What they say

We need to build up a demand-driven research system and improve the enterprise-university collaboration mechanism by inviting industry-leading enterprises and other relevant stakeholders to participate in the planning and construction of interdisciplinary centers. Seize the development opportunities presented by industrial transformation, promote deep industry-academia collaboration models such as introducing competition for solutions, and provide richer resource support for interdisciplinary development. For "bottleneck" problems, we can establish joint research projects, form technology transfer teams, and offer services including intellectual property assessment and technical matching, to achieve high-quality transformation of interdisciplinary research outcomes.

Everyone thinks astronomy is romantic. But in reality, the competition in astronomy is brutal. Because astronomy is a discovery-driven science. If you are the first to see something, that is a discovery. If you see it after someone else, it is at best a verification. Their significance in scientific discovery is completely different. If you want to be the one who makes discoveries, you have to push everything to the extreme, build the most advanced detectors and the most sensitive telescopes, so you can see what no one else can see. Under such a competitive system, you must stay down-to-earth, solve every technical detail, and strive for perfection. Only then can you reach a realm that no one else can touch.

The popularity of last year's Jiangsu soccer city league, or Suchao, attracted about 2.43 million spectators to stadiums, over 2.2 billion online viewership and 100 billion cross-platform views. The successful event set an example of the integration of culture, business, tourism and sports. The popularity of Suchao reflects China's broader push to build a leading sporting country. Local city-based leagues across the country have gone beyond simple sports contests, becoming platforms that help strengthen social cohesion, support urban renewal and enrich people's quality of life.