"With the development of Shanghai to this day, it also needs to allocate the most valuable resources to scientific and technological innovation in the most core areas. ”
——Gao Yun, Secretary of the Huangpu District Party Committee
When the theme education is carried out, how do the districts in Shanghai face the contradictions, do practical things, and solve problems?
In December 2023, Shanghai Research and The Paper and Shanghai People's Radio jointly launched the "2023 Dialogue with the Secretary of the District Party Committee" series of media interviews, and this issue of the interview with Gao Yun, Secretary of the Huangpu District Party Committee.
Standing on the Rainbow Bridge in the Huangpu area of the World Expo, facing the Nanpu Bridge in the east, Zhongshan South Road in the north, Lupu Bridge in the west, and the Huangpu River in the south. Here, you can see the basic appearance of the entire Expo Huangpu area.
The Huangpu area of the World Expo is the last area that has not yet been developed as a whole in the Expo area, and it is also the last piece of "coat material" along the Huangpu River in the central activity area. In September 2023, Shanghai's Huangpu District announced the construction of a "Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone" in the Huangpu Area of the World Expo to attract global science and technology resources and develop emerging science and technology industries.
How should this land be developed? Among the many science and technology innovation parks in Shanghai, what is the positioning of the "Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone", and what functions and characteristics will be created?
Layout of high-tech industries
In the Huangpu World Expo Binjiang, a number of cultural exhibition facilities such as the World Expo Museum, the ITTF Museum, and the China Ship Museum have long been well-known to the public, and at the same time, in recent years, the corresponding commercial office facilities have also continued to develop. In fact, before the official planning of the Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone, Huangpu was already consciously looking for cutting-edge technology companies.
Gao Yun is in Brain Tiger Technology Company
On the morning of December 11, an employee discussion meeting was being held in a public space in the Brain Tiger Technology Company located in the Expo Plaza. Brain Tiger Technology is a life science company that protects and explores the brain through flexible brain-computer interface technology. Brain-computer interfaces are now considered to be a type of sensor in the most cutting-edge technology, integrating life science and information technology for the diagnosis and treatment of major brain diseases and important brain science research.
Why did such a cutting-edge technology company choose to settle in Shanghai Huangpu?
"Shanghai has three strategic leading industries, artificial intelligence, biomedicine and integrated circuits, and our brain-computer interface happens to be an intersection of these three industries. Tao Hu, deputy director of the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, founder and chief scientist of Brain Tiger Technology, said that at the same time, brain-computer interface is a new class of microelectronic technology, which needs to take advantage of multidisciplinary interdisciplinarity, "We hope that in such an emerging field, there will be a lot of new social capital, as well as the support of social forces and hospitals." "In Huangpu, there are many tertiary hospitals, and the financial service industry is particularly developed, and the financing is convenient. "Brain Tiger has actually been established for a short time, but in less than two years, we have raised the highest amount of financing in the entire industry. Tao Hu said that Huangpu is a business card and center of Shanghai, which also has great advantages for team recruitment, recruitment and attracting high-end talents.
In this regard, Gao Yun, secretary of the Huangpu District Party Committee, also said, "Because I am also doing scientific research, I have been telling you, what is doing scientific research? If the park is far away from the life of researchers, sometimes they may be forced to interrupt their experiments or work and focus a lot of energy on the road. If we are in the center of the city, and the transportation and business facilities are very good, we can allow the scientific and technological personnel to focus their best efforts on their jobs. ”
However, for a tech start-up, renting a 5A office office in the central city means a lot of cost, and how can this problem be solved?
"Over the years, we have been laying out high-tech industries, and we also feel that through the guidance and support of certain policies, we can accelerate the agglomeration of these technology enterprises. Gao Yun said, "Huangpu originally had one of the biggest shortcomings, that is, the business cost was very expensive, so when we introduced technology enterprises, we gave a certain amount of start-up support to lower the threshold for enterprises to enter." If the threshold is lowered and the supporting facilities are done well, many technology companies are still willing to come. Because for technology companies, the comprehensive effect of the region can be reflected. ”
When technology companies choose Huangpu, Huangpu clearly responds with a "two-way street".
For regional development, "settling accounts" is a science. "When we talk about accounting, whether to calculate a small account or a big account, the small account depends on the present, that is, 'what is the fast money'. For example, if you make a house with such a good resource, you will definitely get money quickly. Gao Yun said frankly, "However, we often have to consider the big account, the long-term account, that is, what can continue to bring effect to a region in the future." Then we feel that scientific and technological innovation should be the key to the future competitiveness of a region. ”
Science and technology return to the city
The Expo Huangpu area has been expanded to the east, and the entire area is about 1.92 square kilometers. Among them, there is no developed land, which is now about 50 hectares. In such a valuable area, why do we need to build a central science and technology innovation zone, and how will we build a central science and technology innovation zone?
At the Expo Riverside Building, Gao Yun said, "We have referred to the development trajectories of some world-class cities. For example, New York, in its most central Manhattan area, close to Wall Street and Broadway, has been specially made Manhattan's science and technology innovation district. Another example is London, on the edge of the financial city, along the River Thames, specially built London's Silicon Roundabout Science and Technology Innovation Zone. These world-class cities have experienced the trend of science and technology innovation returning to the city center in recent years, and we feel that Huangpu should also follow such a development trend. ”
"With the development of Shanghai to this day, it is also necessary to allocate the most valuable resources to scientific and technological innovation in the most core areas of Shanghai. Gao Yun said.
According to the current plan, the "Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone" covers a total area of 192 hectares from Zhongshan Nanyi Road in the north, Huangpu River in the south, Luban Road in the west, and Oil Truck Wharf Street in the east.
Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone
In terms of core nodes, it will be combined with the core area around the Rainbow Bridge of the World Expo to create "towers", "rainbows" and "eyes". "Tower" is the future tower of Dingke, which is the creative residence of the people of Dingke; "Rainbow" is to create a rainbow, combined with the preservation of the Rainbow Bridge for activation and utilization, to build a green corridor in the sky and a wonderful space under the corridor, and "Eye" is the innovative eye created on the south side of the Rainbow Bridge, combined with the retention of three slipways, the riverside public space will be integrated with scientific and technological innovation services and cultural buildings, carrying more diversified exhibitions and cultural tourism and leisure functions.
"We hope that in the next five years, the basic prototype of the Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone can be built, and the entire region can be built well in ten years. Gao Yun said.
Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone
"Best Practice Area" for Industry-City Integration
Walking out of the Expo Binjiang Building, in the Living Water Park in early winter, golden ginkgo biloba leaves paved the road, and an old building was hidden in the distance, and some citizens were doing morning exercises. Nearby, there are also quite a few restaurants and cafes.
This small world reflects the future possibilities of the Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone.
Gao Yun in Living Water Park
"When I work, I have a good working environment, and when I have to live, I have good supporting services. Gao Yun said that such an environment of industry-city integration is the goal pursued by the Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone. "In such a livable and business-friendly environment, people are more willing to communicate, and companies are more willing to communicate with each other. ”
Gao Yun introduced that as early as the World Expo, experts and scholars discussed the appearance of the future city together, integrated the concept of green, low-carbon, recyclable and sustainable development into the planning and design of the entire park, and created the concept of "best practice area". Today's Expo Huangpu Area is taking the vision of the time as a template, and then constantly enlarged and improved, and eventually, the Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone will become the scene of the implementation of the dream of "Best Practice Zone".
Nesting can attract phoenixes. It is worth mentioning that not far away, the supporting talent apartments have also been basically completed, which mainly serve the needs of talents in science and technology enterprises in Huangpu District, and will be open to talents next year. Gao Yun hopes that the best resources in the region will be reserved for scientific research talents.
What will the "landing" of the central planning area bring to Huangpu District?
"In everyone's mind, Huangpu's financial services, business services, and professional services are very developed, but these are not enough, we have to create another business card, that is, scientific and technological innovation, which should be the core competitiveness of future regional development. During the survey, Gao Yun emphasized the importance of scientific and technological innovation from time to time, and he hoped that through the construction of the Central Science and Technology Innovation Zone, the energy level and core competitiveness of Huangpu's industry would be further enhanced.