Innovation is the motivation of Beijing Spirit
2 min readInnovation means to get rid of old things and come up with new ideas.Wei Shou（506-572），a historian in the Northern Qi Dynasty（550-577），pointed out in Wei Shu（A Survey of Wei Kingdom）that previous emperors were all dedicated to innovation.In western countries，innovation was first put forward as a theory by Austrian-American economist and Harvard professor Joseph Alois Schumpeter （1883-1950）in his German version of Theory of Economic Development in 1912.
Innovative spirit is necessary for human existence and development.Equipped with this spirit，human beings can transform nature and society.It was pointed out in Yi Jing（Book of Changes）that wealth is great and innovation is magnificent.It was also written in Li Ji（Book of Rites）that innovation should happen every day.
China regards innovation as critical.Nowadays，innovation is playing an increasingly important role in human civilization.Practice and innovation never end.
New thoughts and cultures spread in China after the May 4th Movement.After the founding of the People’s Republic of China，Beijing started to concentrate abundan-innovation resources.The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games upheld innovative spirit again.innovation has become an indispensable component of Beijing spirit.
As an important component of Beijing spirit，Beijing takes thelead in development.Depending on the advantages in resources，Beijing is committed to promoting rapid and healthy development under the guidelines of technological innovation and the“two-wheel drive”strategy，facilitating service and managementinnovation，providing system and mechanism guarantees for innovation accelerating the construction of an innovation system based on Beijing’s characteristics and advantages，and attracting the world’s innovation resources and achievements to elevate the capital’s competitiveness.
