On April 26, the "National High-tech Zone Innovation Ability Evaluation Report (2023)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") jointly prepared by the Torch High-tech Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Institute of Science and Technology Strategy Consulting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was officially released at the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference - the World's Leading Science and Technology Park Development Forum.
The report pointed out that in 2022, the total innovation ability index of the national high-tech zone will exceed 430 points, reaching a record high, and the innovation capacity of the national high-tech zone will continue to improve. From the perspective of the five sub-indexes, the science and technology innovation ecology index is the highest (1064.8 points), followed by the innovation international expansion index, innovation resource agglomeration index, industrial innovation performance index, and innovation-driven development index. From the perspective of sub-index growth, compared with 2021, the largest growth rate is the industrial innovation performance index (an increase of 8.6%), followed by the innovation resource agglomeration index (7.3%).
According to the report, the national high-tech zone has become the main position for the incubation of unicorn enterprises in the mainland. In 2022, there will be 178 unicorn enterprises in national high-tech zones across the country, accounting for 13.1% of the global total. From the perspective of regional distribution, the eastern region has the most unicorn enterprises in the national high-tech zone, with 167, accounting for 93.8% of the overall proportion of the high-tech zone. From the perspective of individual parks, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, Shanghai Zhangjiang High-tech Zone, Shenzhen High-tech Zone and Hangzhou are the top four, with 74, 43, 11 and 10 respectively, accounting for 77.5% in total, far ahead of other high-tech zones in China, and the head effect is very obvious.
The "Evaluation Report on Innovation Ability of National High-tech Zone" is one of the series of reports on the national innovation survey system. This year's report is mainly based on the "National High-tech Zone Innovation Ability Evaluation Index System", the evaluation object covers all 177 national high-tech zones by the end of 2022, and the national high-tech zone innovation ability evaluation index system is composed of 5 major aspects and 25 secondary indicators of "industrial innovation performance, scientific and technological innovation ecology, innovation resource agglomeration, innovation international expansion and innovation-driven development".
The ecological level of scientific and technological innovation continues to improve
Innovation resources are the basic conditions for national high-tech zones to carry out innovation activities. According to the report, in 2022, the full-time equivalent of R&D personnel in national high-tech zones increased by 12.3% year-on-year, accounting for 33.1% of all R&D personnel in mainland China, and the R&D investment of enterprises exceeded one trillion yuan, accounting for nearly half of the national R&D investment, and the full-time equivalent of R&D personnel per 10,000 employees (804 person-years) was 9.2 times the national average, and a total of 139,000 high-tech enterprises were integrated, a year-on-year increase of 20.7% , accounting for 67.4% of the total number of enterprises in the high-tech zone. There are 33,146 R&D institutions at the provincial level and above in the national high-tech zones, gathering more than 80% of the country's national engineering research centers and national engineering laboratories, and the construction of major scientific and technological innovation infrastructure has been accelerated.
On the basis of the full utilization and allocation of innovation resources, the ecological level of scientific and technological innovation in the national high-tech zone continues to improve. According to the report, the ecological index of scientific and technological innovation in the national high-tech zone rose steadily in 2010, with an average annual growth rate of 21.8%, and in 2022 it was 1064.8 points, more than ten times that of 2010.
The continuously optimized scientific and technological innovation ecology has effectively stimulated the investment of scientific research talents and scientific research funds of enterprises, and the output scale and quality of technological innovation achievements have also increased significantly. In 2022, the full-time equivalent of R&D personnel and the internal expenditure of R&D funds of enterprises in the national high-tech zones will increase by 12.3% and 8.2% year-on-year, accounting for 33.1% and 47.0% of the national total, respectively. From the perspective of technological innovation achievements, the number of invention patents applied, authorized and owned by enterprises in the national high-tech zone was 596,000, 281,000 and 1,490,000 respectively, with a growth rate of more than 10%, accounting for 36.8%, 35.2% and 45.4% of the total number of invention patents in mainland China and abroad.
The advantages of high-tech manufacturing industry are constantly increasing
The performance of industrial innovation reflects the realization of the economic value of industrial innovation. According to the report, the national high-tech zone has made unremitting efforts to cultivate and expand high-tech industries, and the industrial innovation performance index has increased from 100 points in 2010 to 232.2 points in 2022, with an average annual growth rate of 7.2%, and in 2022, it will increase by 18.4 points compared with 2021, with a growth rate of 8.6%.
In terms of enterprise cultivation
According to the report, in 2022, the high-tech zone will have 5,548 specialized and special new enterprises, 2,283 gazelle enterprises, 2,534 listed enterprises, and 178 unicorn enterprises. The national high-tech zone has become the main position for the incubation of unicorn enterprises in the mainland.
In terms of driving the technology market
In 2022, the national high-tech zone will vigorously improve the content of industrial technology elements and the supply efficiency of knowledge achievements, and the turnover of technology contracts will increase significantly, reaching 1,452.39 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 41.2%, an increase of 13.1 times compared with 2010, and the highest growth rate in history.
In terms of enhancing the advantages of high-tech manufacturing
In 2022, there will be 116,000 enterprises belonging to high-tech industries in the national high-tech zones, and the main economic indicators such as the operating income of the high-tech industry, the total industrial output value, the added value of the industry, and the amount of taxes paid will account for more than 30% of the overall proportion of the high-tech industry.
The relevant person in charge of the Torch Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that it is recommended that the national high-tech zone should be deeply involved in the process of new industrialization in the development of advanced manufacturing industry, give full play to the leading role of innovation of leading enterprises, and support enterprises to participate in the field of cutting-edge technology. Deepen the collaborative innovation of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, optimize the industrial ecological environment, accelerate the process of industrial digitalization and greening, and at the same time make forward-looking layout of future industries to achieve all-round transformation and upgrading.
The international competitiveness of innovation has been significantly improved
According to the report, from 2010 to 2022, the innovation international expansion index of the national high-tech zone has risen steadily, reaching 654.0 points in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 11.8 points, and has achieved outstanding results in international talents, international innovation achievements, international trade, etc., among them, the national high-tech zone enterprises have 25,000 European, American and Japanese patents and 263,000 overseas authorized patents, respectively, a year-on-year increase of 5.2% and 20.1%; In that year, 34,000 PCT international patent applications were filed, accounting for 45.9% of the country's PCT patent applications, and high-quality international innovation achievements continued to emerge.
In the field of international trade, the competitiveness of high-tech products in the high-tech zone has been further strengthened. The report pointed out that in 2022, the total export value of enterprises in the national high-tech zones will be 5.9 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%, accounting for 24.6% of the total exports of the mainland, and the scale of high value-added international trade will grow rapidly, and the export structure of the national high-tech zones will lead the country, and the export of high-tech products will account for 59.1% of the national high-tech product exports, more than twice the national level (23.6%).
"Since 2010, the international environment for innovation in the national high-tech zones has been significantly improved, and the process of integrating into the global innovation network has gradually accelerated. The relevant person in charge of the Torch Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology explained that this is mainly due to three aspects of work: first, pay attention to building a talent echelon with a global vision, second, encourage and support enterprises to carry out cross-border innovation cooperation in the high-tech zone, and third, actively carry out international innovation exchange activities.
The national high-tech zone has intensive talents, technology and capital, gathered many top scientific research institutions and platforms in the country, gathered rich development elements for the development of new quality productivity, and has become the regional innovation highland with the most outstanding innovation results and the most active innovation vitality in the mainland, giving birth to many landmark scientific and technological breakthroughs: the first artificial intelligence chip, the first superconducting quantum computing prototype, and the country's first 100 kilowatt CW fiber laser were born here.
The relevant person in charge of the Torch Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that after more than 30 years of reform and exploration and innovation practice, some national high-tech zones in mainland China have the basic conditions to build world-class science and technology parks, and gradually build an open innovation cooperation ecosystem with global influence. The park presents the distinctive characteristics of high industrial agglomeration, strong open and innovative atmosphere, efficient management mechanism, complete infrastructure, and continuous optimization of the business environment. Next, the national high-tech zone will play a leading role in scientific and technological innovation, deeply explore and cultivate disruptive technologies, forward-looking layout of future industries, open up more new fields and new tracks, and shape new momentum for development.
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