By ZHANG Jiaxin & LI Linxu

As China is promoting high-level opening-up, the country is gaining momentum in sci-tech development, as well as in international sci-tech cooperation.

Of particular note is that in the 20th CPC National Congress report, China vowed to expand sci-tech exchanges and cooperation with other countries, cultivate an internationalized environment for research, and create an open and globally competitive innovation ecosystem.

This fully demonstrates China's commitment to integrating into global innovation networks, as well as the country's resolve to deeply engage in global sci-tech governance, said Jiang Pengju, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), also Vice Mayor of Changzhou City.

Jiang noted that innovation is a long and arduous road, full of unknown difficulties and risks. Thus, it is necessary to pool all resources, both from home and abroad, to create a favorable environment for innovation.

In this year's Two Sessions, Jiang submitted a proposal concerning the construction of international innovation cooperation parks.

The China lsrael Changzhou lnnovation Park. (PHOTO: XINHUA)

Up until now, more than 300 international cooperation parks of all types have been established across the country, according to incomplete statistics. These parks, especially the innovation cooperation parks featured with opening-up, innovation and co-integration, have made valuable exploration in promoting the combination of high-level sci-tech self-improvement and open innovation cooperation.

However, there are still some issues to be addressed in the development of these parks, such as the imperfection of innovation ecosystems, the lack of innovation resources, and the insufficiency of the internationalization level of talent.

In response to these pain points, Jiang offered his suggestions, such as strengthening the top-level design and coordination in the principle of effective competition and cooperation, encouraging top-performing parks to build opening-up and innovation pilot zones, and optimizing the policies and services for foreign experts.

In his proposal, Jiang also laid great importance on drawing the international successful experiences in light of local conditions and setting up model parks in creating an open innovation ecosystem.

Citing Israel as an example in building an innovation ecosystem with financial support, Jiang believes that some of our parks can also pilot innovative financial instruments, such as the mode of investment and loan linkage. If successful, then these measures can be promoted more broadly.

Local cities should roll out more targeted policies in creating an open innovation ecosystem, so as to achieve an economic and social development with higher quality, said Jiang.