Editorial: Open Global Cooperation Is The Key To World Class Innovation.

On January 15th, the first HUAWEI UK and Ireland developers conference was held in the British capital London. During the campaign, HUAWEI announced an investment plan worth 20 million pounds to encourage developers in the UK and Ireland to integrate applications into the HUAWEI mobile service ecosystem. At the same time, Tesla announced that in order to realize the transformation from "made in China" to "China design", it decided to set up a design and R & D center in China.

These two seemingly unrelated events show a common feature, that is, at the forefront of world innovation, only through open global cooperation is the key to achieving progress and win-win. HUAWEI and Tesla are leaders in their respective fields. They not only show that China is a manufacturing base, a big market, but also an innovation center. And that is the result of global cooperation.

Previously, some people in the US wanted to decouple the us from China. China has provided capital, talent and market for us technology companies. If the scale of China's venture capital flowing into Silicon Valley is greatly reduced, the number of Chinese students entering Silicon Valley will be significantly reduced, which will affect the competitiveness of science and technology innovation in the United States. Therefore, China and the United States have recognized the importance of cooperation. The 2.5 phase of the first stage economic and trade agreement signed between China and the United States in January 15th, stipulates that the two sides agree to carry out scientific and technological cooperation in the right circumstances.

Market is the main driving force of innovation. Innovation can only achieve economic benefits through the market, and thus encourage and support more investment in innovation. China has eight hundred million data generated by Internet users, and is becoming the world's largest consumer market. China and the United States can enhance their cooperation to play their respective advantages in scientific and technological innovation.

The current innovation is mainly applied innovation, emphasizing the innovation ability of the application field. China has the largest number of factories in the world, so factory innovation is China's advantage, which is why Apple Corp can hardly move its production out of China. The new round of technological revolution relies mainly on various applications and the data it produces. In this respect, China has the world's unparalleled scale advantage.

In the past, the United States was responsible for technological innovation, and China was responsible for production, business applications and consumption, and the United States obtained profits and cheap goods. This model has strong complementarity. American high-tech enterprises have made profits in the Chinese market and increased the capital of innovation. At present, large-scale applications in the digital age are in China, and this is also the most conducive data environment for innovation. Cooperation can enable China and the us to get rich and innovative resources.

During the cold war, the Soviet Union focused mainly on national defense on the road of scientific and technological innovation, and did not transform technology into civilian business like the United States at that time, and lost global competitiveness under the planned economy. After the trade war with the United States in 1990s, Japan was over conservative in technology such as semiconductor, telecommunications and electronics. It emphasized the local standards and applications, lost the development opportunities of information industry globalization, and maintained some advantages in parts, materials and other aspects. Therefore, any act of closing doors to innovate and not entering the international market competition will lead to lagging behind in competition and missed opportunities for development.

The current round of technological change and industrial revolution is based on the popularity of 5G communication technology, and China runs in all kinds of applications. Whether the HUAWEI mobile service ecosystem is open to the world or Tesla is setting up R & D centers in China, this shows the determination and openness of China's opening up, making China the center of world innovation.

China is improving and strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights. In the first phase of the agreement reached between China and the United States, the issue of intellectual property protection is foremost. In the new growth cycle driven by new technologies, all countries should tap the growth momentum through innovative cooperation, oppose technological blockades and digital hegemony, oppose manufacturing technology gap and develop decoupling. At the same time, countries have an obligation to provide a fair, just and non discriminatory business environment for their enterprises to invest and develop their businesses in the country.