Huang Qiang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee and Governor of the People's Government of Sichuan Province, inspected work in Mianyang on February 18, 2021. While visiting frontline scientists and technicians on behalf of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee and the People's Government of Sichuan Province, he stressed the need to fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's directives on scientific innovation, put innovation front and center in the drive towards modernization, and promote innovation-driven development. "Mianyang should encourage scientific and technological self-reliance, foster self-dependent innovation, implement the resolution adopted at the 14th meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Construction Coordination Group of Mianyang Science and Technology City, give full support to the establishment of national laboratories, develop China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City into a high-end hub of science and technology, and play its part in transcending technological barriers that foreign countries and companies set up to contain the development of China," Huang Qiang said.

　　Huang Qiang was briefed in some research institutions on the formulation of project plans, the finalization of arrangements, the construction of bases and the development of products. He stressed that planning should play a guiding role, take a long-term view, be scientific and rational, and avoid wishful thinking. The use of land should meet the needs of development and, at the same time, be practical and realistic. Sufficient land resources should be allocated for other potential development purposes; functional areas should be properly set up; buildings to be constructed should be earthquake-resistant; landscaping should be ramped up. The provincial government should organize meetings that involve all parties concerned to discuss and approve project plans as soon as possible. Scientific research institutions should bear in mind their missions and responsibilities, be hard at work and doing research, continue on the path of self-dependent research, look to the future, step up pre-research and exploration, put original innovation first, build high-quality design and test bases, and lay the groundwork for the establishment of national laboratories.

　　Huang Qiang pointed out that as a scientific, educational and military powerhouse, Sichuan has the responsibility, ability and confidence to break through the technological barriers that hostile western forces built to check the development of China. He said that we should vigorously encourage cooperation between the civilian sector and the defense sector in innovation, promote the materialization of technological achievements made in national defense, give full play to the role of key universities and institutions as the "national team," accelerate the construction of major innovation platforms, endeavor to locate relevant national laboratories in Sichuan, deepen exchanges and cooperation with an open mind, remove institutional obstacles through reform, work to create an incentive mechanism that rewards design and manufacturing in key fields, arouse the enthusiasm for innovation, concentrate efforts on developing core technologies and key components, continue to make significant and original achievements, and further contribute to national development and prosperity through efforts to "make Chinese chips, unite all in one common dream, and inspire national confidence."

　　Vice Governor Li Gang, Hu Yun, Member of the Party Leading Group of the People's Government of Sichuan Province and Secretary of the Party Leading Group of the General Office of the People's Government of Sichuan Province, and heads of relevant provincial departments and Mianyang joined Huang Qiang in the inspection.