The Greater Bay Area Science Forum held for the first time in 2021 is the highest-level scientific event of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area . The forum will build International Science and Technology Innovation Center into Greater Bay Area , promote international exchanges and cooperation, build a global highland of scientific and technological innovation, and inject new impetus into the development of emerging industries.
In recent years, Guangdong has actively integrated into the overall situation of the national science and technology strategy, fully promoted the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center, and strived to achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement. From strengthening the layout of strategic scientific and technological forces, building a "science and science and technology ace army" that reflects the national mission and has Guangdong characteristics, to comprehensively strengthening basic research and applied basic research, and building an original source of innovation, the province's scientific and technological innovation strength has reached a new level. On this basis, focusing on the layout of the innovation chain around the industrial chain, Guangdong has supported the high-quality development of economic by using scientific and technological innovation to enhance the technological innovation capabilities of enterprises, improve the incubation and cultivation system, and cultivate and develop strategic industrial clusters.
Over the past decade, Guangdong has promoted the transformation of new and old kinetic energy through scientific and technological innovation and achieved remarkable results. In 2021, the total number of high-tech enterprises in the province exceeded 60,000, and nearly 57,000 science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises were evaluated. The comprehensive regional innovation capacity has remained the first in the country for five consecutive years, effectively promoting the overall leap in the level of economic and social development.
[Striving Years]
Forged " National Heavy Equipment " Strategic Science and Technology Power
Not long ago, the construction of the Southern Light Source Research and Test Platform of the China Sparking Neutron Source "Sisters Flower" device located in Dongguan ushered in new progress: the platform's precision experimental environment integration device has passed the completion acceptance, providing strong support for the research and development of key equipment technology of Southern Light Source.
Large scientific device is the "national weapon" for exploring basic cutting-edge scientific issues, and it is also the key to seizing the commanding heights of future scientific and technological competition. Over the past ten years, Guangdong has mobilized the whole province to strive to accelerate the construction of strategic scientific and technological forces of "national heavy weapon". China's spalling neutron source, which was laid in 2011 and officially put into use in 2018, is the first national large scientific facility to be built in the Pearl River Delta.
"With it, scientists in relevant fields in my country have ended the history of queuing up to apply for research using foreign equipment." Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and commander-in-chief of China's Spallation Neutron Source Engineering Chen Hesheng said that as of now, China's Spallation Neutron Source Source has achieved a large number of important achievements in the fields of basic scientific research and major national needs.
Nowadays, the second phase of China's Spallation Neutron Source is under planning, and will form a major scientific and technological infrastructure cluster together with a number of large scientific equipment under construction such as Huizhou strong current heavy ion accelerator, Jiangmen Neutral Novel Experimental Station , etc.
China's spall neutron source located in Dongguan. Photo by Yao Zhihao, reporter of Southern Daily
In addition to large scientific devices, more "national" innovation platforms have been implemented in Guangdong over the past ten years, becoming a strategic scientific and technological force to promote innovation-driven development.
In Guangzhou, in April last year, as one of the three comprehensive national technology innovation centers , the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area National Technology Innovation Center was settled in Huangpu, and will strive to build a comprehensive national technology innovation center that is cross-regional, cross-field, cross-disciplinary and cross-industry comprehensive.
In Shenzhen, Pengcheng Laboratory focuses on major national strategic tasks such as broadband communications and new networks. It has gathered various talents including dozens of academicians and built several major scientific and technological infrastructure and platforms represented by "Pengcheng Cloud Brain".
, led by Pengcheng Laboratory and Guangzhou Laboratory, has built a high-level multi-level laboratory system consisting of 10 provincial laboratories, 30 national key laboratories, 460 provincial key laboratories, 20 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint laboratories, 4 "Belt and Road" joint laboratories, as well as field science observation and research stations, high-level biosafety laboratories, etc.
"Ten Years of Hardening a Sword" Strengthen Basic Research
In March this year, Luo Jun , an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chief scientist of the "Tianqin Project", revealed that the "Tianqin One" satellite has obtained global gravity field data. This is the first time that my country has used domestically produced independent satellites to measure this data, making my country the third country in the world after the United States and Germany that has the ability to independently detect global gravity field data.
"Tianqin Plan" is one of the major basic research projects that Guangdong continues to implement.
Basic research is the source of scientific and technological innovation, and insufficient original innovation capabilities were once a shortcoming in Guangdong. Over the past ten years, focusing on building a strong province with a high-level scientific and technological innovation, Guangdong has systematically deployed and strengthened basic research with the idea of "Ten Years of Sharpening One Sword", actively solved major scientific problems in key areas through measures such as strengthening top-level design, increasing financial investment, introducing social forces, and building a talent highland, and striving to provide inexhaustible source motivation for scientific and technological innovation.
In 2018, Guangdong was the first in China to issue the "Several Opinions on Strengthening Basic and Applied Basic Research", focusing on achieving major breakthroughs in forward-looking basic research and leading original innovation achievements; in March of the following year, it took the lead in establishing the Provincial Basic and Applied Basic Research Fund Committee, and has funded more than 10,000 projects in the past three years.
In many fields of basic science, more and more original achievements are produced in Guangdong. Taking the " Top Ten Progress in Chinese Science " released by the Ministry of Science and Technology every year as an example, since 2017, Guangdong has seven achievements have been selected, including the scientific research results of the team of academician Wang Weihua of the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, and the team of academician Yang Xueming of the Southern University of Science and Technology.
Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, one of the first provincial laboratories in Guangdong Province. Photo by Sun Junjie, Huang Zhengzheng,
. Research on key core technologies is another key direction for Guangdong Science and Technology to make precise efforts in recent years. Since 2019, Guangdong has begun to organize and implement R&D projects in key areas of the province, promote breakthroughs in a number of core technologies and key products, lead the rapid growth of strategic emerging industries such as laser and additive manufacturing, and support the high-quality development of strategic pillar industries such as new energy vehicles.
Whether it is basic research or technical research, talent is the key. Guangdong seizes the major opportunity to build a high-level talent highland in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and relies on major provincial platforms, major projects, key industries and key disciplines to continuously optimize the environment for attracting talents and enhancing their attractiveness to talents.
The first Greater Bay Area Science Forum held in December 2021 is themed "Exploring the Future and Sharing Science". It attracted more than 130 academicians and experts from all over the world and 2 Nobel Prize winners to gather online and offline to discuss frontier scientific hot spots such as life sciences, nanoscience, and network communication . At the same time, it also sent an invitation to scientific and technological talents from all over the world to engage in scientific research and innovation and entrepreneurship in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
From strong technology to strong enterprises, strong industries, and strong economy
In early August, the 2022 " Fortune " top 500 rankings were released. A total of 17 companies in Guangdong were shortlisted, including a number of manufacturing companies such as GAC, Midea, BYD , and Gree .
is unique. In the 2021 Guangdong Science and Technology Award winners released in April this year, projects led by BYD, Gree and other companies are all on the list, demonstrating the effectiveness of Guangdong in strengthening its position as the main body of innovation and supporting leading science and technology enterprises to take the lead or participate in key core technologies.
"If you do not break through the core technology, the electric vehicle industry will be subject to others." said BYD Auto chief engineer Lian Yubo . The project "R&D and Industrialization of Key Technologies for High-end Pure Electric Passenger Vehicles" led by him won the Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Award.
In the past decade, Guangdong's high-tech enterprises have increased to 60,000, and the total number continues to rank first in the country. In recent years, more than 80% of the listed companies in the province's A-share are high-ranking enterprises. Among the 92 newly listed companies in the province's A-share market in 2021, the proportion of high-ranking enterprises exceeds 90%.
Under the guidance of technical needs, various innovation entities have actively connected, and the innovative results have been efficiently transformed in the production workshop. The situation of Guangdong science and technology innovation enterprises in "innovating together" has accelerated.
In order to open up a channel from strong technology to strong enterprises, strong industries and strong economy, Guangdong has laid out innovation chains around the industrial chain, and science and technology have become a strong support for high-quality economic development.
DJI Plant Protection Drone. Photo by Southern Daily reporter Dai Jiaxin
The role of the main position of economic development in the high-tech zone has been further highlighted. Guangdong's national-level high-tech zones increased from 9 in 2012 to 14. In 2021, 40 provincial-level and above high-tech zones achieved a regional GDP of 2.6 trillion yuan, accounting for 20.9% of the province's land area with a total land area of 1% of the province. The construction of the incubation and cultivation system of
is more complete. There are 31,111 technology enterprise incubators and 1,076 co-creation spaces in the province, ranking first in the country in the number of two types of carriers. Among the 25,600 companies that have graduated in total, there are many technology-based enterprises with high R&D investment and strong knowledge creativity, such as DJI , Xiaopeng Motors , Yuntian Lifei.
Strategic industrial clusters are developing steadily. In 2020, Guangdong issued a document proposing to cultivate 20 strategic industrial clusters from a high starting point. As of 2021, the added value of 20 industrial clusters accounted for nearly 40% of the province's GDP, and the output value of seven industrial clusters such as the new generation of electronic information, green petrochemicals, and smart home appliances exceeded one trillion yuan.
Technology and technology self-reliance is the basis of a country's strength and security.
Standing at a new historical starting point, Guangdong will unswervingly take scientific and technological self-reliance as its strategic support, focus on the layout of strategic scientific and technological forces, basic research and key core technology breakthroughs, and the cultivation and development of emerging industries, promote the deep integration of the industrial chain and innovation chain, and accelerate the construction of a higher-level scientific and technological innovation province and a global scientific and technological innovation highland.
[Continue to struggle]
Create a highland of technological and industrial innovation with global influence
Achieve high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement is an important strategic choice to shape competitive advantages in the new stage. The 13th Party Congress of Guangdong Province proposed to focus on promoting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and build a highland of scientific and technological and industrial innovation with global influence. Gong Guoping, Director of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, said that Guangdong will accelerate the construction of a full-process innovation ecosystem chain of "basic research + technical research + achievement transformation + science and technology finance + talent support", strengthen the layout of strategic scientific and technological forces, actively explore the "Guangdong path" of the new national system for key core technologies, comprehensively strengthen basic and applied basic research, accelerate the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center, bravely climb the peak of science and technology, get rid of the "bottleneck" hands, and strive to firmly grasp the initiative in development in its own hands.
"Building a full-process innovation ecosystem is a concrete practice to promote the deep integration of the industrial chain and innovation chain, and an effective path to open up channels from strong science and technology to strong enterprises, strong industries and strong economy. It will strongly support the overall leap in the economic and social development level of our province." Gong Guoping said that the Provincial Department of Science and Technology will strive to provide more original technical support for industrial development, accelerate the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, improve the level of industrial innovation and development, and accelerate the construction of a highland of science and technology and industrial innovation with global influence.
builds an innovation pattern of "two corridors, three poles, and multiple nodes" which is a major layout for Guangdong to accelerate the construction of the International Science and Technology Innovation Center in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. To this end, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology will accelerate the layout of strategic scientific and technological forces along the main axis of the "Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Macau" science and technology innovation corridor.
"Learning with the construction of comprehensive national science center in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, we will promote the accelerated construction and effective operation of a number of major scientific and technological infrastructure, gather a number of high-end innovation resources, gather top global research teams, and promote the construction of the 'corridor' to become an important pole of national innovation and development." Gong Guoping said.
All kinds of scientific and technological talents are important support for scientific and technological self-reliance. The 13th Provincial Party Congress pointed out that we must seize the opportunity to build a high-level talent highland for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to promote the construction of a talent-strong province. In this regard, Gong Guoping said that the Provincial Department of Science and Technology will implement the "five major projects" of talent-strengthening province in depth, focus on policies, services and environment, focus on strengthening the layout of strategic scientific and technological forces, accelerate the forging of a strategic talent team, and provide talent support for promoting the realization of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement.
The first Greater Bay Area Science Forum held in 2021.Photo by Xu Hao, reporter of Southern Daily
Specifically, Guangdong will give full play to the superposition effect of platform projects, build a big stage for innovation and entrepreneurship of scientific and technological talents, and introduce and cultivate a group of strategic scientific and technological talents, leading scientific and technological talents, young scientific and technological talents and high-level innovation teams. At the same time, we will continue to release the dividends of institutional and mechanism reform and create an internationally competitive experimental field.
In addition, we must continuously optimize the ecological environment for talent development and create a "land" for world-class scientific and technological talents. Guangdong will strengthen coordination and linkage with Hong Kong and Macao, give full play to the advantages of talent and scientific and technological innovation policies such as Hengqin, Qianhai, Hetao, and work with Hong Kong and Macao to recruit talents and build a regional talent community of collaborative innovation.
[First-line case]
Guangdong High-tech Enterprise Service Group is close to demand Service innovation
On June 17 this year, the 2022 Guangdong High-tech Enterprise Service Group event with the theme of "Send services to help enterprises develop and chain future innovation empowerment" was held in Guangzhou, officially kicking off the annual series of activities. After the launching ceremony, more than 20 high-tech enterprise certification experts provided online application consultation for enterprises in various cities and counties across the province, and about 400,000 people in the province participated in the live broadcast of policy publicity of science and technology enterprises.
In order to actively serve the innovative development of high-tech enterprises, maximize policies and resources, enhance the momentum of innovation and development of enterprises, and contribute "science and scientific and technological strength" to the province's "stabilizing the economy" work, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology has established a high-tech enterprise certification and application expert service team since 2020, and organized a series of activities to warm and benefit enterprises.
"The expert service team can be close to enterprises and needs, and guide enterprises to apply with professional, customized and refined diagnostic consulting services, help enterprises complete application and certification with high standards, which will help promote enterprises to achieve high-quality development." said Gong Guoping, Director of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology. A "one-on-one" online consultation was organized at the
event. Xie Jin, a certified expert at the High-tech Enterprise and a professor at the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering of South China University of Technology, said that the experts carried out policy publicity and application consulting services for consulting companies, with the purpose of allowing more production-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises to transform into R&D enterprises and achieve higher quality development.
This year, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology also simultaneously launched six service measures for the High-Enterprise Service Group to benefit and warm enterprises, including organizing party members in the science and technology system to carry out a series of scientific and technological service activities, forming a high-level expert service team of science and technology enterprises, carrying out a series of scientific and technological innovation policies, releasing a "Guangdong Science and Technology Enterprise Support Loan" product, launching a capital market escort action, and creating a propaganda service base for science and technology enterprises.
In the past two years, the Guangdong High-Enterprise Service Group has provided enterprises with a series of services such as innovation policy publicity, "one-to-one" expert services for high-Enterprise certification and application, financial roadshow docking, and scientific and technological achievements docking. The event has aroused enthusiastic response in the society and has become an important brand in the province's services for benefiting enterprises and warming enterprises and scientific and technological innovation services.
In recent years, Guangdong has been striving to promote high-quality standards and improve quality by supporting enterprises to strengthen a series of policy combinations such as technological research, talent introduction, and science and technology finance supply, and promote the improvement of both quantity and quality of high-quality enterprises. The group of science and technology enterprises represented by high-tech enterprises has active innovation awareness and strong innovation capabilities, and has become the characteristic strengths of Guangdong's regional innovation system and the backbone of high-quality economic development.
Gong Guoping said that in the next step, Guangdong will accelerate the construction of a full-process innovation ecosystem chain of "basic research + technical research + achievement transformation + science and technology finance + talent support", take serving the innovative development of enterprises as the entry point, give full play to the supporting role of science and technology policies and innovation resources in the high-quality development of enterprises, help enterprises enjoy various innovation incentive policies through precise services, and enhance the sense of gain of enterprises; guide more innovative resources to gather in enterprises, continuously consolidate and give full play to the advantages of Guangdong's high-tech enterprises' strong innovation capabilities, active innovation, and quantity scale, cultivate and strengthen new momentum for Guangdong's high-quality development, and provide strong support for Guangdong to build a globally influential science and technology and industrial innovation highland.
[Number Reading]
●Regional innovation comprehensive capabilities have jumped to a new level
Regional innovation comprehensive capabilities have jumped to the top in the country since 2017, and achieved "five consecutive championships" by 2021
The province's R&D expenditure increased from 123.6 billion yuan in 2012 to 400.22 billion yuan in 2021, accounting for the GDP of the region, accounting for the GDP The proportion increased from 2.5% to 3.22%
From 2018 to organize and implement the provincial key areas R&D project, and 9 batches of 598 projects were established to support 9 batches of core technologies and key products
●Large scientific device "from 0 to 1" "from 1 to many"
2011 China's spalling neutron source was laid, and it was officially put into use in 2018. It is the first national major science and technology to be implemented in the Pearl River Delta. Learning devices; Now, infrastructure such as Spallary Neutron Source Phase I, Supercomputing Center, National Gene Bank , etc. are running smoothly, Huizhou strong current heavy ion accelerator and accelerator-driven transmutation device, and Jiangmen Neutron Experimental Station are progressing smoothly, and new large scientific devices such as Spallary Neutron Source Phase II, Advanced A-second Laser are planning to promote
Since 2017, 7 achievements have been selected as "Top Ten Progress in Chinese Science"
● The industrial chain and innovation chain are deeply integrated
National high-tech zones have increased from 9 in 2012 to 14
In 2021, 40 provincial-level high-tech zones have achieved a regional GDP of 2.6 trillion yuan, accounting for 20.9% of the province, and the number of high-tech enterprises has increased to 60,000, and the total number continues to rank first in the country
[Reporter] Bian Delong Wang Xiangbo
【Author】Bian Delong; Wang Xiangbo
【Source】 Southern Media Group Southern+Client