The high-tech block in the Hefei area of the Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone was released1st Anniversary
On September 24, 2020, the high-tech block in the Hefei area of the China (Anhui) Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially unveiled.The high-tech block covers a total of 31.43 square kilometers, presenting a functional layout of one body and two wings.The whole is an innovation driving core, including the original innovation core area, the high-end R&D innovation area, and the new economic industry incubation area. It is reported that there are more than 13,000 enterprises in the high-tech zone, 15 listed companies,it has a number of strategic emerging industries represented by artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, quantum information, biomedicine, photovoltaic new energy, network information security, etc., and is endowed as the core area of scientific and technological innovation in the Hefei area.
Layout map of high-tech blocks in Hefei area of China (Anhui) Pilot Free Trade Zone
Recently, Hefei High-tech Zone released the transcript of the first anniversary of the High-tech Zone of the Free Trade Zone.Since the inauguration, the high-tech zone has established a working group to clarify the handling procedures, start the compilation of guidelines, and establish a problem coordination mechanism.
After a year of development, there have been 4,015 new enterprises in the high-tech zone, accounting for 46% of the city and nearly 40% of the province.Lifang Pharmaceutical, Xinyi Micro packing, and Rongzhi Rixin were listed successively.In the first three quarters of this year, the total industrial output value in the block was 85.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32%;The foreign trade import and export volume was 2.47 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 70%, and the growth rate was 35 percentage points higher than the cities.In order to further refine the work tasks of the high-tech block and steadily implement,Promulgated the province's first block-level construction implementation plan, formed 136 reform pilot tasks, formulated 2021 annual work points, and listed 44 annual key tasks.At present, the completion rate of pilot tasks at provincial, municipal and district levels has exceeded 60%.
Since the inauguration, in order to optimize the preferential measures and support, the High-tech Zone has vigorously promoted institutional innovation. A total of more than 50 institutional innovation items have been formed, and 7 reform experiences have been promoted throughout the province:
- "One Netcom" one-stop service system for international talents;
- The reform of equity investment of industrialization funds;
- The universal exchange mode of "Double Creation Vouchers" in the Yangtze River Delta;
- One-stop financial smart service model;
- A new model of credit loans for scientific and technological enterprises;
- Use market logic to promote the transfer and transformation model of scientific and technological achievements;
- Diversified reform of state-owned new R&D institutions.
The “One Netcom” one-stop service system for international talents implemented has been listed as a “best practice case” for the country to comprehensively deepen the innovative development of service trade.Quantum Sinan, Yangtze River Delta Haichuang Center, and Free Trade Loan were selected as the first batch of 10 landmark construction achievements in the province.
According to reports, the high-tech block has completed 188 replications and promotions in comparison with 278 innovations that have been replicated and promoted nationwide, except for some of them limited by objective conditions such as non-coastal ports; Based on a total of 526 empowerment items in the special list of Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone and the special list of Hefei area, the undertaking plan was formulated.With the help of the dynamic adjustment mechanism of the special list, establish a list of empowerment needs, and actively strive to decentralize more urgently needed empowerment matters in high-tech blocks and do a good job in undertaking them.
It is understood that in this year, the active service of the high-tech block has been integrated into the national strategy,The "Hefei High-tech Zone Deeply Participates in the High-quality Construction of the "Belt and Road" and the Implementation Plan and Supporting Policies for Complementing Weak Links in Internationalization",Accelerate the construction of Sino-German Innovation Park and Overseas Chinese Dream Garden,Promote the in-depth cooperation of Hungary Ouqiao Science and Technology Industrial Park, and list "Science and Technology Innovation Center" in Hungary and Hefei High-tech Zone;Successfully approved as a national foreign trade transformation and upgrading base, relying on the Dallas Overseas Talent Workstation in the United States, it has introduced more than 100 overseas talent projects.Released the Internationalization Index of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and landed the first Google Overseas Experience Center in the province;Promote the joint construction with the Binjiang block in the Hangzhou area, establish the Yangtze River Delta Haichuang Center of the European and American Students Association, sign the Yangtze River Delta G60 Songjiang Anhui Science and Technology Park, and settle in the Hefei Branch Center of the Yangtze River Delta Capital Market Service Base and the Shanghai Stock Exchange Capital Market Service Anhui Base; From January to September, 217 key projects such as Ziguang Communications were newly signed in the high-tech block, with a total investment of 54.9 billion yuan. There were 15 new foreign trade enterprises in the block, with a total of more than 300, which greatly improved the internationalization level of the high-tech block.
In the next step, the high-tech block of the free trade zone will deeply connect with high-level international trade rules, Accelerate the promotion of institutional innovation, continuously optimize the business environment, and explore the formation of differentiated reform results. Efforts will be made to build the high-tech zone of the free trade zone into a free trade zone with convenient trade and investment, vigorous innovation, high-end industrial agglomeration, perfect financial services, safe and efficient supervision, and outstanding radiation and driving effects. Let more entrepreneurs compose a new spring story in Hefei High-tech Zone, a hot land for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Source of information: released by Hefei High-tech