A major provincial government in the eastern region held a symposium for mayors, focusing on an important issue.

According to the official website of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, on April 23, the Zhejiang provincial government held a symposium for mayors. Liu Jie, Deputy Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Zhejiang Province, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. At the meeting, it was emphasized that it is necessary to follow the established strategies and approaches to promote the implementation of all tasks and ensure that "by the halfway point of the year, half of the tasks are completed", laying a solid foundation for the successful completion of the annual target tasks and a good start to the 15th Five - Year Plan.

The meeting made arrangements on multiple topics such as innovation, foreign trade, industry, investment, and consumption. In particular, it was mentioned that efforts should be made to promote the construction of an innovative Zhejiang in a long - term and persistent manner, do a thorough job on "two major articles", participate in the co - construction of the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center in an all - round way, continuously increase investment in scientific and technological innovation, improve the quality and efficiency of scientific and technological achievement transformation, and accelerate the creation of a high - ground for the innovative development of artificial intelligence.

At the end of last year, the Central Economic Work Conference proposed to build the Beijing (Beijing - Tianjin - Hebei), Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta), and Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Centers. This year's Government Work Report once again emphasized the need to create a world - class source of scientific and technological innovation.

This means that the construction of international science and technology innovation centers has shifted from "single - point breakthrough" focusing on core cities to "coordinated operations" of urban agglomeration integration.

Previously, some experts said in their interpretation that the key to the construction of the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center lies in achieving more original breakthroughs "from 0 to 1" and promoting applied research on the in - depth integration of the industrial chain and the innovation chain.

An apt metaphor is that it is like building a high - quality wooden barrel. It is not simply splicing the planks together, but gathering the "long planks" from different places and recombining them into a complete barrel with complementary advantages.

For cities in the Yangtze River Delta, this is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to share scientific and technological innovation achievements and enhance their own strength.

With opportunities ahead, challenges cannot be ignored. Some viewpoints point out that although the three provinces and one municipality in the Yangtze River Delta have a globally rare density of scientific and technological innovation resources, there are situations of homogeneous competition, duplicate project approvals, and independent operations in some fields. This requires each region to break out of the limitations of its own development, give full play to its comparative advantages in combination with the top - level deployment, and truly achieve a leap from "physical splicing" to "chemical reaction".

This year's Zhejiang Provincial Government Work Report clearly proposed that it is necessary to seize the major opportunity of co - constructing the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center, promote the upgrading of the West Hangzhou Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, co - construct the Hangzhou Bay Science and Technology Innovation Belt and the G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor with high quality, actively undertake major national scientific and technological tasks, and better participate in global scientific and technological competition and cooperation.

Currently, various regions in Zhejiang have taken active actions. For example, the Party and government delegation of Ningbo City recently visited Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hefei for study and inspection. The core topic was to build a fulcrum for the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Technology Innovation Center. At the end of March, the Party Committee and the government of Wenzhou City conducted a special study on the construction of an innovative Wenzhou, clearly seizing the major opportunity of the expansion and upgrading of the science and technology innovation center. Last month, the Science and Technology Bureau of Shaoxing also made a special trip to the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission for special docking on co - construction...

When the scientific and technological innovation map of the Yangtze River Delta is re - defined, for each city in Zhejiang, whether it can accurately position itself and find its own "long plank" will determine its position and weight in the next round of urban competition and cooperation.

This article is from the WeChat official account "Urban Evolution Theory". Author: Liu Yanmei. Republished by 36Kr with permission.