Yang Wei, director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Lei Fanpei, chairman of the group company, attended the signing ceremony and witnessed the signing. Yao Jiannian, deputy director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Xu Qiang, deputy general manager of the group company signed the agreement on behalf of both parties.
In his speech, Yang Wei said that the National Natural Science Foundation, as one of the main channels to support basic research in China, has made important achievements in promoting the development of basic research in natural science in China, improving the innovation ability of basic research, promoting the construction of basic disciplines, and discovering and cultivating outstanding scientific and technological talents with the strategic orientation of "supporting basic research, insisting on free exploration and playing a guiding role" for many years. The joint fund for aerospace advanced manufacturing technology research jointly established by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the group company embodies the distinctive characteristics of "three combinations": first, the most influential advanced military enterprises are combined with the most important basic research funding units; Second, the combination of creative culture and advanced manufacturing technology; Third, the combination of space technology and space science. The establishment of this fund is an important measure for both sides to implement the innovation-driven development strategy, explore Industry-University-Research's innovation model and further enhance the original innovation capability in the aerospace field, which will have a far-reaching impact on the research and application of advanced manufacturing technology to promote the development of aerospace and accelerate the basic research in the space science field.
Lei Fanpei pointed out that the aerospace science and technology industry is a strategic high-tech industry in China and has played an important role in safeguarding national strategic security and serving national economic construction. As the leading force of the aerospace science and technology industry, the group company shoulders the sacred mission of "developing the aerospace industry and building a space power", and is accelerating the implementation of technological innovation, product innovation and industrial innovation, striving to build a world-class large-scale aerospace enterprise group. Aerospace manufacturing capability is an important cornerstone of the development of aerospace industry and a powerful guarantee for the successful completion of major space missions such as manned space flight and lunar exploration. For a long time, the group company has taken the promotion of aerospace manufacturing capability as one of its important strategies, and has done a lot of work in the research and application of advanced manufacturing technologies and the innovative practice of advanced manufacturing models. The establishment of the joint fund between the two sides will certainly have an important and positive impact on expanding the cooperative innovation mode of Industry-University-Research Aerospace, enhancing the basic research and innovation capability of aerospace, solving the technical problems of aerospace manufacturing, and cultivating scientific and technological talents of aerospace manufacturing, and it is of great significance to continuously enhance the advanced manufacturing capability of aerospace, ensure the successful completion of major national aerospace missions, and push China from a space power to a space power.
According to the agreement, the two sides will jointly invest 50 million yuan each year from 20 15 to 20 17 as the support of the joint fund for aerospace advanced manufacturing technology research, with a total investment of150 million yuan in three years. The fund will focus on supporting the research on key scientific and technological issues and common problems that are closely related to China's advanced aerospace manufacturing field and have important scientific significance and application value in combination with the national strategic development needs. As a part of the National Natural Science Foundation, the fund is managed according to the special projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, facing the whole country and competing fairly.
Before the signing of the agreement, Yang Wei and his party visited the exhibition hall and scientific research and production test site of the Fifth Academy accompanied by Lei Fanpei and others. (Liu Huaiyu)