The National Railway Administration released the "15th Five-Year Plan for Railway Science and Technology Innovation"

China News Service, October 12. According to the website of the State Railway Administration, the State Railway Administration recently released the "15th Five-Year Plan for Railway Science and Technology Innovation" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), which clarifies the guiding ideology, basic principles, development goals, key tasks and safeguard measures for my country's railway science and technology innovation during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. The "Plan" is of great significance in promoting self-reliance and self-reliance in railway science and technology, promoting high-quality railway development, and supporting the construction of a powerful country in science and technology and a powerful transportation country. At the same time, the "Plan" will be submitted to the Central Science and Technology Office for filing, which marks the first time that the railway science and technology innovation plan has been included in the national science and technology management system.

The "Plan" points out that since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the railway industry has led the world in engineering construction technology, equipment manufacturing technology has become more advanced and applicable, transportation service technology has become more convenient and efficient, digital green safety technology has achieved breakthroughs, and the scientific and technological innovation system has become more complete. However, there are also weak links and weaknesses such as basic research and original innovation that need to be strengthened, key core technologies that have shortcomings, transportation service quality that needs to be optimized, top scientific and technological talent resources are still insufficient, and there are blocking points in technological innovation and industrial integration. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, in the face of the three era propositions of the global scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation being deeply intertwined, the national scientific and technological innovation strategy is comprehensively promoted, and the people's travel needs continue to upgrade, railway scientific and technological innovation must be centered on high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, and strive to promote railway safety improvement, digital intelligence upgrade, green transformation, and integrated development, build a world-leading scientific and technological innovation system, cultivate and develop new productive forces, and build solid scientific and technological support to participate in global competition, serve the country's overall interests, and meet people's needs.

The "Plan" clarifies that by 2030, a scientific and technological innovation system that leads the development of railway modernization with mature mechanisms, collaborative efforts, improved platforms, concentrated talents, and extensive exchanges will be basically established. Scientific and technological strength has been greatly improved, key technologies have made major breakthroughs, technical equipment has become more advanced and reliable, engineering and construction technology has led the world, transportation service capabilities have been significantly improved, intelligent application scenarios have achieved full coverage, safety and security capabilities have been comprehensively improved, and green and low-carbon technologies have been deeply promoted. Provide railway scientific and technological support for building a safe, convenient, efficient, green, economical, inclusive and resilient sustainable transportation system, and lay a solid foundation for taking the lead in realizing China's railway modernization.

The "Plan" proposes key tasks in seven areas of railway scientific and technological innovation during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. The first is the field of basic research and cutting-edge technology, focusing on promoting independent controllable technological innovations such as chips, promoting the integrated application of new generation information technology, accelerating the research and development of new green and intelligent materials and the application of new technologies, and promoting high collaboration between low-altitude technology and railway business. The second is the field of engineering construction, focusing on promoting systematic innovation in intelligent construction technology, breaking through the technical bottlenecks of complex environmental engineering construction, and strengthening the efficiency improvement and resilience guarantee of existing facilities. The third is the field of technical equipment, focusing on engineering technology for higher-speed trains, promoting the research and development of technical equipment for high-altitude railways, promoting the upgrading of green and intelligent equipment, and deepening technological innovation in engineering construction and maintenance equipment. The fourth is the field of transportation services, focusing on promoting the intelligent upgrading of passenger transportation services, promoting the digital and intelligent transformation of freight services, deepening the research on key technologies to improve transportation efficiency, and promoting new breakthroughs in the "four-network integration" scenario of rail transportation. The fifth is the field of digital and intelligent railways, focusing on promoting the construction of high-quality data sets, strengthening the construction of railway big data platforms, strengthening railway data collaborative sharing and network security guarantees, and deepening basic research on the application of "artificial intelligence + railway". Sixth, in the field of safety protection, the focus is on building new business and new technology safety defense lines, improving railway health management and disaster resilience, strengthening active safety protection capabilities, and improving emergency rescue support levels. The seventh is the green and low-carbon field, focusing on promoting green construction technology innovation, promoting low-carbon transformation of transportation equipment, promoting green-smart integrated operation and maintenance, and establishing and improving a carbon management system. In order to implement the deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee at the symposium on strengthening basic research, compared with the "14th Five-Year Plan" Railway Science and Technology Innovation Plan, the "Plan" has added the fields of basic research and cutting-edge technology to better promote high-level railway science and technology self-reliance and self-reliance.

The "Plan" emphasizes that measures must be taken to ensure the implementation of the "Plan" from five aspects: "strengthening organizational leadership, strengthening platform construction, accelerating standard guidance, strengthening talent cultivation, and strengthening plan implementation."