“It took more than a month from cooperation with the Israeli AVT company to the launch of new products.” On May 15, Wang Yansong, vice president of Zhengtu New Vision, the largest robot vision team in East China, had a close relationship He talked about his former rival. From jealousy upon meeting to disregarding past grudges, Zhengtu New Vision and Israel AVT fell in love at first sight through the recommendation of Changzhou Innovation Park in the "matchmaker".
If the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park in the 1990s fulfilled the long-cherished wish for economic development at that time and achieved a rapid growth of GDP exceeding 200 billion yuan, today’s China-Israel Changzhou Innovation Park plays the role of "innovation" The role of "model economy demonstrator".
“Projects, platforms, funds.” It has been nearly three years since the Sino-Israeli Changzhou Innovation Park, the first innovation cooperation experimental park between the Chinese and Israeli governments, was established in Changzhou. Changzhou West Taihu Science and Technology Industrial Park Party Working Committee Secretary Shi Xiaoping corresponded to three key words and began to take stock of major events in the park: In 2016, the park signed 24 new Israeli cooperation projects, promoted Changzhou enterprises to carry out 6 technology transfer projects with Israel, and is negotiating another 40 projects. The total number of projects Significant growth, "The key is that the arrival of Israeli 'ace companies' such as Hanita, Saberman, Mavericks, and Natali has improved the quality of the project"; cooperated with the Israeli Ministry of Economy and the Israel National Tourism Administration to establish the Israel Center, Innovation platforms such as the CI3 Innovation Incubator and the China-Israel Innovation Accelerator are speeding up their operations; the China-Israel Innovation Development Fund, the first national brand and the largest domestic cooperation fund with Israel, has a total scale of 10 billion...
Technology is rooted: There are four modes for countries to hold hands!
Seven years ago, Leconrid settled in Changzhou and became the first Israeli-owned enterprise. It was this project that made Changzhou City come up with the idea of ??building an Israeli-themed park, and since then it has opened up the road to cooperation with Israel. Chen Shunming, deputy director of the China-Israel Changzhou Innovation Park Management Office, said that there are currently four modes of cooperation between China and Israel in the park: joint research and development; Israel producing results and China doing the industry; Israeli-owned and wholly-owned acquisitions. Their respective characteristics are determined by our continuous exploration during the marriage process."
Changzhou and Israel are "matched". The former has obvious geographical advantages, being close to Shanghai, with many Israeli-funded enterprises, abundant funds, and a broad market. The latter has the third largest number of NASDAQ-listed companies in the world, the largest number of medical patents per capita in the world, and a per capita GDP of over US$30,000. It is recognized as the most dynamic innovative country in the world.
“In addition to the general trend and the complementarity between the two parties, we have the same pursuit,” Liu Bin said. The desire for innovation is the intrinsic reason for working together. "Medical equipment is Israel's second or third largest industry, and it is highly consistent with our industry. The most important thing is that we have given the most practical help and convenient services to Israeli companies who want to open up the market in China." Chen Shunming said that, for example, the early relationship with the Israeli PTL Group and the establishment of an Israeli business incubator were very attractive to Israeli companies that wanted to get started in the Chinese market.
Projects continue to gather, supporting services keep up, and with the support of the two governments, China-Israel cooperation in the park continues to expand in depth:
In 2013, Fulong Holdings and Israel Collplant has reached a cooperation agreement, investing US$2.5 million in Collplant to jointly research the technology of extracting artificial collagen from tobacco leaves, and plans to establish a joint venture with Collplant in Changzhou to jointly develop and produce, and jointly share knowledge. Property rights;
In 2014, Jiangsu Norris Medical Devices reached a cooperation agreement with Israeli Allium to jointly develop prostate stents, and obtained the exclusive agency rights of Allium in China, and will establish a joint venture in Changzhou , ***share R&D, production and sales, and ***share intellectual property rights...
Chen Shunming said: "Israeli companies are generally not big, but they have obvious technological advantages. We call it a technological power. and a major economic power.
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“Sinicization”: Supporting “small but beautiful”, and practicing the internal strength of the park
Before Zhengtu New Vision cooperated with AVT, it had actually negotiated with more than 20 companies in China "The cost-effective detection system we jointly developed for China's soft packaging market targeted market pain points and has sold more than 20 units in two months, achieving sales of more than 3 million yuan, driving the company's annual sales to increase by 30%. This year, it has grown into our "top product" and achieved sales of 15 million yuan. "Wang Yansong said.
Israel is known for its technology, and its projects are relatively small and early-stage. There are too many projects that need to be accelerated by incubation to obtain various supports. This is a challenge to the China-Israel Innovation Park. In addition, incubation "Extension services have also become a necessity for the "Sinicization" of Israeli technology. "Israeli people are always worried about legal adaptation issues and intellectual property protection issues after Israeli companies enter China. In the future, we will strengthen soft capacity building and improve the level of mutual trust in business and trade between China and Israel. ” Chen Shunming said.
There are still only a few large and good projects that are particularly highlighted at present. Chen Shunming admitted that Israel’s incubation mechanism is flexible and advanced, and there are still many difficulties in the process of “Sinicization”.
“The future is bright, but the road is tortuous. " Jiang Pengju, deputy director of the Changzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, believes that although the construction process will be restricted by various factors, the China-Israel Changzhou Innovation Park will insist on not being oriented by GDP contribution, and the goal is to become "a demonstration zone for China's open innovative economy." , becoming the "No. 1 project" for innovation-driven transformation and upgrading.