On August 22, 2024, Prof. Fang Yu attended the Seminar on Energy Materials and Chemical Strategy held in Xi’an, and gave an invited report titled “The Important Role of Basic Science and Basic Research”.

In the report, Fang Yu stressed the important role of basic research in the development of national science and technology and the inevitability of innovation-driven development in China. He said that China’s development has entered a new stage, and innovation-driven development has become an inevitable choice. He called on scientific and technological workers to fully realize the importance of basic science and basic research to the country, the nation and human society, to solve the real problems at the source, and to contribute their own strength to consolidate the foundation of scientific and technological self-reliance.

Themed “Focus on new energy, Join hands for the future” and co-sponsored by Shaanxi Chemical Society and Xi’an University of Technology, the seminar was attended by state-level talents from well-known universities and institutes inside and outside the province and deans of chemistry and materials schools of seven universities in the province.