7.2.3 The Historical Opportunity
to Deeply Integrate Energy
and Information Will Help
China Achieve Its World
Power Strategy
Science and technology determine the future of
energy and create the energy of the future.
Technology innovation plays a decisive role in
the energy revolution, so it must be placed at the
centre of energy development. The priorities,
timetable and roadmap for innovation in the
energy technology revolution should be made
clear.
Energy technology policies are part of
national technology policies. They are the code
of conduct for energy technology development
by which a country or party, under given historical and actual conditions, delivers political,
economic and social goals. As part of the overall
policies of a country, energy technology policies
set the direction and guide the strategies of that
country’s energy development. They are a key to
building an innovative country and one of eight
major industry technology innovation pathways
for the future. Energy technology innovation is
an important means to drive industry forward,
effectively address international competition, and
make China an innovative country.
7.3 Strategies and Policies to Achieve
an Energy Technology
Revolution
7.3.1 Overall Goals
By 2020, China’s independent energy innovation
capacity will significantly improve and a batch of
critical technologies will achieve major breakthroughs. China’s dependence on imported
energy technologies and equipment, components
and materials will significantly decline, and the
international competitiveness of China’s energy
industry will substantially increase. The energy
technology innovation system will take shape
and support China in building a prosperous
society in a comprehensive way.
By 2035, China will have developed a relatively complete energy technology innovation
system and improved its capacity to innovate
energy technologies independently. Moreover,
China’s energy technologies will reach an internationally advanced level. They will help China
to develop its energy industry in a sustainable
and environmentally sound way and place China
among the world’s top energy technology
powers.
7.3.2 Development Ideas
China should: (i) put independent innovation at
the centre of energy technology innovation,
strengthen basic research in energy, improve
originality, and aim for game-changing technology innovation; (ii) give businesses the leading
role and facilitate the efficient and reasonable
distribution of innovation resources; (iii) accelerate the shift in government function from R&D
administration to innovation service; (iv) make
breakthroughs in key and frontier technologies
that constrain energy development and drive
revolutionary progress, carry out pilot and
demonstration activities in major energy projects;
and (v) improve collaborative innovation
between government, companies, universities,
research institutions and users; encourage innovation in major technologies, equipment, manufacturing, demonstration projects and technology
platforms; and combine international and
domestic resources to deliver innovation in
energy technologies.
7.3.3 Support Policies
The energy technology revolution needs interaction between, and the coordinated evolution of,
systems, policies and markets. The government
needs to develop national strategies for energy
technology innovation and energy equipment
development; companies need to follow the
guidelines of “business is the main actor in a field
of market-oriented collaboration between government, companies, universities, research institutions and users”. The development of energy
talent needs to be improved and the nurturing of
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to Deeply Integrate Energy
and Information Will Help
China Achieve Its World
Power Strategy
Science and technology determine the future of
energy and create the energy of the future.
Technology innovation plays a decisive role in
the energy revolution, so it must be placed at the
centre of energy development. The priorities,
timetable and roadmap for innovation in the
energy technology revolution should be made
clear.
Energy technology policies are part of
national technology policies. They are the code
of conduct for energy technology development
by which a country or party, under given historical and actual conditions, delivers political,
economic and social goals. As part of the overall
policies of a country, energy technology policies
set the direction and guide the strategies of that
country’s energy development. They are a key to
building an innovative country and one of eight
major industry technology innovation pathways
for the future. Energy technology innovation is
an important means to drive industry forward,
effectively address international competition, and
make China an innovative country.
7.3 Strategies and Policies to Achieve
an Energy Technology
Revolution
7.3.1 Overall Goals
By 2020, China’s independent energy innovation
capacity will significantly improve and a batch of
critical technologies will achieve major breakthroughs. China’s dependence on imported
energy technologies and equipment, components
and materials will significantly decline, and the
international competitiveness of China’s energy
industry will substantially increase. The energy
technology innovation system will take shape
and support China in building a prosperous
society in a comprehensive way.
By 2035, China will have developed a relatively complete energy technology innovation
system and improved its capacity to innovate
energy technologies independently. Moreover,
China’s energy technologies will reach an internationally advanced level. They will help China
to develop its energy industry in a sustainable
and environmentally sound way and place China
among the world’s top energy technology
powers.
7.3.2 Development Ideas
China should: (i) put independent innovation at
the centre of energy technology innovation,
strengthen basic research in energy, improve
originality, and aim for game-changing technology innovation; (ii) give businesses the leading
role and facilitate the efficient and reasonable
distribution of innovation resources; (iii) accelerate the shift in government function from R&D
administration to innovation service; (iv) make
breakthroughs in key and frontier technologies
that constrain energy development and drive
revolutionary progress, carry out pilot and
demonstration activities in major energy projects;
and (v) improve collaborative innovation
between government, companies, universities,
research institutions and users; encourage innovation in major technologies, equipment, manufacturing, demonstration projects and technology
platforms; and combine international and
domestic resources to deliver innovation in
energy technologies.
7.3.3 Support Policies
The energy technology revolution needs interaction between, and the coordinated evolution of,
systems, policies and markets. The government
needs to develop national strategies for energy
technology innovation and energy equipment
development; companies need to follow the
guidelines of “business is the main actor in a field
of market-oriented collaboration between government, companies, universities, research institutions and users”. The development of energy
talent needs to be improved and the nurturing of
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