On May 19th, Ningbo City held the Municipal Conference on High Quality Development of Manufacturing Industry and the 2020 Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ranking Awards Conference. At the conference, the list of advanced districts and counties (cities) for cultivating “24.6” trillion level industrial clusters to promote high-quality development of manufacturing industry in 2020 and the list of Ningbo City Entrepreneurial and Innovation Rankings in 2020 were released, in order to stimulate enterprises’ enthusiasm for innovation and innovation, and guide them to achieve high-quality development of manufacturing industry through technological innovation.
Peng Jiaxue, member of the Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, congratulated the exemplary organization and outstanding enterprises that had been commended, and paid tribute to the entrepreneurs and scientific and technological workers in the city. Peng Jiaxue emphasized that the manufacturing industry is the foundation of a country, the foundation of a strong country, and the way to enrich the people. It is also the necessary path towards high-level socialist modernization. We must enhance competitiveness through cohesion and comprehensively build a new ecosystem of high-quality development in the manufacturing industry. We need to vigorously promote the entrepreneurial spirit and fully demonstrate the new achievements of Yongshang Industry in serving the country in the new era; Stimulate the entrepreneurial and innovative vitality of the entire society, and strive to create a strong atmosphere for high-quality development of the manufacturing industry.
At the meeting, representatives of award-winning enterprises spoke and stated that Ningbo is a hot and precious place for manufacturing entrepreneurship, with a strong entrepreneurial atmosphere and a pioneering spirit. For many years, the Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Government have attached great importance to the real economy, especially high-tech enterprises, providing a large number of talents and educational resources for the development of enterprises, further strengthening the determination of enterprises to start businesses and innovate in Ningbo.
The Ningbo Entrepreneurship and Innovation Trend Chart is known as the “Ningbo Economic Oscar”. There are a total of 31 items on the 2020 Ningbo Entrepreneurship and Innovation Rankings, including 8 newly added items, 5 withdrawn items, 4 tax contribution items, 16 economic development items, 4 scientific and technological innovation items, 3 quality brand items, and 4 service leadership items. The aim is to comprehensively showcase the surging vitality of high-quality development of Ningbo enterprises, better promote enterprise transformation and upgrading, and promote high-quality development of the manufacturing industry by establishing typical examples of entrepreneurship and innovation.
In addition, in order to encourage high-tech enterprises to increase investment in research and development, conduct new product research and development, increase the value of technology, and promote the creation, application, protection, management, and service of enterprise patents, two new lists were added this year, namely “2020 Newly Recognized Provincial New R&D Institutions” and “2020 Ningbo City Patent Demonstration Enterprises”.
(Source: Ningbo Science and Technology Bureau)