General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "State-owned enterprises are an important material and political foundation of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and an important pillar and relying force for the Party to govern and rejuvenate the country." State-owned assets and state-owned enterprises must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, uphold and strengthen the overall leadership of the Party, firmly grasp the new missions and new tasks on the new journey of the new era, unswervingly make state-owned capital and state-owned enterprises stronger, better and larger, give full play to the leading role and strategic support role of the state-owned economy, play a greater role in building a modern industrial system and fostering a new development pattern, and make greater contributions to comprehensively building a modern socialist country.

Give full play to the role of scientific and technological innovation and support high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening

At present, the unprecedented changes in the world in a century are accelerating, and scientific and technological innovation has become the main battlefield of international competition and the game among major powers. Scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening is not only a development issue, but also a survival issue. State-owned enterprises hold an important position in China's innovation chain of industry, academia, research and application, and a large number of leading science and technology enterprises have become an important part of the national strategic scientific and technological strength, and should shoulder the mission and responsibility of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening.

Shoulder heavy responsibilities in tackling key core technologies. Give full play to the advantages of the new nationwide system, focus on basic research and applied basic research, tackling "bottleneck" key core technologies, and research on cutting-edge disruptive original technologies, continuously increase R&D investment, drive enterprises in the upper, middle and lower reaches of the industrial chain to participate together, build an upgraded version of the innovation consortium, vigorously advance scientific and technological breakthroughs, and strive to master more key core technologies with independent intellectual property rights.

Take the lead in giving play to the principal role of scientific and technological innovation. Deploy the innovation chain around the industrial chain, strengthen the overall planning of various innovation resources, rely on the construction of original technology source bases, take the lead in building a scientific and technological innovation system with enterprises as the main body, the market as the orientation, and deep integration of industry, academia and research, proactively establish various forms of cooperative relations with universities, research institutes and private enterprises, improve the scientific and reasonable benefit distribution mechanism, give play to the guiding role of the market in the direction of technology R&D, route selection, and the allocation of various innovation factors, and promote the organic connection of the innovation chain and a substantial improvement in innovation efficiency.

Take the initiative in the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements. Give full play to the advantages of state-owned enterprises in market demand, integrated innovation and organizational platforms, build a number of concept verification and pilot testing platforms, proactively open application scenarios, explore the clarification of independent and controllable goals in the planning stage of major projects and key projects, actively apply first sets, first batches and first editions of technological products, continuously promote the improvement and iterative upgrading of technological products in the application process, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces, and continuously open up the channel from strong science and technology to strong enterprises, strong industries and a strong economy.

Give full play to the leading role of industry and help build China's modern industrial system

A modern industrial system is the material and technological foundation of a modern country. Industrial competitiveness bears on national competitiveness, and only by continuously promoting industrial upgrading can new national competitive advantages be continuously shaped. State-owned enterprises should look at the world, take the initiative, build themselves into chain leaders of modern industrial chains, and seize strategic initiative in the new round of global industrial competition.

Promote China's elevation of its position and discourse power in the global industrial division of labor, and adhere to the direction of internationalized operation. Strengthen opening-up and cooperation, improve the global-oriented production and service network, strengthen control over the global value chain through outbound investment and mergers and acquisitions, optimization of the global layout, and building international brands, enhance the ability to proactively apply and actively lead the shaping of international rules, take high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as an opportunity to drive Chinese equipment manufacturing, technology, standards and services to "go global" together, and continuously move toward the medium-high end of the global industrial chain and value chain.

Lead the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. Deeply implement the industrial foundation reconstruction project and the special work for high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, accelerate technological transformation and equipment upgrading, optimize the layout of major productive forces, promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of traditional industries, enhance the whole-industrial-chain advantages in fields such as high-speed rail, power equipment, new energy and communication equipment, and comprehensively raise the level of advanced industrial foundations and the modernization of industrial chains in China.

Drive the cluster-based development of strategic emerging industries. Strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with private enterprises and enterprises of various ownership types in new fields and new tracks, vigorously develop strategic emerging industries with high scientific and technological content and strong driving effects, such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, next-generation mobile communications, industrial software, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, new energy, new energy vehicles and new materials, actively cultivate and incubate future industries, accelerate the building of cluster-based development advantages, and strive to seize the commanding heights of the scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation.

Give full play to the supporting role of security and effectively safeguard national strategic security

At present, China's development has entered a period in which strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist and uncertainties and unforeseeable factors are increasing, and various "black swan" and "gray rhino" events may occur at any time. Many state-owned enterprises are distributed in important industries and key fields that bear on national security and the lifeline of the national economy. They must adhere to coordinating development and security, firmly hold the bottom line of "prevention", enhance the ability to "maintain stability", and play a good role in providing a fallback and underpinning at critical moments.

Effectively strengthen infrastructure construction compatible with modernization. Actively serve and advance the construction of infrastructure such as railways, highways, water transport, aviation and logistics, and promote the formation of a safe, convenient, efficient, green and economical comprehensive transportation system. Strengthen state-owned capital investment in fields such as power grids, oil and gas pipeline networks, main river water networks and information and communication networks, strengthen the construction of new infrastructure such as next-generation mobile communications, artificial intelligence, computing power networks, satellite internet and industrial internet, and better safeguard the security of the country's backbone networks.

Effectively guarantee the supply of energy and resources compatible with modernization. Increase efforts in oil and gas resource exploration and development, maintain stable production and increased output of crude oil and natural gas, accelerate the promotion of clean and efficient utilization of coal, increase the supply of clean energy such as wind, solar, storage and hydrogen, optimize the layout of state-owned capital in fields such as overseas energy and resources, key strategic mineral resources, logistics hubs and ocean shipping, enhance seed industry R&D capabilities and the ability to control overseas grain sources and international grain trade, and expand China's strategic depth in basic guarantee fields such as energy, resources and grain.

Effectively safeguard the security of industrial chains and supply chains compatible with modernization. Implement the project for tackling key core technologies, build an independent, controllable, safe and reliable domestic production and supply system in fields and nodes that bear on national security, and continuously improve the stability and competitiveness of China's industrial chains and supply chains.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council will actively serve as the organizer and promoter for state-owned enterprises to enhance their core functions and give play to their important roles, focus on improving the core competitiveness of enterprises and enhancing their core functions, solidly advance the action for deepening and upgrading state-owned enterprise reform, accelerate the optimization of the layout and structure of state-owned capital, and promote the concentration of the state-owned economy in important industries that bear on national security and the lifeline of the national economy, in important industries that bear on the national economy and people's livelihood such as the provision of public services, emergency capacity building and public welfare, and in forward-looking strategic emerging industries, and promote state-owned enterprises to serve as "long-term capital", "patient capital" and "strategic capital" that serves the national strategy, safeguards and improves people's livelihood, and develops the real economy, truly becoming a great national heavy weapon and a cornerstone of a strong country worthy of the important tasks of the era.