In recent years, Yiwu has closely followed the “14th Five-Year Plan” for the development of scientific and technological innovation in Zhejiang Province, stepped up the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, accelerated the construction of a high-level innovative city, and made precise efforts towards the key link of industrialization of high-tech achievements, making fruitful achievements benefit thousands of families.
Flexible talent introduction, promoting the combination of science and technology and industry
In recent years, Yiwu adheres to demand-oriented, constantly increases cooperation with universities and research institutes, and conducts flexible talent introduction. It has signed cooperation agreements with more than 30 universities and carried out more than 80 science and technology docking activities every year. And with Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang Normal University, Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, China Jiliang University, Ningbo University and other six colleges and universities to build a technology transfer center in Yi, and organize experts from scientific research institutions to come to Yi to carry out precise docking activities for nearly 100 people every year. Through doctors and professors to carry out scientific research activities in the front line of enterprises, we will speed up the production transformation of scientific research achievements in colleges and universities in our city, promote the tackling of technical problems in enterprises, and promote the establishment of a closer cooperative relationship and scientific and technological achievements sharing mechanism in Industry-University-Research.
In 2020, Zhejiang Stanger Sports Protective Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. took the list of “Improvement of Anti-static Technology of Blended Yarn” for the first time to participate in the activities of the platform set up by the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and successfully signed a contract with Donghua University with a prize of 1.1 million yuan.
The R&D team of Donghua University has carried out a number of experiments in Shanghai and Yiwu, such as static electricity generation analysis of blended yarns and antistatic tests of blended yarns. At present, the research and development of the project has been completed, resulting in sales of more than 20 million yuan, profits and taxes of more than 4 million yuan, and it is expected to declare one invention patent and two utility models. However, through continuous technological innovation and development, Stanger Protective Equipment Technology Company has maintained a growth rate of more than 50% in the past three years.
It is reported that in 2022, Yiwu has organized more than 12 kinds of precision technology docking activities, and carried out more than 14 roadshows of technology products and projects, which contributed to the increase of technology transaction volume from 500 million yuan in 2018 to 4.6 billion yuan in 2022. 169 technical problems were released, with a list amount of more than 70 million yuan, 35 signing problems, 21 solving problems, more than 36 million yuan of list disclosure and more than 13 million yuan of payment.
Industry-University-Research’s integration and tackling the “last mile”
Wujun, a professor at Yiwu Vocational and Technical College of Industry and Commerce who thought he would be a teacher all his life, joined Zhejiang Yongda Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd. in October 2020 as the deputy general manager of the R&D center, docking the related work of the company’s technical department and engineering department. In the past two years since joining the enterprise, wujun has brokered a school-enterprise cooperation to build a high-tech R&D center in Zhejiang Province, and signed a contract to build a fast and efficient platform for enterprises to tackle key technical problems and transform school achievements.
Nowadays, with the promotion of the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, scientific research platforms and enterprises have been actively docked, and scientific research units and universities have formed..Alliance, organically integrate Industry-University-Research resources, and establish cooperation with more enterprises.
In recent years, Yiwu has continuously introduced policies to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. In the Opinions of Yiwu Municipal People’s Government on Strengthening the Innovation of Science and Technology and Promoting the Construction of Innovative Cities, which was formulated this year, Yiwu further improved its science and technology innovation policies, optimized incentives for high-tech enterprises and R&D funds, added incentives for scientific and technological cooperation, and increased its support for the transformation of achievements.
At the same time, Yiwu has further broadened the support objects of innovation vouchers, and added the item of “insurance premium compensation for scientific and technological achievements after they are used first”, so that users can deduct the cost of “insurance for scientific and technological achievements after they are used first” purchased during the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements, further reducing the risks during the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements and encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship.
In May this year, Yiwu issued the “334” Science and Technology Innovation System Construction Project Action Plan, and implemented targeted policy support for different subjects such as universities, research institutes, start-ups, high-tech enterprises and leading enterprises in science and technology. In the next two years, Yiwu will speed up the completion of the shortcomings of scientific and technological innovation, fully implement the requirements of the “315” scientific and technological innovation system in Zhejiang Province, and stimulate the kinetic energy of scientific and technological innovation of enterprises.
(Source: Yiwu Science and Technology Bureau)