"China Economic Weekly" reporter Song Jie | Shanghai report Shanghai is accelerating towards the future industrial innovation highland with a forward-looking vision and solid steps. In 2022, Shanghai released the "Shanghai Action Plan to Create a Future Industrial Innovation High

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"China Economic Weekly" reporter Song Jie | Shanghai report

Shanghai is accelerating towards the future industrial innovation highland with a forward-looking vision and solid steps.

In 2022, Shanghai released the "Shanghai Action Plan to Create a Future Industrial Innovation Highland, Develop and Expand Future Industrial Clusters", which clarified: "By 2030, a number of innovative companies will emerge in the fields of future health, future intelligence, future energy, future space, and future materials. With world-famous hard-core achievements, innovative enterprises and leading talents, the future industrial output value will reach about 500 billion yuan.”

In March 2023, the first three future industry pilot zones in Zhangjiang, Lingang and Dalingang Bay were established.

Today, these three future industry pilot zones have celebrated their first anniversary. What achievements have they achieved? In the future, how will Shanghai continue to deepen the construction of future industry pilot zones and promote the vigorous development of future industries?

The Da Zero Bay Science and Technology Innovation Building in Minhang District, Shanghai

The leading functions of the three future industry pilot areas are displayed

Walking into the Zhangjiang Cell and Gene Industrial Park, reporters felt as if they were in the future world. Among the approved registered clinical trial projects of cell and gene therapy across the country, Zhangjiang accounts for 3/5 of Shanghai’s and 1/4 of the country’s. At the same time, it also took the lead in launching China's first and second CAR-T cell drugs, leading the cutting-edge exploration in the field of cell therapy.

Not far away, Zhangjiang Innovative Drug Industry Base is also bustling with activity. Well-known companies such as Hutchison Whampoa, Junshi Biotech, and Optima have launched industrialization projects here. The scale of production capacity has continued to expand, and innovative highlands have sprung up. In the Zhangjiang Medical Device Industry Base, a number of local innovative companies such as Ruiken are gradually developing and growing.

In Zhangjiang, the pace of developing innovative drugs has never stopped. Wangshi Biotech Deuterated Remidevir Hydrobromide Tablets (2023), Shanghai Shengdi Adebelimab Injection (2023), Haihe Pharmaceutical Gumetinib (2023), Kezhou Pharmaceutical Tolamide Tinib (2024) 4 Class I new drugs have been approved for marketing as MAH (Drug Marketing Authorization Holder System) holder products. Minimally Invasive Electrophysiology and Kangfeng Biotech have independently developed balloon-type cryoablation catheters and cryoablation products. A total of 4 innovative medical devices have been approved for marketing, injecting new vitality into the medical field.

Zhou Kai, deputy director of the Economic Development Department of the Zhangjiang Science City Construction and Management Office, told a reporter from China Economic Weekly that following the reform of the mah marketing authorization holder system and the facilitation of entry of special items, Zhangjiang is actively exploring segmented production of biomedicine. Pilot projects provide a more open and convenient development environment for cultivating new productive forces.

is in the Lingang Future Industry Pilot Zone, where through the construction of the "Dishui Lake AI Innovation Port", efforts are being made to create an important gathering place for future intelligent industries.

Lu Yu, director of the High-tech Industry and Technological Innovation Department of the Lingang New Area Management Committee of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, told a reporter from China Economic Weekly that around the future smart industry, the Lingang New Area Future Industry Pilot Area has Five-pronged plan: The first is to proactively lay out the smart wearable industry chain. Lingang has gathered smart wearable core component projects such as Kunyou optical modules, Xianyao Display mirco LED, and Sunny optical waveguide chips; the second is to focus on general robots, industrial robots, and services. Robotics and other tracks have introduced projects such as Zhiyuan humanoid robots and CRRC Essendi underwater robots; the third is to expand the intelligent computing industry. Lingang has introduced intelligent computing centers such as SenseTime, China Mobile, China Unicom, Telecom, and Youfu. Finally, The power exceeds 3eflops, and intelligent computing power accounts for nearly 80%; the fourth is to create a high-level autonomous driving leading area and build a diversified application scenario system. By 2025, build the country's first "data-connected all-road, cloud-connected all-vehicle, The intelligent connected car innovation leading area of ​​"Intelligent Empowering the Whole City"; the fifth is to anchor the software industry that matches the development direction of Lingang, introducing the global headquarters of Zhongke Chuangda Autonomous Driving "Dishui os" vehicle operating system, and using East China Normal University software The institute, East China Normal University Industrial Research Institute and other platforms have attracted more universities to implement industrialization projects.

The Zero Bay Future Industry Pilot Zone located in Minhang District focuses on three major directions: future intelligence, future energy, and future space. Among them, the future space direction mainly focuses on satellite rocket manufacturing, space information, low-altitude economy and other fields.

In the field of low-altitude economy, the ve25x1 aircraft under development by Volante Company, which is located in the Future Industry Pilot Zone of Big Zero Bay, entered the model certification process in September last year. This is also the first aircraft accepted by the East China Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. A passenger manned evtol project (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft).

Huang Xiaofei, senior vice president and partner of Volant Airlines, told a reporter from China Economic Weekly: "In the future, traveling by electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft will become a daily routine for people. In 2026, once the relevant certificates are obtained, Volant will accelerate The commercial plan is launched. According to the company's plan, normalized commercial manned projects can be operated by then. As the source of technological innovation, Big Zero Bay has a bright future, starting from scratch, creating unlimited things, and carrying the present and city of Minhang. future." Huang Xiaofei said.

Create a "testing ground" for future industries, "unveil the list and take charge" to discover innovative leaders

The Shanghai Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission recently issued the "Notice on Organizing and Carrying out the 2024 Shanghai Future Industry Testing Ground" "Revealing the List" Work, aiming at nine major Key areas - biomanufacturing, quantum technology, 6g technology, new energy storage, commercial aerospace, low-altitude economy, deep-sea exploration, green materials and non-silicon-based core materials, discover and cultivate a group of innovative leading units that master core technologies.

Li Yuhong, second-level inspector of the Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission and director of the Technology Progress Department, said in an interview with a reporter from China Economic Weekly: "We will make full use of the 'horse racing' mechanism to deepen the integration of industry, academia, research and application, and create a future An innovative alliance of industries to build an innovation ecosystem in which large and medium-sized enterprises collaborate and the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain are linked. "

At the same time, Shanghai has also released a series of policy toolboxes to provide strong policy support for the growth of future industries. These include compiling a recommended catalog of innovative products to promote government first-time purchase orders; strengthening policy coordination with the industry and information technology departments in the Yangtze River Delta region to promote the opening of innovative scenarios and mutual recognition of innovative products; strengthening the role of the Future Industry Investment Committee to guide various types of Venture capital funds are tilted towards future industries.

In terms of regional layout, the three future industry pilot zones also show their own characteristics and plans.

The Lingang New Area Future Industry Pilot Area has introduced and constructed 5 to 10 national-level laboratories and major scientific infrastructure. Not only that, it has also successfully created more than 20 future industry innovation platforms and established 10 to 15 future industry innovation consortiums. "Strive to build an international innovation collaborative zone in the next 3 to 5 years with a high concentration of international innovation elements, coordinated development of innovation entities, and collaboration and exchange of talents at home and abroad." Lu Yu said.

Zhangjiang Future Industry Pilot Zone is, with the support of Shanghai municipal and district departments, working with key enterprises in the park to accelerate the implementation of biopharmaceutical segmented production pilots and release new production capacity. Zhou Kai said: "Zhangjiang is building the Shanghai Synthetic Biology Innovation Center to create a synthetic biology industry cluster with global 'lighthouse' status."

The Zero Bay Future Industry Pilot Zone has performed well in terms of policy support. Liu Jia, director of the Minhang District Enterprise Service Center, said that the policy opinions issued in early March clearly stated that companies that participated in the Future Industry Star Competition and won a ranking would be given a rental support of up to 6 million yuan. In addition, the 700,000 square meters of carriers that have been built and the 500,000 square meters of carriers that are under construction will continue to accelerate the supply of innovative ecological docking. The fund scale of the Zero Bay Financial Harbor exceeds 20 billion yuan. The Science and Technology Innovation Financial Alliance composed of 60 fund managers provides a multi-level and diversified financial service support system for enterprises at different stages of development.

Li Yuhong emphasized that the future industry is still at the stage where "little lotus is just showing its sharp edges" and requires collaboration in policy, taxation, finance, application and other aspects to jointly create an open and inclusive "sunshine and rain-type" innovation ecosystem , to contribute to the early arrival of the grand scene of "the endless green lotus leaves reaching the sky".

The future has arrived, and Shanghai is leading the vigorous development of future industries with a new attitude and determination, contributing more "Shanghai wisdom" and "Shanghai solutions" to global technological innovation.

(This article was published in "China Economic Weekly" Issue 7, 2024)

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