A few days ago, the sub-forum of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Economic Coordination Committee and the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Cooperation and Exchange Fair were held in Lianyungang City. The theme of this conference is "Urban Cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta: New Kinetic Energy, New Pattern and New Action". Many government leaders, experts and scholars from the Yangtze River Delta region gathered together to discuss issues related to further promoting scientific and technological cooperation and exchanges in the Yangtze River Delta.
Transformation of scientific and technological achievements across the "Valley of Death"
The industrialization transformation process of scientific and technological achievements is called "the valley of death" by the industry. In other words, there is a gap between the results of the laboratory and the goods accepted by the market. After crossing it, scientific and technological innovation can truly realize its market value and social value, and the effect of creating wealth through science and technology will naturally come.
"Today's China, I think it is a' golden age' for scientific and technological workers like me, but even in such a good era, it is still difficult to transform scientific and technological achievements into industrial innovation better and faster." Yue, director of the Institute of Deep Perception Technology of Jiangsu Institute of Industrial Technology, is a Ph.D. in computational physics from Purdue University in the United States, and has more than 300 invention patents in the fields of radar and electromagnetic fields. In his view, under the purely market-oriented business rules, the transformation of scientific and technological achievements often faces the situation of "market failure". "There is a need for another force beyond pure market rules, that is, someone can have enough patience and far-reaching vision and continue to invest on a large scale until success or failure."
In 20 13, in order to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements across the "valley of death", Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute came into being. The orientation of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government is to break the ideological and institutional obstacles that restrict scientific and technological innovation, explore the institutional mechanism to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and open up the channel for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces.
"Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute has established a relatively complete industrial technology innovation system in Jiangsu for more than six years. The elements of this innovation system play an important role in promoting the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and the high-quality development of urban agglomerations from three aspects: talent ecology, spatial ecology and financial ecology. " Liu Qing, president of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, said at the meeting.
Constructing "Science and Technology Circle" of Regional Integration
Drawing lessons from the relevant theories of regional economics and urban geography, scientific and technological innovation circle is the main form of regional scientific and technological innovation integration, and it is also the spatial expression form of promoting the sharing of scientific and technological innovation resources, improving the efficiency of scientific and technological innovation, increasing the output of scientific and technological innovation achievements, and enhancing the overall competitiveness and influence of regional scientific and technological innovation.
"Science and technology innovation circle is the result of spatial agglomeration and diffusion of science and technology innovation resources caused by economic polarization effect and knowledge spillover effect caused by urban science and technology innovation in the region." Bin Sun, president of Jiangsu Science and Technology Development Strategy Research Institute, proposed to optimize the resource allocation of innovative cities in metropolitan area with Shanghai as the leader and cities such as Nanjing, Hangzhou and Hefei as the backbone nodes, jointly develop G60, G42 and G25 science and technology innovation corridors and industrial innovation corridors, and jointly promote the construction of the Yangtze River Delta science and technology innovation circle with "nuclear level leading, circle progressive and point-belt linkage".
In fact, the Yangtze River Delta has enough confidence and infrastructure to build a regional integrated science and technology circle. Up to now, the Yangtze River Delta region has gathered nearly13 of national R&D funds,13 of major scientific and technological infrastructure,15 of national key laboratories and national high-tech zones.
At the same time, the "2020 Yangtze River Delta Regional Collaborative Innovation Index" led by Zhejiang Institute of Science and Technology Information, jointly released by Shanghai Academy of Science, Jiangsu Institute of Science and Technology Information and Anhui Institute of Science and Technology Information also shows that resources, innovation cooperation, achievements, industrial linkage and environmental support are the measurement indicators. The total index of regional collaborative innovation in the Yangtze River Delta increased from 65,438+000.00 in the base period of 2065,438+065,438+0 to 204.65,438+06 in the base period of 2065,438+09, which was more than double that of 2065,438+065,438+0.
Multi-party linkage * * * to build a scientific and technological stage
"I think the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and the collaborative innovation of science and technology should be the most important starting point. Because our Yangtze River Delta is rich in scientific and educational resources and advantages, how these resources and advantages can be transformed into industrial and economic advantages is very important. " Liu Qing said frankly that in the past, although there were some synergistic phenomena in scientific and technological innovation in the Yangtze River Delta region, it was relatively disorderly. "We must truly generate a higher level of science and technology supply through the collaborative innovation of science and technology in the Yangtze River Delta to support the high-quality development of the country."
What role should the government play in the journey of scientific and technological collaborative innovation in the Yangtze River Delta? Chen Chan, deputy director of Nanjing Jiangbei New District Management Committee, believes that Jiangbei New District should first become a leader in innovation and create a strong atmosphere and enthusiasm to support innovation within Jiangbei New District. "We should not only encourage innovation, but also tolerate failure and let the spark of innovation burn in every corner of Jiangbei New District, which requires creating a soft environment for innovation."
Shanghai Technology Exchange is the first national-level permanent technology market jointly established by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Shanghai Municipal Government. "In essence, our exchange does not belong to Shanghai, but belongs to the whole Yangtze River Delta. I very much hope that shareholders in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places can actively enter the exchange restructuring. " Yan Mingfeng, president of Shanghai Technology Exchange, proposed that in the future, Shanghai Technology Exchange will devote itself to serving the whole Yangtze River Delta region, allowing all kinds of technical resources, capital resources and enterprise demand resources to play a role on this platform, highlighting its attributes of "* * * construction, * * * use and * * * enjoyment".
Financial capital is an indispensable part of building the stage of scientific and technological innovation. "For VC, no one will object to investing in innovation, but from the heart, we actually want to invest in growth, that is, the part with positive energy in innovation. There are actually many directions for innovation, and we hope to find the most accurate one, because VC is the first choice, not tolerance. " Huang Tao, the founding partner of Yida Capital, said, "If the technical direction of a team can be consistent with the strategic emerging industries advocated by the state, and the team itself has corresponding conditions and advantages, we will spare no effort to support it."