记得今年6月,习近平总书记在中国科学院第十七次院士大会、中国工程院第十二次院士大会上讲话时强调:科技是国家强盛之基,创新是民族进步之魂。今年是甲午年。甲午,对中国人民和中华民族具有特殊的含义,在我国近代史上也具有特殊的含义。回首我国近代史,中华民族遭受的苦难之重、付出的牺牲之大,在世界历史上是罕见的。面对厄运和苦难,中国人民没有屈服,奋起抗争,终于在中国共产党领导下找到了实现中华民族伟大复兴的正确道路。今天,我们比历史上任何时期都更接近中华民族伟大复兴的目标,比历史上任何时期都更有信心、有能力实现这个目标。而要真正实现这个目标, I remember in June this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed at the 17th session of the academician conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 12th session of the academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering that science and technology are the foundation of the country and innovation is the soul of national progress. This year is Jia Wu years. The Sino-Japanese War has special meanings to the Chinese people and the Chinese nation and also has a special meaning in the modern history of our country. Looking back on the modern history of our country, the great suffering the Chinese nation has suffered and the sacrifices it has made are rare in the history of the world. In the face of bad luck and misery, the Chinese people did not give in and rose to the top and finally found the correct way to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. Today, we are closer to the goal of a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history and more confident and capable of achieving this goal than at any time in history. To truly achieve this goal,