According to the "2023 Global Innovation Index (gii)" released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, Chongqing has been on the list for five consecutive years since it was shortlisted for the top 100 global city innovation clusters in 2019, ranking 44th, and its ranking continues to rise. .
Chongqing, this popular inland city, is constantly emerging as a "city of science and technology" with a new look. You know, as an old industrial city, Chongqing did not have many out-of-market technology companies in the past.
But now, if you look around, you can see the star technology companies and disruptive cutting-edge technologies that have been born frequently in Chongqing: Mofang Precision, the world’s first precision manufacturing company to achieve 2-micron 3D printing precision; the first large-scale 3D printing company in inland China The photomask production equipment investment project has been launched in Chongqing; at the beginning of 2024, Chongqing's new energy vehicle brands Zhijie, Deep Blue and Avita have all entered the top ten domestic new energy vehicle sales...
This is the surging development of Chongqing's new quality productivity The tip of the iceberg is also a glimpse of how Chongqing has begun to become the “source of science and technology innovation” based on local conditions.
So, how did Chongqing achieve leaps and bounds and iterations in a short period of time?
"Service power" brings "development power"
Allows enterprises to travel in Chongqing with ease
In Chongqing, many entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs have an intuitive feeling: the policies are friendly and the services are comprehensive and meticulous. Landing, investing, and starting a business in Chongqing are not only highly efficient and effective, but also easy to find a sense of "presence."
“In the three years since Morocco landed in Chongqing, various local government departments have provided great help. Whether it is business license application, tax guidance, or assistance in contacting upstream and downstream local leading enterprises, including the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Economic and Information Technology Commission and Commercial Commission. Departments at all levels within the company, as well as relevant persons in charge of Chongqing Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone, have given dedicated guidance, which has greatly shortened the time." Yang Fei, senior vice president of Chongqing Mofang Precision, said that in 2021, Mofang Precision was selected by Chongqing Youwo for investment promotion Due to attractive conditions, the company's headquarters was moved to Liangjiang New District, Chongqing.
"Every cadre and employee in Chongqing is working hard to optimize government services and smooth financing channels, so as to reduce the burden of established enterprises and create a livable and suitable business and living environment for enterprises." A company in Chongqing Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone the person in charge said.
Enterprise service specialists from Chongqing Liangjiang New Area visited the park together with property management personnel and Huiqi e-station workers. Photo by Huang Weizheng
The toolbox of Chongqing service companies is full of creative tools. For example, in order to provide corporate services on a regular basis and help companies solve practical difficulties, since last year, Chongqing Liangjiang New District has launched a "double commissioner" system for corporate services, matching 695 service specialists for 2,411 companies in the area, and providing assistance to all companies encountered in their development. In accordance with the principles of "problem orientation, rapid response, and closed-loop management", we implement list management, table advancement, and deadline resolution to form a joint effort.
Chongqing Jinshan Street Enterprise Service "Double Commissioners" visited enterprises in the service area.
Various departments in Chongqing also act as "partners" on the way of enterprise growth, thinking about the enterprise's thoughts, proactively paving the way for the enterprise's long-term development, providing value-added services to the enterprise, and helping the enterprise to quickly integrate into Chongqing's industrial chain.
For example, in response to industrial development needs, Chongqing continues to build innovation exchange platforms, in-depth cooperation platforms, and government-enterprise communication platforms to effectively promote the integration of industrial development needs and technological innovation talent needs. The Chongqing Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission and the Commercial Commission actively organize Chongqing enterprises to participate in the Chongqing-Hong Kong Cooperation and Investment Symposium, organically integrating Hong Kong’s producer services and Chongqing’s manufacturing industry, and creating space for local enterprises to unleash their growth potential.
The Industrial Financial Services Office of Chongqing Economic and Information Technology Commission carries out the reform of commercial value credit loans for small and medium-sized enterprises from multiple aspects such as top-level design, model construction, platform construction, data collection and data security. For enterprises, not only "credit" can be "realized", but the intangible "knowledge value", "brand influence", etc. can also be transformed into the enterprise's pre-credit line through big data models. Enterprises can withdraw cash at any time based on pre-granted credit to improve their financing capabilities.
In Chongqing Liangjiang Collaborative New Area, in order to promote industrial development, technological innovation, financial services and other business-friendly policies "into the door" and "into the heart", the "Entrepreneur Salon" activities have been normalized, and various "online + offline" methods have been implemented. Combined activities are ongoing every month. For the "Four Top Enterprises" and key enterprises with great growth potential, "one-on-one" service specialists and liaison specialists have also been set up to integrate various elements such as government affairs, finance, water, electricity and telecommunications to provide enterprises with policy declaration, talent Comprehensive services such as employment and living facilities.
Drive innovation with strategic goals
Gather new quality productivity
Behind the "one heart" of Chongqing's service enterprises is the opportunity to adjust the world's industrial structure. A complete and continuous set of decision-making systems, industrial layouts, future visions, etc. are tightly coupled , efficient operation.
Chongqing has made strategic arrangements from the top: promoting original innovation, technological innovation and industrial innovation in an integrated manner.
Currently, Chongqing is actively implementing the "416" technological innovation strategy, which means to focus on building four major scientific and technological innovation highlands, namely digital technology, life and health, new materials, and green and low carbon, and actively develop artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, In 16 important strategic areas such as big data, the industrial structure continues to be dynamically adjusted and iteratively upgraded.
Jinconselix Chongqing Liangjiang Intelligent Factory. Photo courtesy of Liangjiang Propaganda Department
A series of major measures are to vigorously promote technological innovation and accelerate the development of new productive forces. Scientific and technological innovation is the source of new productivity. Only by adapting to local conditions, attracting innovative companies to gather, and letting science and technology play a leading role can we ignite new energy for new quality production.
Take Mofang Precision as an example. As a model of original innovation of "from 0 to 1", it is the world's first ultra-precision 3D printing solution provider to conquer 2 micron level printing accuracy and realize industrial application. It is also my country's leader in 3D printing. One of the few companies with global leading advantages in the field. The introduction of
to companies like Mofang Precision reflects the fact that Chongqing and Liangjiang New Area are seizing the opportunity of a new round of world industrial restructuring, asking for answers from science and innovation, asking for living water from the source, promoting the emergence of more source innovation results, and creating original The source of innovation and determination to actively integrate into the global industrial system.
serves top talents
provides science and technology enterprises with the "urban testing ground" closest to the market
High-quality development is a systematic project that requires the joint participation of government departments, enterprises, upstream and downstream industrial chains, and scientific research institutions to build an innovation ecosystem system.
The "card" in Chongqing's hands can be clearly seen in the tacit cooperation between the government, enterprises, universities, and industrial talents in the process of comprehensively promoting the interaction of innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, talent chain and other elements.
On the one hand, the Chongqing Municipal Government continues to take advantage of the situation to encourage enterprises to deepen cooperation with universities and promote the establishment of a network of trust between government agencies, university departments and enterprises, so that the "living water" of talents can fully flow.
Major scientific facilities and key laboratories are strategic scientific and technological forces and are the backbone of the national scientific and technological innovation system. In accordance with the principle of "one for maturity, one for startup", Chongqing has established four major Chongqing laboratories: Jinfeng, Mingyue Lake, Guangyang Island, and Jialingjiang, creating a laboratory system with Chongqing's distinctive characteristics.
Mingyue Lake, Chongqing Collaborative Innovation Zone. Photo courtesy of Chongqing Liangjiang Propaganda Department
On the other hand, in recent years, the Chongqing Municipal Government has continued to steadily increase investment in innovation, increased the proportion of basic research and applied research funding in the overall R&D funding through multiple entities and multiple channels, and strengthened source innovation and original innovation. Ensure the source supply and reserves of scientific and technological innovation.
Chongqing has actively participated in the "venture capital competition" in recent years, and the scale of equity investment has also been expanding year by year. In 2022, it bucked the trend and rose by 14.7%. The investment amount in 2022 was 6 times that of five years ago. In 2023, the amount of funds raised ranked first in the West. While Chongqing continues to open up space for investment and business development, it also uses a more tangible "flexible talent introduction" model to attract talents from all walks of life. More and more scientists, scientific research institutions, and investment institutions are targeting Chongqing and voting with their feet: come to Chongqing to start a business.
Chongqing Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone - Mingyue Lake is accelerating the promotion of innovation and clustered development of digital technology industries led by the next generation Internet, focusing on the development of six major industrial directions such as general artificial intelligence, web3.0, and satellite Internet, and has introduced a total of new R&D There are 50 institutions and 27 academician teams, more than 660 achievements have been transferred and transformed, more than 460 enterprises have been incubated and cultivated, and more than 5,000 high-end innovative talents have been gathered.
New productivity stimulates surging momentum
The inland "city of science and technology" is rising.
The convenience of policies, the breadth of ideas, and the depth of vision have given the old industrial city of Chongqing new vitality. Major scientific installations and scientific research platforms have been launched one after another, batches of innovative and entrepreneurial talents and teams are gathering at an accelerating pace, and major technological innovations in industrial fields have emerged one after another...
The scientific and technological enterprises that settled in the early stage serve as models of new quality productivity , has begun to gradually feed back the city, implant a scientific and technological "brain" into the development of the city, and stimulate surging momentum.
Mingyue Lake gave birth to the first intelligent inspection equipment in China that can conduct comprehensive real-time detection of track diseases under high-speed operation; the entire nylon 66 industry chain with completely independent intellectual property rights was born in Chongqing, completely getting rid of my country's long-term adiponitrile Constrained by the passive situation abroad; Chongqing Zhongke Yaozhou Information Technology took the lead in breaking the two bottlenecks that restricted the large-scale commercialization of micro LED display technology, and successfully developed micro LED wafer mass transfer detection equipment; provided by CSSC Wind Power Co., Ltd. The world's first 18-megawatt integrated medium-speed offshore wind turbine developed by the company and with completely independent intellectual property rights has rolled off the production line in Chongqing...
A number of cutting-edge technologies are being accelerated and industrialized in Chongqing. Founded just over 7 years ago, Mofang Precision has grown into a cutting-edge high-tech enterprise with a global presence in the fertile soil of Chongqing. By the end of 2023, it has established partnerships with nearly 2,000 industrial enterprises and scientific research institutions in 35 countries and regions around the world. We have established a close cooperative relationship and created a model case for Chinese enterprises to export high value-added precision manufacturing equipment to the United States, Japan, Germany, South Korea and other traditional precision manufacturing powers. Currently, it is also leveraging its technological advantages to actively enter the end product market to provide continuous supply capabilities and efficiency for precision manufacturing. In 2024, its core work will be to promote the industrialization of ultra-thin dental veneers.
MOFANG precision high-precision 3D printing of extremely thin and strong dental veneers.
Emerging industries are the new engine of the modern industrial system and a key area for cultivating new momentum for development and gaining new advantages in future competition. Statistics show that by the end of 2023, the added value of Chongqing’s strategic emerging industries accounted for 32.2% of the proportion of designated industries.
Driven by emerging technologies, the output value of Chongqing's various industries continues to reach new levels, which has also enabled Chongqing to achieve a "big harvest" in the capital market. Data shows that in 2023, the number of newly listed companies in Chongqing will reach 10, including Wangcheng Technology (830896), Merrill Lynch (301307), Xishan Technology (688576), Zhixiang Jintai (688443), and Sulian Technology (301397) , Weimar Agricultural Machinery (301533), Maxim’s Yishen (873833) and many other listed technology companies. The number of newly listed domestic IPO companies ranks first in the West, and the initial financing amount and year-on-year growth rate both hit record highs. As of the end of 2023, the number of listed technology companies in Chongqing has reached 53.
In the supplement "2023 Nature Index - Scientific Research City Ranking" of "Nature" released by the world's leading academic publishing organization, Chongqing ranked 36th, entering the top 50 global cities for the first time.
Chongqing has kept up with the world's technological wave, and a new star in the inland "source of science and technology innovation" is rising.
