["Qiushi" magazine publishes General Secretary Xi Jinping's important article "Speech at the symposium on strengthening basic research"] The 18th issue of "Qiushi" magazine published on September 16 will publish the important article "Speech at the symposium on strengthening basic research" by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, State President, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. The article emphasizes that basic research is the source of the entire scientific system, the general organ of all technical issues, and the forefront of global scientific and technological competition. An important criterion for measuring a country's scientific and technological strength is the level of basic research. To become a world power in science and technology, basic research must be carried out. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to basic research and has promoted significant improvement in the level of basic research in China by optimizing the layout of scientific research, increasing investment guarantees, and innovating systems and mechanisms. At the same time, we must note that compared with the world's technological powers, there is still a gap in our basic research. It is necessary to enhance the sense of crisis and urgency, strengthen basic research with greater intensity and more practical measures, enhance China's original innovation capabilities, further lay the foundation for building a scientific and technological power, and accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. The article points out that the layout of the basic research system must be optimized. Entering the era of big science, basic research is becoming more and more organized, which requires us to strengthen overall planning and top-level design, and accelerate the formation of a strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout. It is necessary to adhere to the "four orientations" strategic orientation, proceed from the country's urgent needs and long-term needs, and further clarify the main direction and key areas of basic research. Strengthen the coordination of forces, give full play to the advantages of the new national system, strengthen the leading role of national laboratories, national scientific research institutions, and high-level research universities, encourage and standardize the development of new R&D institutions, promote the deep integration of industry, academia, and research led by enterprises, and open up the innovation chain of basic research, application development, and achievement transformation. Improve the layout of disciplines, improve the adjustment mechanism for discipline settings, strengthen the construction of basic disciplines, promote the coordinated development of applied disciplines and basic disciplines, and encourage multi-disciplinary cross-integration and interdisciplinary research. The article points out that it is necessary to strengthen the team of basic research talents. Basic research ultimately relies on high-level talents. It is necessary to promote the development of educational science and technology talents in an integrated manner, do a good job in training, introduction, and use in an all-round way, and strive to ensure that the number of basic research talents is sufficient, of high quality, and of reasonable structure. Efforts should be made to improve the quality of independent training, follow the laws of talent growth, comprehensively improve the quality of education, continuously cultivate reserve forces for basic research, optimize the collaborative education mechanism of science and education, and focus on discovering and cultivating high-level talents on the front line of scientific research. We should vigorously support young talents, adhere to task-oriented and lead the new with the old, and pave the way for the growth and success of young scientific and technological personnel. Actively create a good atmosphere, continuously improve the working and living conditions of basic researchers, vigorously promote the spirit of scientists, stimulate the curiosity, imagination and desire of exploration among young people, and make devoting themselves to basic research a life pursuit for more young people. The article points out that support and guarantees for basic research must be strengthened. Have the courage to break through ideological barriers and institutional barriers to provide long-term and stable investment guarantee and policy support for basic research. It is necessary to increase funding investment, gradually increase the proportion of basic research funding, further broaden financing channels, form a diversified investment pattern in basic research, and improve the efficiency of science fund funding. Optimize research conditions, systematically lay out and build major scientific and technological infrastructure, strengthen the construction of national scientific data centers, step up the construction of world-class scientific and technological journals, attach importance to artificial intelligence-enabled basic research, and build intelligent scientific research platform systems. Deepen the reform of the science and technology system, improve the classification and evaluation system that is consistent with the characteristics of basic research, improve the incentive mechanism for basic research, and reform the scientific research management method. Purify the scientific research ecosystem, create an innovation environment that is open, inclusive and tolerant of failure, strengthen the construction of scientific research integrity, and resolutely punish scientific research corruption. The article points out that international cooperation in basic research should be expanded. Actively integrate into the global innovation network and enhance original innovation capabilities through open cooperation. Deepen international exchanges and cooperation between government and private basic research, unite countries to carry out research on major scientific issues such as climate change, energy environment, life and health, increase the opening of national science and technology plans to the outside world, take the lead in initiating and joining international major science plans and major science projects, and actively participate in global science and technology governance. The article emphasizes that strengthening basic research requires the joint efforts of the entire party and society. Party committees and governments at all levels must increase policy support, provide service guarantees, and promote the implementation of the Party Central Committee’s decisions and arrangements.