The 2024 China Pharmaceutical Industry Development Conference and the Shanghai International Biomedical Industry Week opened on November 16 at the Zhangjiang Science Hall in Shanghai. During his speech, Zeng Yixin, Deputy Director of the National Health Commission, stated that the National Health Commission will fully implement the decisions and deployments of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party, play a good role in the support and driving effect of technological innovation on the innovation and development of the pharmaceutical industry, and work to encourage application-oriented fundamental research, cutting-edge technology, clinical research, and demonstration promotion through coordination of major scientific projects and policies, striving for comprehensive improvement in the output of major original achievements, breakthroughs in key core technologies, and the construction of a talent system and research and development platform. (Shanghai Securities Journal)