In the context of the era when the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta has become a national strategy, how to fully mobilize capital, talent, technology and other scientific and technological resources to realize the transformation of more application results, so as to better serve For high-quality economic and social development in the Yangtze River Delta region and even the country?
Recently, the Yangtze River Delta Urban Economic Coordination Committee Sub-forum and the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Cooperation Exchange and Negotiation Conference were held in Lianyungang City. This meeting was titled "Yangtze River Delta City Cooperation: New Momentum, New Pattern, and New Actions" theme, many government leaders, experts, scholars and industry figures in 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.
The transformation of scientific and technological achievements crosses the "Valley of Death"
The industrial 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 products accepted by the market. Once this gap is crossed, technological innovation can truly realize its market value and social value, and the wealth creation effect of science and technology will come naturally.
"Today's China, I think, can be regarded as a 'golden age' for scientific and technological workers like me, but even in such a good era, if you want to make scientific and technological achievements more It is still difficult to transform it into industrial innovation more quickly. "Yue Yutao, director of the Institute of Deep Perception Technology of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, has a PhD in computational physics from Purdue University in the United States and has more than 300 achievements in professional fields such as radar and electromagnetic fields. Invention patent. In his view, under purely market-oriented business rules, the transformation of scientific and technological achievements often faces a situation of "market failure." "Here we need another force besides pure market rules, that is, someone who can have enough Patience and far-sighted enough to keep investing at scale until it succeeds or fails.”
In 2013, 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 positioning of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government is to focus on breaking down the ideological barriers and institutional barriers that restrict scientific and technological innovation in the key links from scientific research to the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, exploring and promoting the institutional mechanisms for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and opening up the channels for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productivity.
“In the more than six years since its establishment, Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute has built a relatively complete industrial technology innovation system in Jiangsu. The various components of this innovation system range from talent ecology, space ecology and financial ecology. In three aspects, it plays an important role in promoting the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and the high-quality development of urban agglomerations," Liu Qing, president of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, said at the meeting.
Constructing a regionally integrated “science and technology innovation circle”
Drawing on the relevant theories of regional economics and urban geography, the science and technology innovation circle is the main form of regional science and technology innovation integration and a regional Inner cities are a form of spatial expression that promotes the sharing of scientific and technological innovation resources, improves the efficiency of scientific and technological innovation, increases the output of scientific and technological innovation results, and enhances the overall competitiveness and influence of regional scientific and technological innovation.
"The science and technology innovation circle is the result of the spatial agglomeration and diffusion of scientific and technological innovation resources caused by the economic polarization effect and knowledge spillover effect caused by urban scientific and technological innovation in the region." Jiangsu Science and Technology Development Strategy Research Institute Chang Sunbin proposed that with Shanghai as the leader and cities such as Nanjing, Hangzhou and Hefei as the backbone nodes, we should optimize the allocation of innovative urban resources in the metropolitan area and jointly develop the G60, G42, G25 science and technology innovation and industrial innovation corridors and ecological economic corridors,** *Co-promote the construction of the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Circle with "core-level guidance, circle-level advancement, and point-to-point linkage".
In fact, the Yangtze River Delta has sufficient confidence and foundation to build a regional integrated science and technology innovation circle. Up to now, the Yangtze River Delta region has gathered nearly 1/3 of the country’s R&D expenditures, 1/3 of major scientific and technological infrastructure, and 1/5 of national key laboratories and national high-tech zones.
At the same time, led by the Zhejiang Institute of Science and Technology Information and jointly with the Shanghai Institute of Science, the Jiangsu Institute of Science and Technology Information and the Anhui Institute of Science and Technology Information, the " The 2020 Yangtze River Delta Regional Collaborative Innovation Index also shows that, measured by indicators such as maximum sharing of resources, innovative cooperation, maximum application of results, industrial linkage, and environmental support, the overall collaborative innovation index of the Yangtze River Delta region has increased from 100.00 in the base period of 2011. The score increased to 204.16 points in 2019, more than double that of 2011, demonstrating the vigorous trend of scientific and technological innovation collaborative cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Multi-party linkage*** sets up the stage for scientific and technological innovation
"I think that the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, scientific and technological collaborative innovation should be the most important starting point. Because our Yangtze River Delta has very I think it is crucial to transform the rich scientific and educational resources and advantages into industrial advantages and economic advantages." Liu Qing said frankly that although there were some synergies in scientific and technological innovation in the Yangtze River Delta region in the past, they were relatively weak. It is relatively disordered, "Through the collaborative innovation of science and technology in the Yangtze River Delta, we should truly create a higher-level science and technology supply base to support the high-quality development of the country."
In the journey of collaborative innovation of science and technology in the Yangtze River Delta , what role should the government play? Chen Junmei, deputy director of the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Management Committee, believes that Jiangbei New Area should first become a leader in innovation and create a strong atmosphere and enthusiasm to support innovation within Jiangbei New Area. "We must be able to encourage innovation and tolerate failure at the same time, so that the spark of innovation can ignite in every corner of Jiangbei New District. This requires creating a soft environment for innovation on the surface."
Shanghai Technology Transaction The institute is the first national-level permanent technology market jointly established by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Shanghai Municipal Government. "Essentially, our exchange is not exclusive to Shanghai, but belongs to the entire Yangtze River Delta. We very much hope that shareholders from Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places can actively participate in the restructuring of the exchange." Yan Mingfeng, President of Shanghai Technology Exchange It is proposed that in the future, the Shanghai Technology Exchange will be committed to serving the entire Yangtze River Delta region, allowing various technical resources, capital resources and corporate demand resources to play a role on this platform, highlighting its "first-rate construction, first-rate application, ***Enjoy" attribute.
Financial capital is an indispensable part of building a stage for scientific and technological innovation. “For VCs, absolutely no one would object to investing in innovation, but from the bottom of our hearts, we actually want to invest in growth, which is the part of innovation that carries positive energy. Innovation actually has many directions, and we hope to find the most accurate one. That part is because VC is the first choice, not inclusive,” Huang Tao, founding partner of Yida Capital, said, “If the technical direction of a team can be consistent with the strategic emerging industries advocated by the country, and the team itself has the qualifications. We will spare no effort to support you if the conditions and advantages are appropriate.”