The service industry is a key factor in the integrated development of Ningbo’s “Hong Kong-made city culture” and a key variable to win the future.
At the high-quality development conference of the city’s service industry held on August 17, Fei Xiaochen, director of the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, made an exchange speech on the main practices of supporting the development of the service industry by scientific and technological innovation and the next key work.
In recent years, the city’s science and technology system adheres to innovation-driven development, promotes self-reliance and self-improvement of science and technology, and the development momentum of science and technology service industry is strong, and the industrial scale is rapidly increasing. In 2021, the operating income of the city’s science and technology service industry reached 445..400 million yuan, ranking second in the province, of which the operating income of scientific research and experimental development industry is 248..800 million yuan, ranking first in the province. From January to June this year, the operating income of the city’s science and technology service industry was 20.2 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 34..3%, exceeding the provincial average growth rate of 19.7 percentage points. Among them, the operating income scale of research and experimental development field is 104.900 million yuan, the growth rate reached 79%, and the contribution rate to the province’s industries exceeded 92..3%。
Grasping leading enterprises and strengthening precise assistance
Strengthen policy support and guide enterprises to expand production and improve quality. Since 2018, a total of 67 demonstration projects have been established, and 26 demonstration enterprises have been identified. The accumulated municipal science and technology funds have exceeded 20 million yuan. Set up a special class for science and technology service industry, establish a docking mechanism for special personnel, and provide targeted and accurate assistance to key enterprises.
Build an innovative platform to improve quality and efficiency
Since 2018, 23 industrial technology research institutes have been introduced with high quality. In 2021, Yongjiang Laboratory was approved to build new materials. Zhejiang Laboratory and Ningbo University were approved to be the first national key laboratory for the prevention and control of agricultural product quality and safety hazards and risks. By the end of 2021, six national-level dual-innovation demonstration bases had been approved, 12 provincial-level new R&D institutions had been established, 50 incubators above the municipal level, 130 creative spaces and over 50 high-tech enterprises had been incubated.
Promote the transformation of achievements and strengthen scientific and technological empowerment
Continue to promote the iterative upgrading of the science and technology market, and build a network format transfer and transformation service system from horizontal to edge and vertical to the end. In 2021, 213 “Double Hundred” docking activities between colleges and enterprises were carried out regularly, 760 scientific and technological achievements were transformed, and the technology transaction amount reached 32 billion yuan (ranking second in five cities with separate plans). At present, the science and technology market has nearly 5,000 members, more than 70,000 technological achievements and nearly 1,000 technical brokers.
Activate technology and finance’s thick planting and innovative fertile soil
We will continue to increase the service in technology and finance and give full play to the guiding role of the Municipal Angel Investment Guidance Fund. At present, the municipal angel investment guidance fund has supported more than 300 projects, directly guiding social capital to support R&D and innovation over 1.7 billion yuan. Among the invested enterprises, 7 national “little giant” enterprises, 130 national small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises and 67 high-tech enterprises have been selected.
In the next step, Ningbo Science and Technology Bureau will thoroughly implement the spirit of the city’s high-quality service industry development conference, focusing on increasing policy support, improving the service platform system, creating a good development environment, and speeding up the promulgation of policies such as “Several Policies for Promoting High-quality Development of Science and Technology Service Industry in Ningbo” and “Action Plan for High-quality Development of Science and Technology Service Industry in Ningbo (2022-2024)”, and speeding up the improvement of research and development, business incubation, transfer and transformation of achievements, inspection and testing..Version 0 digital upgrade, vigorously promote investment in science and technology service industry, strengthen the leading enterprises in the industry to settle in Yongjiang Science and Technology Zone, and promote the steady and rapid development of science and technology service industry at full speed.
(Source: Ningbo Science and Technology Bureau)