Abstract:Cultivating and utilizing strategic scientists is the key to optimizing the layout of strategic science and technology fields and improving the allocation of strategic science and technology resources. It is urgent to strengthen the cultivating and utilizing of strategic scientists in order to consolidate the national strategic science and technology power. This article elucidates the basic characteristics of the strategic scientists. The excellent scientific research capability and the outstanding interdisciplinary understanding capability, the excellent technology foresight capability and keen discernment capability, the excellent organizational skills and outstanding leadership, and the strong sense of patriotism and the mission for their countries were summarized. The article argues that the high-level research platforms, the major development trends and the important scientific research tasks are the key elements to achieving strategic scientists. The innovation encouragement, the inclusiveness and multiculturalism, the education and the independent scientific research as well as the emphasis on the basic research are the basis for guiding, cultivating and supporting the growth of strategic scientists. The strategic scientists grow up with a long-term scientific research practice. we should promote the institutional construction on the cultivating and utilizing of the strategic scientists. The systematic cultivating and utilizing system of strategic scientists should be build and the growth support system of strategic scientists in the whole life cycle should be continuously improved.