5 years ago, President Xi Jinping wrote in reply to 24 academicians of the two academies in Hong Kong: "We must pay attention to the problems reflected in the letters from the Hong Kong academicians, study and formulate specific policies as soon as possible, and solve them reasonably to support the Hong Kong science and technology community in building us a strong science and technology country." , and contribute to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”
5 years later, on the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, President Xi Jinping visited Hong Kong’s largest science and technology R&D and business incubation base- Hong Kong Science Park. President Xi Jinping once again emphasized that he hopes that Hong Kong will give full play to its own advantages, gather global innovation resources, and perfectly integrate with mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to strengthen innovation collaboration between industry, academia and research, and strive to build a global technological innovation hub.
html Over the past 15 years, Hong Kong, where the secondary industry accounts for only 6.5%, has seen a new round of development in its technological innovation. Here, we cannot do without the help of Guangdong’s courage to “try first”. Guangdong's innovative collaborative cooperation has also accelerated the development of the Greater Bay Area " International Science and Technology Innovation Center " from a planning concept into an "open regional collaborative innovation community" with distinctive characteristics.A few days ago, a Nandu reporter interviewed the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, revealing how Guangdong Province has started to break through the institutional barriers to scientific and technological innovation in the past three years, promoted the efficient flow of scientific and technological elements between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and promoted in-depth cooperation, collaborative innovation and joint construction among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The International Science and Technology Innovation Center has taken various actions.
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Start by breaking through the institutional barriers to scientific and technological innovation
The provincial government’s “No. 1 Document” accelerates the problem
Building an international scientific and technological innovation center has the most consensus and advantages in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and is also the primary task of the construction of the Greater Bay Area. Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are jointly building an international science and technology innovation center under the framework of " one country, two systems ". There are considerable differences in economic systems, legal systems, administrative systems and social management models. They are faced with different systems and systems. The following series of questions arise.
In January 2019, Guangdong Provincial People's Government "No. 1 Document" proposed "Several Policies and Measures to Further Promote Scientific and Technological Innovation" (hereinafter referred to as the "12 Scientific and Technological Innovation Articles"). This document forms 12 policies and over 60 policy points from four aspects: regional innovation, innovation subjects, innovation elements, and innovation environment. is the first in the country to propose a series of targeted, advanced, and breakthrough policies. measure.
Among them, the most prominent one is around the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center. Starting from breaking through the institutional barriers to scientific and technological innovation, has accelerated problem-solving in aspects such as "people exchanges, money transit, tax balance, and material flow". promotes It has promoted the efficient flow of scientific and technological elements between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and promoted in-depth cooperation and collaborative innovation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
For example, in terms of facilitation of talent flow, Hong Kong and Macao talents have been introduced to enjoy the Guangdong Province enterprise employee basic pension insurance deferral policy, allowing the use of fiscal funds to purchase commercial pension and commercial medical insurance for them, and supporting foreign talents coming to work in Guangdong to apply for the F word Visa exemption, residence permit and other related policies and measures.
In order to promote foreign talents to come to Guangdong for innovation, entrepreneurship, exchange and cooperation, the "12 Science and Technology Innovation Measures" clearly propose to reduce the income tax burden on wages and salaries in the Mainland for Hong Kong and Macao talents and high-level foreign talents working in Guangdong. The nine cities in the Pearl River Delta can divide the income tax between mainland and overseas Subsidy will be provided for the difference in personal income tax burden. The province has formulated relatively unified standards for the identification of high-end overseas talents. In 2020 alone, nearly 9,000 overseas high-end talents in urgent need have been approved in nine cities in the Pearl River Delta.
In addition to "breaking the problem" in policy, Guangdong Province also provides "optimal service" positioning to provide various supports to outstanding talents from Hong Kong and Macao who come to Guangdong to innovate and start businesses. For example, relies on joint research projects to cultivate and use talents from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, such as integrating and optimizing talent introduction programs such as "overseas famous teachers" and "silver age experts" into a unified "foreign, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan international talent exchange and cooperation" project. In the past two years, it has invited More than 1,000 overseas famous teachers, experts, doctors, craftsmen and celebrities from more than 40 countries and regions, including Hong Kong and Macao, including more than 50 academicians from major developed countries (including 1 Nobel Prize winner), came to Guangdong for short-term development Exchange and cooperation.In 2022, a two-way exchange project for young talents from Guangdong and Macao will also be launched for the first time to promote the creation of a regional talent development community. The most considerate thing about
is that Hong Kong and Macao talents who have been recognized as high-level talents by the science and technology departments of various cities can also apply for a corresponding period of private affairs residence permit for the foreign domestic staff they employ, making life in Guangdong more convenient for Hong Kong and Macao talents.
The scenery on both sides of Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. . Hong Kong has a strong scientific and technological foundation, high-quality scientific and technological talents, more than 40 academicians of the two academies in Hong Kong, and a high degree of internationalization. The scientific research system is in line with international standards. The realization of "funding across the river" will help further develop Hong Kong's The role of national science and technology construction." The then director of the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Bureau (now renamed the "Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau") once said publicly.
After the central fiscal funds were "crossed the river and entered Hong Kong" in four batches in 2018, Guangdong's "12 Science and Technology Innovation Plans" clearly stated: Guangdong Province's science and technology plan projects are open to Hong Kong and Macao, and support universities and scientific research institutions in Hong Kong and Macao to take the lead or make independent applications; establish a provincial The mechanism for the cross-border use of financial scientific research funds in Hong Kong and Macao allows project funds to be directly allocated to leading or participating units in Hong Kong and Macao; and encourages qualified prefecture-level and above governments to open science and technology projects to Hong Kong and Macao.
A month later, Guangdong issued relevant regulations on supporting Hong Kong and Macao institutions to participate in or take the lead in provincial fiscal science and technology plan projects, becoming the first in the country to realize that provincial fiscal scientific research funds are directly allocated to Hong Kong and Macao institutions for use. On July 30, 2019, the first financial fund of 3.1696 million yuan for Guangdong provincial scientific research projects undertaken by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was successfully allocated to Hong Kong. Subsequently, the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Provincial Laboratory (Guangzhou) successfully allocated 38 million yuan in scientific research funds to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, which is supported by the Hong Kong branch, realizing cross-border allocation of scientific research funds in Guangzhou.
In 2021, in light of the new situation and new requirements, Guangdong also revised and improved the regulations on the cross-border use of financial scientific research funds from Hong Kong and Macao, and strengthened the entire process management of the cross-border use of scientific research project funds from Hong Kong and Macao. In order to improve the efficiency of capital transit, multiple departments in Guangdong Province have worked together to optimize the tax filing procedures for capital transit, streamline the handling process, improve the efficiency of remittances, and form a practical operating process.
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Scientific research talents from Hong Kong and Macao have "crossed the river"
Take the lead in undertaking nearly a hundred science and technology planning projects in Guangdong Province
While provincial financial funds are "crossing the river", scientific research talents from Macao and Hong Kong are also "crossing the river" ”, devote yourself to the construction of the Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center, and deepen the scientific and technological cooperation between Hong Kong, Guangdong, and the country. This is also inseparable from the more open, smoother, and more favorable collaborative innovation and entrepreneurial environment that Guangdong’s “Science and Technology Innovation 12” actively created.
In accordance with the provisions of the "12 Science and Technology Innovation Articles", Guangdong has formulated and promulgated the "Several Provisions on the Participation of Higher Education Institutions and Scientific Research Institutions in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region in the Organization and Implementation of the Guangdong Provincial Fiscal Science and Technology Plan" supporting policies to regulate the use and use of funds transiting Hong Kong and Macao. Hong Kong and Macao scientific research institutions have made clear, specific and operable regulations when applying for science and technology projects in Guangdong.
In this way, while comprehensively breaking through the past limitation that funds cannot be directly allocated to Hong Kong and Macao for cross-border use, it also strives to solve the problem that "Hong Kong and Macao universities and scientific research institutions rarely take the lead or independently undertake major science and technology projects in Guangdong."
According to the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, provincial science and technology plan projects such as the Guangdong Provincial R&D Plan in Key Areas, Major Basic and Applied Basic Research Projects, the Natural Science Fund, and the Transformation of Hong Kong and Macao Scientific and Technological Achievements in Guangdong have been opened to Hong Kong and Macao, and a total of 100 projects have been opened to Hong Kong and Macao, with support for Hong Kong and Macao units taking the lead. There are 2 research and development plans in key areas of Guangdong Province and participating in 28 projects, involving a total investment of more than 1 billion yuan in Guangdong provincial fiscal funds; 9 Hong Kong and Macao units have become supporting units of the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China, and have received over 20 million yuan in fund project funding.
Over the past few years, there have been reports from University of Hong Kong , City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Chinese University of Hong Kong , Education University of Hong Kong , University of Macau. Many scientific and technological workers from Hong Kong and Macao such as have extensively participated in Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Plan projects. For example, the cooperation project between Hong Kong Productivity Council and China Southern Power Grid Scientific Research Institute Co., Ltd. received approval from the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2021 for the "Mainland and Hong Kong Jointly Funded R&D Project".
As of February 2022, Hong Kong and Macao universities and scientific research institutions have taken the lead in undertaking 96 Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Plan projects, of which Hong Kong universities and scientific research institutions have taken the lead in undertaking 86 projects, and Macao universities and scientific research institutions have taken the lead in undertaking 10 projects.
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Co-construction and sharing of science and technology innovation carriers and platforms
Attract a large number of scientific research talents from Hong Kong and Macao to come to Guangdong to innovate and start businesses
Promote the development of Guangdong's relevant advantageous and characteristic industries
Taking the opportunity of Hong Kong and Macao universities and scientific research institutions to participate in Guangdong science and technology planning projects, promote the "soft" development of the Greater Bay Area In addition to the construction of China Unicom, Guangdong has also taken the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao (university) joint laboratories and joint funding plans as the starting point to deepen the scientific and technological cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
According to the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, from 2019 to 2020, Guangdong has started the construction of 2 batches of 20 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint laboratories. At the same time, it also actively introduces high-end innovative resources to establish R&D institutions in Guangdong. Up to now, a total of 6 universities in Hong Kong and Macao have established 10 provincial-level new R&D research institutions in Guangdong.
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According to reports, the construction model of these R&D institutions in Guangdong mostly adopts the form of joint ventures. Generally, the municipal governments of Guangdong Province mainly provide policy support and capital investment, and the introduced institutions rely on technology and personnel investment. host. The introduced institutions carry out characteristic research focusing on the industrial needs of Guangdong. The research areas cover strategic emerging industries such as electronic communications and intelligent manufacturing. They actively undertake and participate in the National 863, 973, National Natural Science Foundation of China major research projects and Guangdong Provincial major industrial technology research projects and other projects. For example, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Photothermoelectric Energy Materials and Devices Joint Laboratory has focused on the key issues of the cadmium-free "Blue Gaps" industry in the new display industry, a national strategic emerging industry, and has significantly improved device performance. The comprehensive indicators of light efficiency and lifespan rank second in the world. name. After two years of construction of
, the results of the joint laboratory construction are also obvious. According to statistics, there are 20 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint laboratories with 8 Hong Kong and Macao institutions and more than 200 Hong Kong and Macao experts and scholars participating in the construction. The
joint laboratory not only brings together a group of scientific research forces from universities in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, but also effectively promotes scientific and technological cooperation and exchanges among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Importantly, these joint laboratories also promote the development of relevant advantageous and characteristic industries in Guangdong.
According to the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the joint laboratory has gathered a group of companies with core technology research and development capabilities in related fields and complete industry chain research and development capabilities, such as Zhongke Cambrian Technology Co., Ltd. , Shenzhen BYD Lithium Battery Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Hexin Instrument Co., Ltd. , Guangdong Qinzhi Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Xiaomi Information Technology Co., Ltd., etc.
The China Spallation Neutron Source Science Center is located in Songshan Lake, Dongguan, and its users from Hong Kong and Macao account for more than 10%.
In addition to the above-mentioned 20 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint laboratories, Guangdong is also noteworthy in terms of co-building and sharing innovation and entrepreneurship platforms.
For example, the four spectrometers of the China Spallation Neutron Source Science Center located in Songshan Lake, Dongguan have completed more than 600 user projects including Hong Kong and Macao, of which Hong Kong and Macao users account for more than 10%. The National Supercomputing Center Guangzhou Hong Kong and Macao network dedicated line serves more than 200 users in Hong Kong and Macao. In the Pearl River Delta region of the Greater Bay Area, more than 130 technology enterprise incubation carriers for young people from Hong Kong and Macao have been built, including Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Dream Factory and Hengqin Macao Youth Entrepreneurship Valley.
It is through the transit of financial scientific research funds and the joint construction of innovation platforms that Guangdong has attracted a large number of talents from Hong Kong and Macao, such as professor Zhi Zhiming of the University of Hong Kong and professor Ren Guangyu of City University of Hong Kong, to innovate and start businesses in Guangdong.At the same time, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory will leverage the advantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory and the collaborative co-construction mechanism of Hong Kong and Macao to bring together Hong Kong academicians such as Guan Yi and Tang Benzhong as well as a group of high-level Hong Kong scientific researchers to devote themselves to the scientific and technological development of the Greater Bay Area.
works together to achieve win-win cooperation. Looking at the progress and results of Guangdong's cooperation with Hong Kong and Macao in building an international science and technology innovation center in the past three years, Guangdong Province has adopted a truth-seeking and pragmatic attitude of "what Guangdong needs" and the reform and opening-up spirit of "what Guangdong can do". Hong Kong actively integrates into the international innovation network, promotes the "real" development of industries, and enhances economic resilience and vitality, once again providing a broad space for flexing its muscles.
Produced by: Nandu Bay Area Studio
Written by: Nandu reporter Huang Haishan Ren Xianbo Correspondent Chen Xiqiang
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