East China’s Jiangsu province has accelerated the reform of the scientific and technological system by following General Secretary Xi Jinping’s instructions, breaking down the obstacles to the system and mechanism, and activated the innovative practices of the development as the primary power.
The University of Cambridge recently launched its Nanjing Science and Technology Innovation Center in the Jiangbei New Area of Nanjing. This is the first time that the University of Cambridge has established a cooperative research institution overseas. It plans to introduce at least 20 top scientific research teams within 5 years.
A large number of internationally renowned universities, including King's College London, Nightingale School of Nursing and Harvard Medical School have also set up high-end innovation centers in Jiangbei New Area.
Stephen Toope, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Nanjing is a very forward-looking city
The Jiangbei New Area has provided
a very good environment for innovation
and the University of Cambridge
will inject more resources here in the future
Luo Qun, Deputy CPC chief of the Jiangbei New Area
More and more talents
are coming to the new area
because we have launched incentives
and innovation management systems
and have issued a lot of relevant reform documents
to create a brand new
functionally complex innovation ecosystem
so as to ensure that innovative talents
can engage in his favorite innovation work
in Jiangbei New Area
In the new research and development institution of Jiangbei New Area, the research team has become a major shareholder, and the income from the conversion innovation results is directly linked to the shareholding ratio.
Fan Yiqun, dean of the School of Chemical Engineering,Nanjing Tech University
With the scientific research team
holding 70% of the shares
no less than 25% of the revenue is awarded
to the individual research and development team
so as to stimulate the research staff
to work hard and continuously produce
new scientific research projects
The new mechanism has given researchers great autonomy. In just two years, Nanjing Jiangbei New Area has attracted 95 high-end talents including Nobel Prize winners and academicians at home and abroad to set up 66 new research and development institutions, and incubate and introduce 593 technology-based enterprises.
Scientific and technological innovation has driven comprehensive innovation. Jiangbei New Area has become a destinationfor international high-end innovation resources. Leading companies such as TSMC, National Healthcare Big Data Center, and Unisoc have launched investment projects here.
By 2020, the integrated circuit industry in the Jiangbei New Area will exceed 100 billion yuan, forming a100-billion-yuan life and health industrial cluster spearheaded by gene cell industry, and the total assets of the Yangtze River New Financial Center will exceed 1 trillion yuan.
Shang Zhenbai, Deputy-director of the Department of Scientific Innovation, Jiangbei New Area
The construction of new R&D institutions
has created a good opportunity
for industrial technology innovation
in the Jiangbei New Area
to reach the pinnacle
We have introduced a number of
very high-end and well-known teams
and leading figures
A large part of their achievements
can produce chemical reactions
with the existing leading companies
and innovative entrepreneurial teams
The innovative practice of the Jiangbei New Area is a vivid portrayal of Jiangsu's accelerated scientific and technological system reform.Since 2014, Jiangsu has introduced reform policies on scientific and technological innovation, which are intended to comprehensively deepen the reform of the scientific and technological system and mechanism.
In 2014, the construction of the South Jiangsu National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone started, a strong indication that Jiangsu has stepped into the deep water zone of scientific and technological system reform.
In 2017, the Jiangsu Provincial Technology Property Rights Trading Market was out into operation, marking the establishment of a new system for the transformation of scientific research results. On the same year, Jiangsu recorded for the first time more than 110 billion yuan in its annual technology contract turnover.
Over the past five years, Jiangsu's R&D investment has increased by more than 11% annually, reaching 250 billion yuan in 2018, which is 1.52 times that of 2014.
In 2018, the province recorded 18,000high-tech enterprises, 2.36 times that of 2014. The number of invention patents per 10,000 people reached 26.5, 2.59 times that of 2014. The high-tech industry output value exceeds 600 million yuan.The export of high-tech products exceeded one trillion yuan, and more than one-fifth of the country's high-tech product exported are made in Jiangsu. The province is also the destination for the distribution of 15.1% of the world's leading technologies.
Sun Bin, President of Jiangsu Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy
In recent years
Jiangsu has focused on breaking down
the obstacles to the system and mechanism
affecting innovation so that it has gradually
formed a set of scientific and technological systems
and policy systems that conform to
scientific research rules
and created a good atmosphere for innovation
The province has also mobilized the innovation
and creativity of scientific researchers
to the greatest extent
so that it has greatly
improved the efficiency of innovation
laying a good foundation
for further high-quality construction
of an innovative province
(Source:ourjiangsu.com)
