In the first half of 2004, the total output value of high-tech industries in the city was1186 million yuan, an increase of 13.3% over the same period last year. * * * Obtained 72 national and provincial science and technology plans, the number of which was the highest in the same period of previous years, with a total investment of more than 500 million yuan. High-tech enterprises have developed rapidly. There are 28 high-tech enterprises in the city, including 5 national high-tech enterprises and 23 provincial high-tech enterprises. In recent years, the municipal party committee and the municipal government have attached great importance to the development of high-tech industries. Comrade Duan Yuanming, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, put forward the working idea of "grasping economy, grasping industry, grasping investment and grasping environment", made a strategic decision of "strengthening the city through industry" and issued a call for vigorously developing high-tech industries. In last year's government work report, the mayor emphasized that the "scientific and technological innovation project" should be fully implemented, the construction of technological innovation system with enterprises as the main body should be strengthened, the construction of high-tech industrial belts along the Yangtze River and various science and technology parks should be accelerated, and intermediary service organizations for science and technology should be actively cultivated and developed to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Around the development of high-tech industrialization, Huanggang has formulated a series of policies, such as preferential policies for high-tech enterprises and high-tech products, investment and financing policies for high-tech products, incentive policies for talents engaged in high-tech and industrialization, and investment policies. In particular, investment policies include supporting preferential measures such as land, taxation and infrastructure, decentralization of investment approval authority, reduction of approval links, and implementation of a "one card and two cards" (security card, red card and green card) guarantee system for high-tech projects with an investment of more than 5 million. Our city's efforts to guide the industrialization of high-tech are also increasing. If all levels of finance invest 1 10,000 yuan each year to develop high-tech enterprises, the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau will focus on supporting high-tech research and development, with the amount not less than 50%.
The main characteristics of developing high-tech industries in our city are as follows: First, high-tech industrialization projects have experienced a process from less to more and from small to large. In recent years, great progress has been made in project construction, especially in some characteristic areas, and some projects have made great contributions to local economic development after being enlarged and put into production.
High-tech products have outstanding economic benefits. This year, another enterprise in our city was rated as a national high-tech enterprise. Two enterprises have been approved by the Science and Technology Department of Hubei Province, and four provincial high-tech enterprises are under review. At present, there are 27 high-tech enterprises in our city, among which there are more than a dozen state-level enterprises with an output value exceeding 100 million yuan. According to statistics, the output value of high-tech products in the city reached 210.50 billion yuan last year, accounting for 8. 1% of the city's total industrial output value. Among them, the technical level of rare earth aluminum alloy tubular conductor, vitamins B2 and B5, high-efficiency and energy-saving ceramic kiln, D- calcium pantothenate, brushless coreless disc motor, new EQ- 153 valve and other products have reached the domestic leading level, and become the leading geese in the development of high-tech industry in Huanggang. With the approval of the provincial government, Huanggang High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Wuxue High-tech Industrial Park, the first provincial-level high-tech industrial park in our province, have been built in our city. This region and a circle are working well. Huanggang High-tech Zone has built a modern agricultural ecological park, a biomedical park and a new material development base. Wuxue High-tech Industrial Park has built a production base for a series of pharmaceutical products such as vitamin B and new broad-spectrum antibiotics. In addition, our city has 1 national major intensive areas, 2 provincial-level areas, 3 provincial-level economic development zones and 12 agricultural science and technology demonstration parks.