into the scientific system of the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army, which provided a scientific guide and program of action for promoting integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development and realizing the dream of strengthening the army and strengthening the country in the new era.

　　The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China listed integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development strategy as one of the seven national strategies to start a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, and wrote the firm implementation of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development strategy into Constitution of the Communist Party of China, further highlighting the important position of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development strategy in the national strategic system. This will be a major national strategy that runs through the whole process of building a world-class army and building a socialist modern power in an all-round way. By establishing such a strategic orientation, our Party will be able to give full play to the political advantages of unified leadership, the institutional advantages of socialist concentrated efforts to do great things, stimulate the creative spirit and patriotic enthusiasm of hundreds of millions of people throughout the country, and do a good job in implementing the development strategy of integration of defense and civilian technologies.

　　The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized the formation of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s deep development pattern, the construction of an integrated national strategic system and capabilities, and the clear direction of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development in the new era. To build an integrated national strategic system and capability is to reshape the national security and development strategic system, completely eliminate the dual separation of military and civilian, promote the integrated allocation of military and civilian resources and the integrated use of military and civilian forces, realize the overall planning of national development and security, the integrated development of economic construction and national defense construction, and the simultaneous improvement of economic strength and national defense strength, comprehensively enhance the country’s comprehensive strength and strategic competitiveness, and provide strategic support for building a socialist modern power. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China defined the key tasks of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development in the new era, and emphasized the need to strengthen unified leadership, top-level design, reform and innovation, and the implementation of major projects, and deepen the reform of national defense science, technology and industry. This task deployment focuses on political guarantee, strategic planning, system construction and project implementation, and establishes the basic focus of implementing integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development strategy.

　　To promote the in-depth development of integration of defense and civilian technologies, it is difficult to break through the institutional bottleneck. It has become an important historical task to break the institutional mechanism and the interest barrier behind it to promote the development of integration of defense and civilian technologies. At the beginning of the new year in 2017, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting and decided to set up the Central integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Committee, with the Chairman of the Supreme Leader as its director. As soon as the news came out, it quickly triggered widespread concern at home and abroad and heated public opinion. The establishment of this major institution has established a unified leadership system for integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development from the top-level institutional framework of state governance, and strengthened unified leadership and overall decision-making on major issues in integration of defense and civilian technologies across military areas, fields and systems. It is a major reform and innovation of China’s national defense system and mechanism, which has far-reaching historical significance.

　　In 2017, people strongly felt that it was normal for the Central integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Committee to hold regular meetings to study and decide on major issues of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development. On June 20th, the Central integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Committee held its first plenary meeting, and deliberated and adopted the Working Rules of the Central integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Committee, the Recent Work Points of the Central integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Committee, and the Opinions on the Establishment of Development Leading Institutions and Working Institutions in integration of defense and civilian technologies Province (autonomous regions and municipalities). On September 22nd, the integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Committee of the Central Committee held its second plenary meeting, focusing on the tasks of integration of defense and civilian technologies of national defense science, technology and industry, socialization of military support, and implementation of national defense requirements for major infrastructure. Integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development has entered the fast lane of improving quality and increasing efficiency.

　　All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) have set up provincial-level integration of defense and civilian technologies development leading bodies and working bodies based on local conditions and in accordance with the principle of "real need, simplification and high efficiency". By the end of December last year, the party committees of 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions had successively set up leading bodies in integration of defense and civilian technologies. At the same time, military-related reforms have been accelerated. In 2017, a new institution in the People’s Army — — With the birth of the Military Scientific Research Steering Committee of the Central Military Commission, together with the Science and Technology Committee of the Military Commission, China’s national defense science and technology innovation has a brand-new top-level structure, and the construction of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s innovation system has a strong institutional support.

　　In 2017, the development system of integration of defense and civilian technologies ushered in the most profound qualitative change in the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, and established the working pattern of overall decision-making by the committee, comprehensive coordination of the office, and division of responsibilities between the military and local departments, and made great progress in building a vertically integrated, horizontally coordinated, smooth and efficient organization and management system in integration of defense and civilian technologies.

　　2. The policy and institutional environment has been continuously optimized.

　　To promote the in-depth development of integration of defense and civilian technologies, it is basically to promote the transformation of economic construction and national defense construction from fragmented design to integrated military and civilian planning, from key integration areas to multi-field extension and expansion, from loose combination of factors to integration and integration of all factors, and then realize the process of structural optimization, resource conservation and technological innovation.

　　2017 is a year of frequent major policy system reform initiatives in integration of defense and civilian technologies. Relevant policies and measures have been introduced at all levels in the military and civilian areas. The fiscal, taxation and financial policies related to integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development have been further improved, the channels for ensuring funds have been continuously expanded, and the institutional environment for integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development policies has been continuously optimized.

　　Major reforms have been further accelerated. The reform of the first batch of 41 military scientific research institutes was implemented, and the reform schemes such as airspace management system, military pricing bargaining rules and equipment procurement system were further demonstrated. The "weapons and equipment quality management system certification" and "equipment contractor qualification examination" were integrated, and the working mechanism of joint examination of weapons and equipment research and production licenses and equipment contractors was comprehensively promoted. We will promote the integration and sharing of large-scale military and civilian defense scientific research instruments and equipment, the innovative cooperation of military-civilian dual-use technology alliance with equity as the link, and the identification and access standards of supporting core military products for civilian enterprises throughout the country.

　　Major policies were launched intensively. On August 23rd, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Science and Technology Committee of the Military Commission publicly released the Special Plan for the Development of Science and Technology integration of defense and civilian technologies in the 13th Five-Year Plan. On September 22nd, the second plenary session of the Central integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Committee deliberated and adopted the 13th Five-Year Plan for the Development of National Defense Science, Technology and Industry, Opinions on Promoting the Deep Development of National Defense Science, Technology and Industry in integration of defense and civilian technologies and Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Deep Development of Military Logistics in integration of defense and civilian technologies during the 13th Five-Year Plan. On November 23rd, the General Office of the State Council issued "Opinions on Promoting the Deep Development of National Defense Science, Technology and Industry in integration of defense and civilian technologies", which contained high gold content and sent a strong signal to the outside world to break the boundary between military industry and civilian population and break through the barriers of ownership.

　　Only by integrating according to law can we be stable and far-reaching. In January 2017, People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s National Defense Traffic Law came into effect, which is the first basic law in the history of the Republic to specifically regulate national defense traffic activities. It is also the first national defense legislation in China since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, bearing the great mission of solving the development problems of integration of defense and civilian technologies by the rule of law. Integration of defense and civilian technologies’s comprehensive legal legislation has been stepped up, integration of defense and civilian technologies’s laws and regulations have been enacted, revised, abolished and interpreted in different fields, policy documents and standards that are not suitable for integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development have been comprehensively cleaned up, abolished and revised, and local policies and regulations that support integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development have been promulgated one after another, and integration of defense and civilian technologies’s environment for developing the rule of law has gradually taken shape.

　　Promote integration through openness. In 2017, a series of real tricks for information disclosure and market opening occurred frequently. In order to "wake up" the national defense patent "Sleeping Beauty" status, on March 6, the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission released 2346 pieces of national defense patent decryption information for the first time, boosting the transfer and transformation of national defense patent technology to the civilian field. On September 25th, the national defense intellectual property information platform was put into operation and provided information inquiry service, aiming at solving the problem of poor communication and sharing channels of national defense patent information. In the two years since the PLA’s weapons and equipment procurement information network was launched, more than 11,900 registered and certified enterprise users have published more than 7,500 pieces of military equipment procurement information, and more than 5,000 pieces of superior products and technologies recommended by enterprises have been made public in military demand information, effectively building a platform for online supply and demand information docking. For the first time, our army published the guide of equipment pre-research project online, which opened the door to participate in national defense science and technology innovation for high-quality social resources. In late May, the Logistics Support Department of the Military Commission issued 63 military logistics open scientific research projects, and selected research units for local open competition, marking an important step in the development of integration of defense and civilian technologies in the field of military logistics science and technology.

　　3. Combat effectiveness and productivity have achieved double improvement.

　　On October 23, 2017, a news aroused great concern in the society: Air Force Logistics Department signed strategic cooperation agreements with five leading local logistics enterprises, including Shunfeng Group, China Railway Express, China Post Express, Debon Logistics and Jingdong Logistics, to promote logistics and logistics in integration of defense and civilian technologies in a "systematic, integrated and full coverage" way. This exploration shows a general trend of the times. It can be predicted that the in-depth development of integration of defense and civilian technologies will set off an all-round military management revolution, completely change the traditional self-contained and relatively closed development model, and absorb and apply the most advanced knowledge, cutting-edge technology and top-quality talent resources in the economic society to the construction of modern services.

　　In 2017, based on their own advantages, all localities implemented integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development strategy and innovation-driven development strategy as a whole, and took integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development as an important part of promoting supply-side structural reform. They implemented differentiated development according to local conditions, actively created a new pattern of regional integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development with different characteristics and emphases, and made efforts to create new development momentum and expand new development space. Some provinces and cities have formulated opinions and planning plans for the implementation of integration of defense and civilian technologies’s development, boldly explored new mechanisms and new modes of military-to-civilian, civilian-to-army and military-civilian collaborative innovation, vigorously promoted military-civilian technology integration, product integration, capital integration and talent integration, and successively built a number of platforms for information sharing, open innovation, investment and financing, incubation and transformation, so as to fully tap the development potential of integration of defense and civilian technologies in this region. Some local governments take integration of defense and civilian technologies-related industries as high-end industries that will lead the future development, and launch a series of genuine policies and measures to support the development of regional integration of defense and civilian technologies, making efforts to build industrial clusters in integration of defense and civilian technologies and cultivate and tap new economic growth points. It is the organic combination and interaction between the visible hand of the government and the invisible hand of the market that the government creates the environment — Innovative entrepreneurs gather — Enterprise agglomeration — Industrial agglomeration — The economy is bigger and stronger — A virtuous circle pattern of enhanced integration and development potential is accelerating in some key areas.

　　With the continuous efforts of the military and civilian levels, integration of defense and civilian technologies’s "Ren Du Er mai" is being opened, which has promoted the double promotion of combat effectiveness and productivity and accelerated the generation of integrated national strategic capabilities. Major demonstration projects deployed in the 13th Five-Year Plan have been launched, and a number of major projects are being accelerated. At the third integration of defense and civilian technologies Exhibition on the Achievements of Developing High-tech Equipment, 422 integration of defense and civilian technologies innovations from 354 enterprises in China made a wonderful appearance, and a large number of scientific and technological innovations were exciting. Beidou satellite navigation system, the national quantum secure communication "Beijing-Shanghai trunk line", Shenwei Taihu Light Supercomputer and other national heavyweights made public appearances. Over the past year, Chang ‘e III has achieved the first soft landing of extraterrestrial objects and the automatic inspection of the lunar surface, and the manned space missions of Tiangong-2 and Shenzhou-11 have been successfully completed. Beidou-3 began global networking, and the accuracy of providing services for the Asia-Pacific region has reached the meter level. Beidou-3 began global networking, and the accuracy of providing services for the Asia-Pacific region has reached the meter level. The first flight of C919, a large aircraft, and the first flight of a new generation of large and medium-sized launch vehicles were successfully completed, and many major technological breakthroughs were made in the special projects of aero-engine and gas turbine. Significant progress has been made in the special project of "Nuclear High Base", and the independent guarantee rate of core electronic devices of supporting equipment has been increased from less than 30% to 85%, and the problem of "sticking neck" of core electronic devices that have long relied on imports has been alleviated. Over the past year,The transformation of military and civilian technology has been accelerated, such as "air conditioning vest", "missile" for fire fighting, ground penetrating radar for "CT scanning" of underground pipelines, and unmanned aerial vehicle & HELIP, which is monitored 24 hours a day; … A large number of high-end scientific and technological achievements are also benefiting society.

　　I will ride the wind and break the heavy waves some day, and then set the cloudlike sail and cross the sea. The coming period is not only an opportunity period to promote the deep integration of military and civilian, but also a crucial period to break the dual separation of military and civilian. We must firmly grasp the historical opportunity, overcome difficulties, forge ahead, and work together with the military and the people to accelerate the formation of a deep development pattern in integration of defense and civilian technologies.

　　(Author: Jiang Luming, Professor of integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Research Center of National Defense University; Wang Weihai, Lecturer, integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Research Center, National Defense University)