习近平致信祝贺中国工程院建院30周年

习近平致信祝贺中国工程院建院30周年强调

发挥国家战略科技力量作用

为实现高水平科技自立自强建设世界科技强国作出新的更大贡献

丁薛祥出席院士座谈会并讲话

新华社北京6月3日电 在中国工程院建院30周年之际，中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平发来贺信，代表党中央致以热烈祝贺，向全院院士和广大工程科技工作者致以诚挚问候。

习近平在贺信中指出，30年来，在党的坚强领导下，中国工程院团结凝聚院士和广大工程科技工作者，大力推动工程科技发展，不断攻克科技难关，建设大国工程，铸造国之重器，为推动我国工程科技创新进步、促进经济社会高质量发展作出了重要贡献。

习近平强调，工程科技是推动人类社会发展的重要引擎。希望中国工程院在新的起点上，发挥国家战略科技力量作用，弘扬科学家精神，引领工程科技创新，加快突破关键核心技术，强化国家高端智库职能，为实现高水平科技自立自强、建设世界科技强国作出新的更大贡献。

3日上午，中国工程院在京举行“践行工程科技使命 推进科技强国建设”院士座谈会。中共中央政治局常委、国务院副总理丁薛祥出席会议，宣读习近平贺信并讲话。

丁薛祥在讲话中指出，中国工程院成立30年来，坚决贯彻党中央和国务院决策部署，大力推动工程科技发展，汇聚一流创新人才、产出一流科技成果、贡献一流咨询建议、打造一流学术平台，在国家发展进步中发挥了重要作用。

丁薛祥强调，在新时代新征程上，中国工程院要牢记建院初心、传承光荣传统，在学习贯彻习近平总书记重要指示精神、为高水平科技自立自强而奋斗的进程中争当排头兵。要当国家战略科技力量的排头兵，牢牢把握新一轮科技革命和产业变革的战略机遇，奋力抢占科技制高点。要当工程科技创新的排头兵，解决好重大工程科技问题，推进科技创新成果产业化应用，更好服务新质生产力发展。要当突破关键核心技术的排头兵，从国家急迫需要和长远需求出发，加强“卡脖子”技术攻关，力争在重要领域取得更多原创性突破。要当国家高端智库建设的排头兵，紧紧围绕具有战略性方向性全局性的重大问题，加强前瞻性、针对性、储备性战略研究，支撑党和国家决策。丁薛祥希望广大工程院院士带头大力弘扬科学家精神，把人生理想融入国家和民族的事业中，深怀爱国之心、秉持报国之志、勇攀科技高峰，不负党和人民的殷切期望。

座谈会上，中国工程院负责人和院士代表作了发言。

中国工程院成立于1994年6月3日。30年来，中国工程院牢记中国工程科技界最高学术机构职责使命，聚力科技创新、汇聚领军人才、建设高端智库、坚持学术引领，取得了一系列重大成果。

Xi sends congratulatory letter on 30th anniversary of Chinese Academy of Engineering

BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called on the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) to play its role as a national strategic sci-tech force and make new contributions to the country's great self-reliance and strength in science and technology.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a congratulatory letter sent to the CAE on the 30th anniversary of its founding.

Xi extended warm congratulations and sincere greetings to academicians of the CAE and other engineering technology workers on behalf of the CPC Central Committee.

Xi said that over the past 30 years, the CAE, under the strong leadership of the Party, has united academicians and engineering technology workers to promote the development of engineering technology, overcome sci-tech difficulties and build major national projects and equipment, thus making important contributions to promoting China's innovation and progress in engineering technology as well as high-quality economic and social development.

Xi emphasized that engineering technology is an important engine driving the development of human society. He expressed the hope that the CAE, at a new starting point, will play its role as a national strategic sci-tech force, lead the innovation of engineering technology, accelerate breakthroughs in key and core technologies, and strengthen its function as a high-end national think tank.

Xi also called on the CAE to make more contributions to realizing the country's great sci-tech self-reliance and strength and building a strong country in science and technology.

The CAE held an academician symposium on Monday in Beijing. At the symposium, Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang read out the congratulatory letter from Xi before delivering a speech.

Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, called on the CAE to firmly grasp the strategic opportunities of the new round of sci-tech revolution and industrial transformation, solve major engineering technology problems, promote the industrial application of sci-tech innovations, and better serve the development of new quality productive forces.

He urged the CAE to strengthen the research on "bottleneck" technologies and strive to make more breakthroughs in key fields in accordance with the country's urgent needs and long-term requirements.

Ding also called for strengthening forward-looking and targeted strategic research to support the decision-making of the central authorities.

The CAE was founded on June 3, 1994. ■