Our province’s high-tech industry has achieved counter trend growth. On the 19th, the reporter learned from the Provincial Department of Science and Technology that from January to June this year, the added value of high-tech industries in the province increased by 6.7% year-on-year, 1.2 percentage points higher than that of industries above designated size, accounting for 63.2% of the added value of industries above designated size, and contributing as much as 77.2% to the growth of industries above designated size.
Recently, Ningbo Shanshan New Material Technology Co., Ltd. was bustling with activity. The workers are busy producing and packaging a batch of negative electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The production director of the company, Wang Huan, introduced that since the beginning of the year, due to the impact of the epidemic, the company has faced difficulties in normal transportation of materials and delayed product production. Faced with special circumstances, the company has accelerated the transformation and upgrading of its products through technological improvements and increased research and development efforts, further enhancing the core competitiveness of the enterprise. In the first half of the year, the main business revenue exceeded 1.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 67%, and the enterprise’s research and development investment also increased by 68.8%.
In order to help enterprises cope with various uncertain factors, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology has recently issued 20 policies and measures to strengthen scientific and technological innovation to help stabilize and improve the economy. It encourages places with conditions to give financial rewards to enterprises with R&D accounting for more than 3% of operating revenue and R&D investment increasing by more than 20% annually, based on a certain proportion of the research and development expenses of the previous year; Expand the scope of tax incentives for high-tech enterprises and help them fully enjoy the policy of increasing the proportion of R&D expenses deduction for technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises from 75% to 100%.
For example, Hangzhou Yonghe Technology Co., Ltd.’s R&D expenditure intensity in 2021 reached 23.36%, and can enjoy an additional deduction of over 38 million yuan for research and development expenses. Encouraged by policies, the company has simultaneously invested in research and development for six projects this year, with an expected R&D expenditure of over 40 million yuan.
The government actively acts, and the confidence of enterprises is more abundant. In the first half of the year, investment in high-tech industries increased by 16.6% year on year, 6.3 percentage points higher than fixed assets investment; Reversed the trend of lower growth rate than industrial investment in the first quarter, and the growth rate of high-tech investment was 1.7 percentage points higher than industrial investment.
Zhejiang’s high-tech industry is able to grow against the trend, thanks to the obvious policy guidance effect and the expected stabilization of enterprises. “The head of the High tech Department of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology stated that next, Zhejiang will focus on three major high-tech innovation highlands, and implement key core technology attack actions in 15 strategic areas such as cloud computing and future networks, microelectronics and optoelectronics, new drug creation and high-end medical devices, dual carbon and environmental protection technology, Efforts will be made to promote the deep integration of the innovation chain and industrial chain. We will deepen the implementation of the “double growth” plan for technology enterprises and the cultivation plan for technology small giant enterprises, fully leverage the role of enterprises as innovation entities, and support leading enterprises in leading the formation of innovation consortia.
(Source: Zhejiang Daily)