2015年7月27日，***在中国科学院学部成立60周年之际，出席国家科技战略座谈会，并在讲话中系统阐述了本届政府推进科技创新的政策理念。

谈期待：要用好创新这把“金钥匙”

***说，当前，我国进入升级发展关键阶段，要在世界科技革命中抢占制高点，破解资源环境等约束，实现新旧动能转换，关键是要做强科技这个第一生产力，用好创新这把“金钥匙”，实现科技与经济深度融合，促进经济保持中高速增长、迈向中高端水平。

谈地位：把科技创新摆在国家发展全局的核心位置

***指出，实施创新驱动发展战略，要坚持把科技创新摆在国家发展全局的核心位置，既发挥好科技人员的骨干中坚作用，又最大限度激发群众的无穷智慧和力量，形成大众创业、万众创新新局面；要依托“互联网＋”平台，集众智搞创新，厚植科技进步的社会土壤，打通科技成果转化通道；更好发挥“一次分配”的作用，使千千万万人靠创业自立、凭创新出彩，在平等参与现代化进程中通过辛勤劳动和智慧富起来。

    Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer.

After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading.

    She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited Ann. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and grandchildren.

    One day Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees (难民) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman from Somalia. Sahra is learning reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end they wrote a book together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life.

    Helen says, “The most rewarding part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help. They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”