What is the reason why Yuhang released the “Science and Technology Innovation Index” for the first time with an annual growth rate of 22.43%?
Issued on: March 5, 2019
Recently, Yuhang District held a conference on the construction of “global innovation” and the promotion of high-quality development of industry and information economy, at which the “innovation heat map” of Yuhang District and the 2018 Yuhang District Science and Technology Innovation Index Report were released for the first time.
It is understood that in 2018, the statistics bureau of Yuhang District cooperated with Zhejiang Industrial and Commercial University to jointly create the system of “Yuhang District Science and Technology Innovation Index”. The data shows that the scientific and technological innovation index of Yuhang District has been gradually rising since 2015. According to preliminary calculation, the total scientific and technological innovation index in 2018 reached 183.50, with an average annual growth rate of 22.43%.
Why is the growth rate so fast? Chen Xialin, member of the standing committee of the Yuhang District Committee and executive vice mayor of the district, said, “Yuhang District has two provincial characteristic towns, two provincial creation characteristic towns, and two provincial cultivation characteristic towns. The number of science and technology innovation parks in the future science and technology city and Yuhang Economic and Technological Development Zone accounts for 70.4% of the total number of the district, and the area accounts for 81.6%. In 2018, the number of newly added municipal mass innovation spaces in Yuhang District is the first in Hangzhou.”
Chen Xialin cited a series of figures, “In 2018, the number of high-tech enterprises in key areas supported by the state in our district increased from 338 in 2015 to 755, with a growth rate of 123.4%; the number of research and development institutions of enterprises at or above the provincial level in Zhejiang Province increased from 106 in 2015 to 302, with a growth rate of 184.9%.”
National innovation platforms such as Zhijiang Laboratory, Ali Damo Institute, Zhejiang University High Gravity Centrifuge Simulation and Experimental Device and provincial and municipal innovation platforms such as provincial key enterprise research institute, provincial home textile, clothing industry innovation service complex were settled in Yuhang.
With the rapid growth of the number of innovation subjects, talent introduction is also a key link. Last year, Yuhang District released the “Ten New Policies for Talents” to attract talents from all over the world and promote school local cooperation to expand innovative think tanks. According to statistics, the total number of talents in Yuhang District has exceeded 300000, and more than 3400 high-level overseas talents have been introduced, including 137 national level talents and 198 provincial level talents. About 80% of them are gathered in the Future Science and Technology City.
The relevant responsible person of Yuhang District Government said that Yuhang will next step into the “matrix” of innovation and development platforms of “key industry platforms+characteristic towns+incubators”, accelerate the formation of an industrial development pattern of “scientific and technological innovation+headquarters economy+intelligent manufacturing”, focus on building an international first-class innovation ecosystem, and strive to build a global innovation source.
(Source: Hangzhou Daily Business Daily)