Recently, the Comprehensive Office of the Party Working Committee and Management Committee of Zhongkai High tech Zone in Huizhou issued a notice on the issuance of the "Several Policies for Promoting High quality Development of Science and Technology Innovation in Zhongkai High tech Zone" (hereinafter referred to as the "Policies"). The "Zhongkai Science and Technology Innovation Eleven Measures", which gather rewards and support measures in fields such as technology investment promotion, technology achievement transformation, technology innovation platform, incubation and cultivation system, technology talent, technology finance, and technology services, have been officially released.
According to the Policy, by the end of 2027, Zhongkai High tech Zone aims to add more than 2 national level innovation platforms and incubation carriers, more than 2 new research and development institutions at or above the provincial level, and build a number of public technology service platforms. The proportion of high-tech enterprises above designated size will exceed 50%, and the number of technology incubation carriers will reach more than 27. The technology contract transaction volume for that year will reach more than 2.5 billion yuan, promoting R&D to account for 8.8% or more of GDP, and striving to become a first-class national high-tech zone.
Innovative subject guidance and education
Annual issuance of testing coupons and computing power coupons
Focusing on the cultivation of innovative entities, the Policy proposes to increase support in core technology research and development, enterprise innovation vitality, and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
In supporting the research and development of core technologies, a batch of enterprise R&D projects that fill industry gaps and have independent core technologies will be selected every year, and successful individual projects will be supported with a support ratio of no less than 10% of the unveiling amount, with a maximum project support of no more than 1 million yuan per project.
To stimulate the innovation vitality of enterprises, a number of scientific and technological achievement transformation projects and hard technology enterprises will be introduced and cultivated in fields such as artificial intelligence, low altitude economy, new energy storage, new materials, and intelligent equipment manufacturing. Through targeted equity investment and market-oriented equity investment models, support will be provided by state-owned funds, social investment institutions, etc.
At the same time, encourage the application of new quality productivity scenarios. Issuing 500000 to 1 million yuan worth of testing coupons annually to support enterprises in purchasing research and development, inspection, testing, and certification services from service institutions, with each deduction not exceeding 20% of the settlement fee; Every year, 500000 to 1 million yuan worth of computing vouchers are issued. Enterprises within the high-tech zone can apply for computing vouchers to rent computing power, with a maximum deduction of 20% of the settlement fee per transaction.
In order to enhance the ability to transform scientific and technological achievements, the Policy specifies that in addition to providing project support of no more than 1 million yuan for individual projects on industry university research platforms jointly built by enterprises and universities, real money rewards will also be given to research and development institutions, technology transfer and transformation service institutions, or technology contract registration points within the region based on the registered transaction volume of technology contracts.
Building an innovative platform system
Allocate 1 million yuan annually to subsidize public service platforms based on merit
To build an innovative platform system, the Policy encourages and supports the construction of key laboratories, new research and development institutions, and public service platforms through rewards and subsidies.
For newly recognized national, provincial, and municipal key laboratories, rewards of up to 1 million yuan, 500000 yuan, and 50000 yuan will be given respectively; A one-time reward of up to 300000 yuan will be given to newly recognized provincial-level research and development institutions for the first time. For provincial key laboratories or new research and development institutions, if the dynamic evaluation results are excellent or good, corresponding financial rewards will also be given.
In addition, Zhongkai High tech Zone also encourages research institutes and enterprises to build public service platforms around the leading industries in the zone, providing public technical services such as research and development experiments, process validation, inspection and testing, and equipment sharing for leading industry enterprises. The district will allocate 1 million yuan of funds annually, and provide operational subsidies based on 5% of the annual service revenue of the public service platform. The maximum annual bonus for each enterprise will not exceed 200000 yuan.
Improve the innovation element system
Provide 1 million yuan in funding for technology innovation and entrepreneurship team projects
According to the Policy, Zhongkai High tech Zone will make efforts to further improve the innovation element system from the aspects of incubation and cultivation system, scientific and technological talents, scientific and technological finance, and scientific and technological services.
In order to accelerate the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the technology incubation system, the operating entities recognized as standard level and excellent level technology enterprise incubators will be rewarded with 300000 yuan and 500000 yuan respectively. For technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, high-tech enterprises, and "specialized, refined, unique, and new" small and medium-sized enterprises that account for more than 50% of the incubated enterprises in the previous year, a reward of 200000 yuan will be given to the operating entity.
In terms of technology talents, a resettlement subsidy of 200000 yuan will be given to outstanding young technology talent projects; Provide a resettlement subsidy of 500000 yuan for technology leading talent projects; Provide a project funding of 1 million yuan for technology innovation and entrepreneurship team projects.
In terms of technology finance, a total of no more than 6 million yuan of funds will be arranged annually to establish a special loan risk compensation fund for technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises in Zhongkai High tech Zone. Arrange a total amount of no more than 1 million yuan annually to support the development of the equity investment fund industry. Provide a one-time reward to the executive team based on 1% of the actual investment in enterprises within the Zhongkai High tech Zone Innovation Points Management System in the previous year.
In addition, the "Policy" also proposes to strengthen the cultivation and support of high enterprise counseling service institutions within the district. Based on the annual number of counseling institutions recognized by high enterprises, coaching institutions will be rewarded in tiers, with a maximum reward of 300000 yuan per coaching institution in the current year. At the same time, high-value patent cultivation will be carried out, and one-time funding will be provided to units or individuals who have won the China Patent Award, Guangdong Patent Award, and Outstanding Inventor Award.