On March 29th, President BAI Chunli and Vice President JIANG Mianheng of Chinese Academy of Sciences visited Shanghai Advanced Research Institute.

BAI Chunli listened to the report of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute for preparatory work. FENG Songlin, President of Preparatory Committee of SARI, introduced the research progress, industrialization progress, university construction and “innovation 2020” plan on behalf of the Preparatory Committee.

BAI Chunli was impressed with the rapid development of SARI in a short time and looked forward to SARI’s making great achievements in this new land. BAI Chunli said that the preparatory work of SARI should be combined with the “innovation 2020” of Chinese Academy of Sciences, highlighting the key point, providing technical support for national strategic emerging industries, strengthening high technology innovation and industrialization, and focusing on front-line scientists and mechanism innovation.

BAI Chunli pointed out that based on the mechanism innovation of the combination of “policy, production, study, research and application”, SARI should keep moving, seriously think about ways to combine research with industrialization, research institute and education, actively explore more effective incentive mechanism, and serve as a role for Chinese Academy of Sciences’ serving as the “leading engine” for building an innovative country.