Yantai High-tech Zone to create a Silk Community Innovation Community

The Silk Road is the epitome of human civilization. She is like a bond that closely links different countries and regions. She is more like a mirror, vividly telling us that only open cooperation can achieve win-win development.

In order to thoroughly implement the national “One Belt and One Road” construction strategic plan and promote scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation along the line, with the strong support of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Shandong Provincial Government, the three-day Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance will be held on July 4-6. The seminar and inaugural meeting was held in Yantai.

The conference was hosted by the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Science and Technology Department of Shandong Province and the Yantai Municipal Government, and the Yantai High-tech Zone and Yantai Sino-Russian High-tech Industrialization Cooperation Demonstration Base. More than 60 guests from 8 national government departments, science parks and university research institutes along the “Belt and Road” and more than 350 representatives from high-tech zones and enterprises at or above the provincial level attended the meeting. Participants expressed that this meeting is highly compatible with the national “Belt and Road” development strategy, and at the same time it focuses on the field of scientific and technological cooperation, which can not only improve the scientific and technological content of Shandong's economic development, but also close the countries along Shandong and the “Belt and Road”. The scientific and technological cooperation and economic ties with the region have become a typical example of how local governments in China can better use the “Belt and Road” to upgrade their technological level and economic strength.

Chinese and foreign guests gathered in Yantai to promote "One Belt, One Road" scientific and technological cooperation

"It will promote effective cooperation among member states, enhance scientific research level, improve innovation capability, and provide development opportunities for all participating countries." "The cooperation between countries along the Silk Road in industrial interaction, scientific and technological exchanges, and personnel training will be further promoted. "Positive and far-reaching impact" "will vigorously promote the scientific and technological exchanges, personnel training and results transformation of the countries along the Belt and Road." "Completely integrate online and offline cooperation resources, organize and conduct exchange and negotiation, technical training and demonstrations around the needs of enterprises. Promote the deep integration and integration of regional production, education and research, and promote the construction of the “One Belt, One Road” innovation community...

At the seminar and inaugural meeting of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance, Zhang Jian, deputy inspector of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Yu Shuliang, deputy director of the Science and Technology Department of Shandong Province, Wang Zhong, deputy mayor of Yantai Municipal Committee, and vice chairman of the Yantai Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference Liu Hongbo, Secretary of the Working Committee of Yantai High-tech Zone, Jena Nikolaevna, Deputy Mayor of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Yuri Gennadyevich, Vice President of the National Technical University of Belarus, Ukrainian National Foundation Chairman of the Research Foundation Boris Victorovich, Dean of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences Georgy Kwichettaz, Vice-President of the Armenian National Science and Technology Committee Valdan Saakyan, Counsellor of the Lithuanian Embassy Vita Lijus Gallo-Senka, the Chinese Embassy of the Embassy of Kazakhstan, Kailati Abdrahmanov and other Chinese and foreign guests expressed their hopes for the establishment of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance. Participants confidently believe that the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance will build a broader platform for the countries and regions along the Silk Road to enhance understanding, build consensus, deepen friendship and expand cooperation, and build a world-renowned technology innovation community. We will vigorously promote the national science and technology cooperation along the Silk Road to a new level and reach new heights.

In his speech, Zhang Jian said that the Silk Road is not only a road for economic cooperation and trade, but also a road for scientific and technological development and cultural exchange. The Silk Road Hi-Tech Park Alliance, promoted by China, aims to build a technology transfer and cooperation platform and a cooperation docking platform covering China's high-tech zones and national high-tech parks along the Silk Road, further boosting the national science and technology capabilities along the Silk Road. Enhance and sustain the prosperity and development of the regional economy and society. "It is a pleasure to have friends coming from afar. I hope that the high-tech parks along the 'Belt and Road' countries will rely on the alliance to fully integrate online and offline cooperation resources, organize and conduct exchanges, technical training and demonstrations around the needs of enterprises. Regional production, study and research are deeply connected and integrated, and promote the construction of the “One Belt, One Road” innovation community.

"In April this year, the State Council officially approved the establishment of the Shandong Peninsula National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone. At present, Shandong Province is actively carrying out the pioneering test of innovation policy, focusing on fostering an innovative and entrepreneurial environment, accelerating the establishment of an economic transformation and upgrading model area and two-way integration into the 'One Belt and One Road'. The test area." Yu Shuliang said that in recent years, Shandong Province and the countries along the "Belt and Road" have frequent high-level exchanges of visits and close cultural exchanges. Currently, they have cooperated with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Israel and other countries. A group of international science and technology cooperation platforms have jointly implemented more than 100 international scientific and technological cooperation projects, and carried out a series of pragmatic cooperation in the fields of new materials, information technology, biomedicine, advanced manufacturing, and offshore equipment, and obtained major technologies in several key areas. breakthrough.

“With the strong support and advocacy of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the establishment of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance has laid a good foundation for Shandong and even China to carry out more extensive and in-depth cooperation with countries and regions along the Silk Road.” Yu Shuliang In the next step, the Science and Technology Department of Shandong Province will conscientiously implement the key tasks set by the Ministry of Science and Technology to promote the “One Belt and One Road” project for the construction of scientific and technological innovation cooperation, and give continuous attention and strong support to the construction and development of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance. To provide the necessary conditions for the landing of advanced technology and the transfer of technological achievements.

"The reason why the Silk Road Hi-Tech Park Alliance chose to be held in Yantai City is inseparable from Yantai City's superior location advantage and good industrial base." Wang Zhong said that from the regional characteristics, Yantai City is located in the eastern part of Shandong Peninsula. Compared with Japan and South Korea, it is an important maritime node city of China Unicom's East Asia, Northeast Asia and even Europe. From the historical perspective, Yantai has carried out cross-sea trade with the Korean Peninsula and Japan more than 2,000 years ago, becoming East Asia and Northeast China. The first flight of the Asian Maritime Silk Road; from the opening up, as one of the first 14 coastal open cities in China, Yantai City was rated as the China Investment Environment Gold City by the World Bank, US General Motors, Japan Mitsubishi, Korea Hyundai, etc. One hundred Fortune 500 companies come to invest. At present, Yantai City has traded with all countries and regions along the “Belt and Road”, and there are more than 790 mutual investment projects. From the perspective of economic strength, the GDP of Yantai City reached RMB 644.6 billion in 2015. It ranks 20th among 367 large and medium-sized cities nationwide. Its leading industries include automobile manufacturing, offshore equipment, electronic information, biomedicine and modernization. Currently, it is vigorously developing aerospace, nuclear power equipment, high-speed rail equipment, 3D printing, robots, etc. Emerging industries have a good foundation for industrial cooperation.

“At present, Yantai City, which has many major opportunities, has broad prospects for development. Yantai City is not only an important strategic fulcrum city in China’s “Belt and Road” strategy, but also a frontier city for the construction of China-South Korea Free Trade Area, or a national independent innovation demonstration zone in Shandong Peninsula. An important component of the city. This is an opportunity for Yantai and an opportunity for the whole world.” Wang Zhong said that the establishment of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance will effectively build up Yantai City and the national and regional science and technology institutions along the “Belt and Road”. The exchange platform will greatly promote the scientific and technological exchanges, personnel training and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

Representatives of relevant government departments, science parks, universities, and research institutes in 8 countries along the “Belt and Road” of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance Discussion and Inaugural Meeting also expressed the establishment of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance. It will promote effective cooperation among countries in the field of science and technology, enhance the level of scientific research, improve the ability to innovate, and provide new development opportunities for all participating countries.

Negotiating exchange activities frequently promotes pragmatic exchanges

It is understood that during the seminar and inaugural meeting of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance, a number of activities were held that closely followed the exchange of scientific and technological activities, which was widely welcomed by the participants.

In the main speech session, relevant persons in charge of domestic science and technology parks such as Yantai High-tech Zone and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications National University Science and Technology Park introduced the development of their respective science and technology industries and carried out scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation with countries and regions along the “Belt and Road”. look forward to. Regional Industrial Policy Division of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Russian National Venture Capital Group, Moscow Government Science Park, Belarusian National Technical University, National Basic Research Foundation of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Georgia, Georgia Innovation Center, National Science and Technology Commission of Armenia, Nazionale Kazakhstan The heads of institutions such as the Research and Innovation Center Incubator of the University of Erbaev, while introducing their respective technological status and advantages, expressed their confidence in developing scientific and technological cooperation with China.

The relevant person in charge of the Belarusian National Technical University said that the school is in mechanical engineering (metallurgy, transportation, mining, civil engineering), surface engineering (instrumentation, metrology and information and measuring instruments and systems), nanotechnology, information technology, power engineering. In many fields, civil engineering, electrical engineering, etc., it has considerable strength and popularity. In recent years, it has carried out fruitful cooperation with relevant Chinese institutions, and hopes to carry out more comprehensive and in-depth cooperation with China's high-tech parks through this conference.

In addition to organizing relevant conferences and speeches, the organizers of the Silk Road Hi-Tech Park Alliance Seminar and inaugural meeting also organized participants to visit the Yantai High-tech Zone Planning and Exhibition Center, Shandong International Biotechnology Park, and CIMC Offshore Engineering Research Institute. Intuitively understand the development achievements of Yantai High-tech Zone and Yantai City in the field of science and technology in recent years.

The Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance Seminar and inaugural meeting also held the first meeting of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance, from the Russian Volka Science Park, the Ukrainian Future Technology Innovation Development Association, and the Belarusian National Technical University Science Park. Twenty-one foreign units including the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia, the National Science Council of Armenia, and 21 domestic high-tech parks such as Shenzhen High-tech Zone, Xiamen Torch High-tech Zone, Jinan High-tech Zone and Beihang Science and Technology Park became the first members of the alliance.

During the meeting, the members of the alliances discussed and signed the "Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance Convention"; elected the chairman and vice-chairman of the alliance; discussed and determined the Yantai High-tech Zone as the seat of the permanent resident of the alliance; discussed and determined that the second alliance meeting will be held in Belarus next year. Vote to determine the alliance's LOGO. Next, the Silk Road Hi-Tech Park Alliance will organize member units to exchange visits, learn from the advanced experience of other institutions, hold high-tech enterprise cooperation docking activities among members, hold special lectures and forums, and provide professional services and special services to enterprises. To undertake or co-organize important scientific and technological services, scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation activities.

"As the first China-Russia high-tech industrialization cooperation demonstration base, Yantai High-tech Zone has attached great importance to and continuously strengthened exchanges and cooperation with national-level regions along the 'Belt and Road', and has established long-term cooperation with more than 180 units. Relations, and achieved a large number of pragmatic cooperation results." Liu Hongbo said, "The establishment of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance will further promote cooperation in the areas of industrial interaction, scientific and technological exchanges, and personnel training along the Silk Road. Positive and far-reaching impact."

It is understood that as early as 1998, Yantai High-tech Zone established the first China-Russia high-tech industrialization cooperation demonstration base. At the end of the same year, the development of China-Russia high-tech industrialization cooperation demonstration base was included in the minutes of the regular meeting between the Chinese and Russian prime ministers. Over the years, the Sino-Russian high-tech industrialization cooperation demonstration base has extensively expanded cooperation channels, and has successively cooperated with the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, the Russian Federation of Chinese Federations, the ASEAN Foundation, the Moscow University Science and Technology Industrial Park, and the Russian SME Innovation Center. The units have established long-term cooperative relationships, and the organization has mobilized more than 200 domestic enterprises to participate in cooperation with Russia. Actively organize enterprises to participate in the exhibition and exchange visits, and expand direct contact between the two sides. Up to now, the Sino-Russian high-tech industrialization cooperation demonstration base has introduced more than 1,000 CIS projects to domestic enterprises, and sought 500 technical support projects from Russia, and received more than 130 visiting groups.

Yantai High-tech Zone, the permanent resident of the alliance, seizes new opportunities and promotes new development

It is noteworthy that the first meeting of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance identified Yantai High-tech Zone as the location of the permanent resident of the alliance, fully demonstrating the alliance's efforts to strengthen the Yantai High-tech Zone in recent years along with the “Belt and Road” countries and regions. Affirmation of cooperation.

“In recent years, especially since the implementation of the “One Belt, One Road” strategy, Yantai High-tech Zone has relied on the Sino-Russian high-tech industrialization cooperation demonstration base to vigorously promote cooperation with countries and regions along the “Belt and Road” and has accumulated a unique cooperation platform and smooth communication. The cooperation channels and rich experience of cooperation have achieved remarkable results." Liu Hongbo said that the first is to set up an official exchange platform. The Yantai High-tech Zone has established long-term cooperative relationships with more than 180 units including the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, and the Ukrainian Barton Welding Institute. At the end of May this year, Yantai High-tech Zone and the Moscow Government Science and Technology Park signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly establish the Sino-Russian Science and Technology Innovation Center and set up an office in the Moscow Government Science Park. There is already a Russian radio production complex of Elazis, a macro in Russia. 19 units including the Institute of Power Research, the Russian Sheddak Agricultural Company and the Moscow State University Laser Ultrasound Research Institute are negotiating projects through the office.

The second is to build a professional park platform. Yantai High-tech Zone has established Sino-Russian Science and Technology Park relying on the Sino-Russian High-tech Industrialization Cooperation Demonstration Base. It has been recognized as a national-level technology business incubator, the only Asian business incubator in Shandong Province, and a Shandong provincial high-tech entrepreneurial service center. Science Park Association (IASP). At present, the park has an area of ​​36,000 square meters, and has one team of Georgian academicians. The high-end innovation and entrepreneurship team led by the central “Thousand Talents Program” experts and Shandong “Taishan Scholars Overseas Specialized Experts” has entered the technology. There are 316 small, medium and small enterprises, applying for more than 80 patents and applying for more than 20 international scientific and technological cooperation projects.

The third is the mutual technology transfer platform. Established China International Technology Transfer Center, China-Ukraine International Technology Transfer Center, Sino-Russian International Technology Transfer Center, and established Georgia-China International Technology Transfer Center and Russia-China International Technology Transfer Center in Georgia and Russia respectively, and established Sino-Russian new materials research and development. Marine bioengineering research and development, advanced medical technology platform and Sino-microbial technology joint research platform, China-Ukraine international technology transfer platform, etc., have introduced more than 1,000 scientific and technological projects to Chinese enterprises, and more than 200 Sino-Russian cooperation projects, including Aramid 1313, etc. Twenty-seven projects have been industrialized, and more than 20 projects including CIMC and the Ukrainian Barton Welding Research Institute have been successfully established.

The fourth is to establish a platform for exhibitions and exhibitions. Successfully held the China-Russia (Yantai) High-tech Cooperation Forum and Project Promotion Conference, the Fourth National Conference on Science and Technology Cooperation Bases in Russia, the "Focus on High-tech Zone" Yantai International Science and Technology Cooperation Matchmaking Meeting, and the "Juzhi Yantai High-tech Zone" A series of activities, such as Yantai Bank, have achieved a large number of pragmatic cooperation results, more than 30 high-tech projects have taken root, and three projects have passed major international science and technology cooperation approval.

The fifth is to establish a two-way investment platform. The Yantai Qiyuan Institute of Microbiology and the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia rely on the joint research institute of Sino-German Microbiology, which has successfully transformed the research on the introduction of double active enzyme strains and new process of starch saccharification, and the new technology of biotransformed protein feed. R&D and application" and many other projects.

For the future foreign exchange of science and technology in Yantai High-tech Zone, Liu Hongbo said: "Yantai High-tech Zone and Sino-Russian High-tech Industrialization Cooperation Demonstration Base will actively seize the historical opportunities brought by the 'One Belt, One Road' development strategy in the country, Shandong Province, Yantai With the strong support of the city, we will cooperate with domestic and international high-tech parks in industrial development, technological innovation, and talent exchange, and work together."

First, actively participate in the construction and development of the Silk Road High-Tech Park Alliance. Yantai High-tech Zone will rely on the China-Russia High-tech Industrialization Cooperation Demonstration Base and the Sino-Russian Science and Technology Park to actively carry out international scientific and technological cooperation, transformation of scientific and technological achievements, introduction of high-end talents, and incubation of high-tech enterprises. The cooperation between high-tech parks at home and abroad continues to contribute deeply.

The second is to explore the establishment of an alliance industry cooperation fund. Explore the establishment of the Silk Road High-Tech Alliance Industrial Cooperation Fund, and adopt direct rewards, equity participation or technology shareholdings to support the cooperation of industrial projects and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and promote cooperation with alliance members.

The third is to guide enterprises to strengthen technical exchanges and cooperation. Guided by the China-Russia Science and Technology Innovation Center, the China-Russia International Technology Transfer Center, the China-Ukraine International Technology Transfer Center, and the China Ge International Technology Transfer Center, we will guide enterprises to establish cooperation with high-tech parks, enterprises, scientific research institutions and universities at home and abroad. Realize the complementary advantages of technologies, markets, talents and other resources.

The fourth is to actively promote the introduction and exchange of high-level talents. Further improve the policy system for attracting talents, strengthen the platform of “Hai Chuang Think Tank (Thousand Talents Plan) Yantai Innovation and Entrepreneurship Service Center”, Shandong “Haiczhi Plan” Work Base, Yantai High-level Talents Pioneer Park, etc. The role of technological innovation platforms such as the Engineering Technology Research Center will attract high-end talents and teams from countries and regions along the Silk Road to accelerate their gathering.

For the future development, Liu Hongbo confidently stated that the Yantai High-tech Zone and the Sino-Russian High-tech Industrialization Cooperation Demonstration Base will work with the Alliance members to seize historical opportunities, deepen pragmatic cooperation, promote common development, and work together to develop mutually beneficial and win-win success. road! (Zhong Hu, Zhang Yupeng, reporter of this newspaper, Yu Dayong)