Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone

Publish Date：2019/11/05 Source：

Policy Categories：Scientific Innovation

Among the first batch of National High-Tech Zones approved in China, a development pattern of "one zone 22 parks" has evolved in Zhangjiang High-Tech Zone since 1991, with a total area of 531 square kilometers, covering all the districts of Shanghai. In January 2011, the State Council approved supporting the establishment by Shanghai Zhangjiang High-Tech Industrial Development Zone of a national independent innovation demonstration zone, and endowing Zhangjiang with a mission to deepen reform, and take the lead to operate pilot projects. Zhangjiang High-Tech Zone entered into a new historical development period.

Built upon global innovation resources and strong interaction with global innovation networks, Zhangjiang is home to over 70,000 innovative hi-tech enterprises, 368 Fortune 500 firms, a number of industry clusters worth hundreds of billions of yuan, etc. According to statistics, 1,000+ inventions are patented every month; at least 30 pieces of creative software are developed every day; and one person in the world is using innovative products from Zhangjiang every 30 seconds.

1.What supports are available to enterprises in Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone (“Zone”)?

In terms of optimizing public service environment, support science and technology services like innovation & entrepreneurship and intellectual property rights (IPRs); support technology enterprises’ equity financing and credit financing; support the construction of national ecological demonstration zone and zero-emission pilot demonstration zone.

In terms of attracting and fostering excellent talents, support the hiring of senior experts and excellent young talents; support the implementation of rewarding excellent young scientific research talents; support the practice of boosting levels of comprehensive services for talents and strengthening guaranteed housing supply for talents.

In terms of promoting the transformation of innovation achievements, support the industrialization of innovation achievements in the Zone; support enterprises in making key breakthroughs and performing the transformation of core technologies; support the demonstrative application of original equipment and products in the Zone; support the high-speed development of new high-tech enterprises; support enterprises in key industries in conducting international certification and participating in international cooperation and exchange.

In terms of developing innovative industry clusters, support the introduction of high-quality industrial resources aimed at development priorities and weak links of industry chains of emerging industries, which include domestic and overseas R&D institutions, key laboratories, functional headquarters, leading enterprises and innovation platforms in the frontiers of science and technology.

2.What resource advantages does Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone (“Zone”) have?

Science and technology layout with global vision. Built upon a national large-scale scientific facilities cluster, the Zone will set up the world’s largest photonic science center with the most complete categories and the strongest comprehensive ability focusing on the new-generation light source technology. In addition, national laboratories and global top scientist studios including Zhangjiang Lab and Tsung-Dao Lee Institute will be also built.

Open, innovative working platforms. International innovation platforms have been established in the Zone, including China-Israel, China-Germany, China-Finland and China-Singapore innovation centers; 300+ foreign-funded R&D centers have also settled down in the Zone.

Inclusive, sharing entrepreneurial environment. Innovators and entrepreneurs will have access to healthcare, educational, eldercare and cultural services at an international level, and talent apartments with total floor area of more than 10 million square meters to address diverse housing requirements.

3.Which innovative initiatives are taken this year to attract more high-level talents from home and abroad?

With the opening of the international talent port in Zhangjiang, talent approval services will be processed via “one website”. This will help greatly improve the efficiency of approval, and the approval of work permits and residence permits will be completed within five calendar days. HR services have adopted “One-stop supply”, which can provide high-quality market service resources for enterprises to recruit and employ people. “All-round help” system has been implemented for talent innovation and entrepreneurship. Under the system, Zhangjiang international talent port provides services for talents to innovate and launch businesses in all fields, at all links and throughout the life cycle, furthers the implementation of innovation and entrepreneurship policies, accelerates the development of entrepreneurship projects and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

Shanghai international technological innovation talent service center officially opened, which is designed as a one-stop all-pass service window addressing the needs of introduced high-level technological innovation talents by providing them with 18 public personnel & talent service items, including work permits for foreigners working in China, residence permits for talents from abroad, and application by returned overseas students for permanent residence in Shanghai.