By Staff Reporters

To cultivate fertile ground for popular science, encourage the young generation to participate in sci-tech innovation and pool the wisdom of the science community for development, the 2025 Donghu Forum was held in Wuhan, Hubei province, from October 14 to 15.

Li Dianxun, governor of Hubei, said the province, with its advantages in science, education resources and industries, will coordinate efforts in policies, platforms, atmosphere and services to better promote innovation, and shape innovation-driven development.

Hubei will pay more attention to quality and efficiency to make greater contributions to the transformation and reform of China's economy and society, he said.

Special attention was paid to the cultivation of young scientific and technological talents. A national teen innovation competition, hosted by Science and Technology Daily (S&T Daily), was concluded at the opening ceremony. Eight academicians presented handwritten messages to the final winners of the competition.

Wu Jing, president of S&T Daily, also attended the forum. As the organizer of an important activity of popular science during the forum, S&T Daily will continue to innovate forms and promote the spirit of science.

This year's forum consisted of five major sections, including the opening ceremony and main forum, two activities for matching talents, 13 parallel forums on science popularization and innovation, and five project roadshow and matching activities. More than 30 science popularization venues and innovation platforms in the province were roped in to hold a series of public science popularization activities.

The main forum presented a panoramic view of the cutting-edge achievements in science and technology. Four reports were released, namely the Global Digital Economy Development Index Report 2025, the Wuhan Science and Technology Innovation Center Index Report 2025, the China Basic Research Competitiveness Report 2025, and the Global Enterprise Innovation Index 2025.