According to the newly released “Ningbo Jiadaquan Social R&D Investment Special Action Plan (2022-2026)”, by 2026, Ningbo will strive for the whole society research and experimental development (R&D) funds to account for 3% of the regional GDP..75%, the average annual growth rate of R&D funds reached 20%. The total R&D expenditure and the number of enterprises with R&D expenditure exceeding 100 million yuan strive to achieve “double multiplication”, the investment in science and technology continues to increase, the structure of R&D investment continues to improve, and the regional strategic scientific and technological strength has initially taken shape.
R&D investment is a key index to measure urban innovation. The new round of R&D investment special action of the whole society covers industrial enterprises, service enterprises, construction enterprises, universities, research institutes, top three hospitals and other innovative subjects. New explorations such as “full coverage of enterprise R&D innovation’ diagnosis+promotion'” and “oriented R&D, oriented transformation, oriented service’ order-based R&D and achievement transformation mechanism” also show the vigorous vitality of Ningbo’s innovation ecology under the guidance of policies and the reshaping of scientific and technological systems and mechanisms.
Make every effort to build a foundation and make a leap forward in enhancing the technological innovation ability of enterprises. According to the plan, Ningbo will implement the “diagnosis+promotion” full coverage action of enterprise R&D innovation, organize technical experts, financial experts, intellectual property management experts, etc., and provide free diagnosis, evaluation and guidance of R&D level for enterprises in need, and “one enterprise and one policy” will form a personalized diagnosis report. Accelerate the construction of R&D capabilities of enterprises, encourage enterprises to actively strive for national and provincial R&D institutions, accelerate the construction of science and technology business incubators and specialized creative spaces, and encourage industrial Internet platforms to provide R&D design, cloud computing, digital experimental tools and other services for enterprises. We will strengthen the ranks of large R&D enterprises, support large R&D enterprises to take the lead in setting up innovation consortia, undertake major innovation tasks at or above the municipal level, and strive to cultivate more than 100 enterprises with R&D investment exceeding 100 million yuan by 2026.
Accumulating innovation, igniting the science and technology engine of universities and medical institutions. Enhance the research and development capabilities of universities and colleges, support major universities and colleges to independently select topics to carry out basic research, cultivate and expand the advantages of characteristic disciplines, support innovative resources such as well-known universities, research institutes, medical institutions and leading talents (teams) at home and abroad to set up new research and development institutions in Ningbo, and encourage universities and research institutes to actively connect with universities and colleges around the world to jointly carry out research on frontier issues of disciplines. Support medical institutions to carry out R&D innovation, increase investment in R&D of medical institutions, encourage scientific and technological cooperation, and explore the establishment of a model in which medical and health institutions and pharmaceutical companies, venture capital institutions, social donations and other parties jointly contribute to R&D innovation. At the same time, we will strengthen the construction of medical and health innovation platform, speed up the construction of Ningbo University School of Medicine and National Science Ningbo Institute of Life and Health Industry, and strive to cultivate more than 12 municipal clinical medical research centers and build more than 10 provincial regional medical centers by 2026.
In addition, Ningbo will further establish and improve the investment and financing system for scientific and technological innovation, improve the stable growth mechanism of financial investment in science and technology, and promote Ningbo with stronger determination and greater efforts..Generate, the capital of innovation, has more vigorous vitality.
(Source: Ningbo Science and Technology Bureau)