In the precise orbit of the heavy ion accelerator, microscopic particles collide with extremely high energies, revealing the deep mysteries of matter; On the display screen of the biomedical laboratory, researchers are concentrating on recording the reaction data of new materials, and each set of numbers carries the possibility of innovation; On the production line of new materials, pieces of metal foil as thin as cicada wings have successfully rolled off the production line, outlining a vivid picture of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements...... Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", such an innovative and dynamic scene has become more and more common in Lanzhou, the golden city of the Yellow River. A wave of scientific and technological innovation as the core driving force is profoundly reshaping the development pattern of this ancient city. From the country's heavy weapon to market application, Lanzhou City has deeply implemented the innovation-driven development strategy, tackled tough problems and promoted strong scientific and technological actions, and the city's comprehensive scientific and technological progress level index has increased to 82.61%, successfully ranking among the ranks of national innovative cities, leaving a solid footprint on the journey of innovation and development.
Aerial view of Lanzhou Science and Technology Innovation Park
Strategic guidance and ecological optimization to build a new highland driven by innovation
Innovation-driven development is inseparable from top-level strategic planning and excellent innovation ecology. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the municipal party committee and the municipal government put innovation at the core of the overall development, clearly regarded innovation as one of the core driving forces to promote high-quality development, and listed "focusing on building innovative Lanzhou" as a key task. The high-standard city-wide science and technology conference has drawn a blueprint for a strong city with science and technology, and innovatively established government-enterprise-research dialogue mechanisms such as "the secretary of the municipal party committee listens to the voices of members", which has opened up key links for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. A series of blockbuster policies, such as the "Three-Year Action Plan for Innovation Lanzhou" and the "Work Measures on Promoting the "161" Science and Technology Innovation System to Accelerate the Construction of Innovation Lanzhou", have been intensively introduced, and the joint conference system established with Lanzhou University and the Lanzhou Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has built an innovation community with deep integration of cities, schools and institutes.
Institutional innovation is the key to unleashing the vitality of innovation. Lanzhou City has promoted the reform of "decentralization, management and service" in the field of scientific research, and implemented pilot projects such as the "package system" for scientific and technological project funds and the separate management of scientific and technological achievements and assets for positions, giving scientific researchers greater autonomy. At the same time, we will strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, unveil the establishment of the Lanzhou Intellectual Property Transformation and Trading Center, create a social atmosphere that advocates science, build 210 municipal science popularization bases, and promote the leap of scientific literacy for the whole people. This combination of "strategic top-level design + policy precise drip irrigation + continuous ecological optimization" provides strong support for Lanzhou's innovation and development.
Lanzhou Petrochemical focuses on promoting scientific and technological innovation
Platform leap and breakthrough forge a strong engine of regional innovation
The improvement of the energy level of the innovation platform has gathered high-end scientific research resources for Lanzhou City. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the construction of Lanbai National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone and Scientific and Technological Innovation Reform Pilot Zone has improved the quality and growth rate, and the innovation backbone and extreme core functions have continued to be enhanced. Lanzhou New Area Specialized and Special New Chemical New Materials Pilot Base "targeted" cultivation of key core technology transformation; Lanzhou High-tech Zone focuses on the first industry of biomedicine, and major projects such as the medical aesthetic industrialization base of Sinopharm Zhongsheng (Northwest) Health Technology Industrial Park have been steadily promoted, ranking 53rd in the national high-tech zone; Lanzhou Economic Development Zone has accelerated the construction of four advanced manufacturing clusters such as aerospace. What is even more exciting is that the landing of the Northwest Innovation Base of Yazhou Bay National Laboratory has completed the reorganization of 12 national key laboratories, of which the Grass Seed Innovation Laboratory of Lanzhou University has been selected as the first batch of benchmark laboratories, marking a historic leap forward in Lanzhou's strategic scientific and technological forces. The Yellow River Baili Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, which optimizes the layout of the Yellow River as the corridor, has gathered 20 scientific and technological innovation platforms, forming a dynamic innovation axis.
Biomedical enterprises
In terms of major key technology research, Lanzhou City has shown its responsibility and strength in serving the national strategy. Through the implementation of mechanisms such as "unveiling the list and taking command", 240 million yuan of municipal science and technology funds have been invested, and more than 2,860 major projects at the central and provincial levels have been strived to support the "New Fourth Army" in scientific research in Lanzhou to overcome difficulties. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, it has won 3 national science and technology awards and 627 provincial awards. The first set of domestic heavy ion cancer treatment equipment successfully broke the international monopoly, Hall thrusters helped the stable operation of the "Tianhe" core module, special lubricating materials escorted the Long March rocket, and a number of major scientific and technological achievements such as "Zhongbai No. 1" edible lily, high-temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear graphite, hydrogen energy metallurgy and other major scientific and technological achievements have sprung up, realizing the transformation from "following" to "running together" or even "leading" in many fields.
Lanshi Research Institute
Transformation and efficiency increase and main body cultivation stimulate new momentum for industrial development
Only when scientific and technological achievements are transformed into real productivity can their value be demonstrated. Lanzhou City has formulated the "Action Plan for Innovation Lanzhou 2025 and the Breakthrough Year of Scientific and Technological Achievement Transformation", and vigorously implemented the "Millions and Thousands" action for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. The 20 platforms in the Yellow River Baili Science and Technology Innovation Corridor are building a full-chain ecology of "basic research-pilot maturation-industrial incubation-market application". The six innovation consortia supported the establishment have solved the problem of "bottleneck" in the fields of new chemical materials. The efficiency of the network of Lanzhou science and technology market and technology transfer institutions jointly built by provinces and cities has been revealed, and the blood of innovation is unimpeded.
Enterprises are the main body of innovation. Up to now, Lanzhou has implemented the doubling action of cultivating high-tech enterprises and the full coverage of R&D activities of industrial enterprises above designated size, with 1,090, 512 and 1,349 high-tech enterprises, provincial scientific and technological innovation enterprises, and 1,349 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises respectively, accounting for 44%, 29% and 30% of the province respectively. Invisible unicorn and seed unicorn companies have achieved a breakthrough of zero, reaching 13 in two years. The stationing of "science and technology commissioners" and the promotion of the enterprise innovation points system have jointly created an innovative situation of thousands of horses.
Lanzhou Petrochemical's front-line employees analyzed and studied the effect of new technologies in polyolefin production
Gather talents and open cooperation to create a gathering place for innovative talents
The only way to innovate is to win people. Lanzhou City adheres to the "global talent concept", iteratively upgrades the 2.0 version of the new talent policy, introduces 58 targeted policies, and invests 350 million yuan to optimize the "introduction and consumption" article. Through "flexible introduction" and project cooperation, intellectual resources at home and abroad are widely gathered.
At present, the city has 42 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 225 national scientific and technological leading talents, and 34,700 R&D personnel. 14 academician expert workstations, 39 postdoctoral research workstations, and 9 postdoctoral innovation practice bases have been built. The holding of various innovation and entrepreneurship competitions has provided a display stage for young scientific and technological talents and continued to inject living water into the source of innovation Lanzhou.
Technology enterprises
Anchor the goal and then set off to write a new chapter of innovation in Lanzhou
Based on the solid foundation laid by the "14th Five-Year Plan" and looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan", Lanzhou's scientific and technological innovation is facing new historical opportunities. Lanzhou will adhere to the "four aspects", continue to deepen the reform of the scientific and technological system and mechanism, and make every effort to tackle major key technologies with core competitiveness.
Based on the "14th Five-Year Plan", Lanzhou City will achieve a new leap in innovation level. Promote the rounding and upgrading of Lanzhou and Baibai, strive to lay out more national-level large scientific devices and innovation platforms, and make the Yellow River Baili Science and Technology Innovation Corridor an important source of innovation in the west and even the country.
Based on the "14th Five-Year Plan", Lanzhou will show new achievements in industrial empowerment. Focusing on the "3+2" modern industrial system and the cultivation of new quality productivity, strengthen the main position of enterprise innovation, open up the "last mile" of scientific and technological achievements transformation, and promote the deep integration of innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain and talent chain.
Based on the "14th Five-Year Plan", Lanzhou will reach a new level in innovation ecology. By creating a world-class innovation environment, deepening the reform of scientific and technological evaluation, improving scientific and technological financial services, and gathering talents from all over the world, all sources of innovation can fully flow on the banks of the Yellow River.
The brilliant achievements of the "14th Five-Year Plan" have marked a new height for Lanzhou's innovation and development. Lanzhou City will move forward bravely along the road of strengthening the city with science and technology with a more high-spirited attitude, and contribute stronger scientific and technological momentum to the action of strengthening the provincial capital and building a beautiful Lanzhou in the new era.