Although Foshan's economic aggregate is relatively large, its permanent population is relatively small, resulting in a relatively small urban population, which does not meet the statistical standards of megacities. This may be due to the comprehensive influence of geographical environment, economic development level and urbanization process.
Although the establishment of financial institutions follows the laws of the market, it is also strongly interfered by power. Mainly refer to political status, refer to economy. As a city with separate plans, Shenzhen, the largest special economic zone in China, also has an exchange, while Foshan, as an ordinary prefecture-level city, has an active economy, a strong real economy and a considerable economic aggregate, but the corresponding public economic resources are lacking and its attractiveness is not strong.
Science and technology introduction in Foshan
By March 2023, Foshan had cooperated with 78 scientific research institutions such as China Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Engineering and Tsinghua University, and established a number of scientific and technological platform carriers such as Ji Hua Laboratory and Foshan Huxian Laboratory. There are 8700 national high-tech enterprises. There are 1445 provincial specialized and innovative enterprises, 29 provincial key laboratories and 8 1 1 provincial engineering technology research and development centers. Science and technology business incubators 12 1 have been built, with 92 creative spaces. Cultivate and introduce 240 provincial and municipal scientific and technological innovation teams, with more than 6,000 doctors and 2.36 million human resources.
Foshan is one of the first demonstration cities for the construction of a national intellectual property city, with the first batch of intellectual property protection centers in China and the only transformation center for scientific and technological achievements of universities in Guangdong Province. In 2022, the total number of patents granted was1060,000, and the number of effective invention patents was 4 100.
By the end of 20021,there were 8 12 provincial engineering centers in Foshan, 57 provincial engineering centers were added, and municipal engineering centers were 142 1. Won 25 provincial science and technology awards. 7 100 high-tech enterprises. 96,487 patents were authorized, including 8,306 invention patents. The whole city owns 163 well-known trademarks in China.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Foshan City.