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"New Quality Productive Forces and High-level Science & Technology Self-reliance and Self-strengthening" Column

National Technology Innovation Centers Developing New Quality  Productive Forces: Theoretical Mechanism and Practical  Strategies 

Chen Jin1, 2 , Wu Feng1, 2 , Liu Muyang3

(1.School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 2. Research Center for  Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 3. State Nuclear Power Technology  Corporation Limited, Beijing 100029, China)

Abstract: Amidst the accelerating new round of scientific and technological revolution and in⁃ dustrial transformation, new quality productive forces, characterized by innovation-driven devel⁃ opment, digitalization, greening, and intelligentization, have become the core engine for promoting China's high-quality economic development. As a key new component of the national strate⁃ gic scientific and technological force and a crucial vehicle of the new national system, National  Technology Innovation Centers play a pivotal role in connecting the innovation chain with the in⁃ dustrial chain, bridging the gap from basic research to market application. They hold significant  strategic importance in deepening the integration of scientific and industrial innovation and ac⁃ celerating the formation of new quality productive forces. This paper aims to systematically eluci⁃ date the internal theoretical mechanisms through which National Technology Innovation Centers  cultivate and develop new quality productive forces, and propose targeted practical strategies, with a view to contributing to the refinement of innovation theory with Chinese characteristics  and providing references for the construction and policy optimization of these centers. Based on  a review of the conceptual connotations and formation mechanisms of new quality productive  forces, and in light of the strategic positioning and operational mechanisms of National Technol⁃ ogy Innovation Centers, this study develops a theoretical framework encompassing three dimen⁃ sions: the innovative allocation of production factors, revolutionary technological breakthroughs, and the deep transformation and upgrading of industries. The research argues that, leveraging  the unique advantages of combining the new national system with new-type research and devel⁃ opment institutions, National Technology Innovation Centers can effectively integrate multiple  resources from government, market, and society, promote the deep convergence of the innovation  chain, industrial chain, talent chain, and capital chain, and achieve optimized and efficient allo⁃ cation of production factors. At the technological level, these centers can organize focused efforts  to tackle key core technologies, frontier-leading technologies, and disruptive technologies, thereby bridging the innovation gap from laboratory to industrialization. At the industrial level, they can drive the upgrading of traditional industries, the expansion of emerging industries, and  the forward-looking layout of future industries through technology empowerment, ecosystem  building, and institutional innovation. Furthermore, this study systematically proposes practical  strategies for National Technology Innovation Centers to develop new quality productive forces  from five aspects: strengthening strategic planning and top-level design, optimizing institutional  mechanisms and governance models, deepening scenario-driven collaborative research, building  an open and integrated innovation ecosystem, and improving policy support and evaluation in⁃ centives. It emphasizes the need for differentiated positioning based on different industrial  forms, the construction of a demand-driven, scenario-based innovation loop, and the establish⁃ ment of a performance evaluation and policy support system oriented toward mission contribu⁃ tion and industrial empowerment. This research not only reveals, at a theoretical level, the multi⁃ dimensional mechanisms through which National Technology Innovation Centers contribute to  the formation of new quality productive forces, but also provides strategic guidance for cultivat⁃ ing such forces through institutional innovation and systematic collaboration in practice. It holds  certain theoretical value and practical significance for enhancing the overall efficacy of the na⁃ tional innovation system and accelerating the achievement of high-level self-reliance and  strength in science and technology. 

Key words: National Technology Innovation Center; new quality productive forces; techno⁃ logical innovation; industrial innovation; the new national system; "the 15th Five-Year Plan"; technology transfer; high-quality development