Where the spring tide is surging, innovation is at the right time. As the first approved national-level new area in northwest China, Lanzhou New Area thoroughly implements the innovation-driven development strategy, solidly promotes strong scientific and technological actions, actively integrates into the construction of the "Yellow River Hundred Mile Science and Technology Innovation Corridor", takes platform energy gathering, industrial strength, and mechanism breakthrough as the starting point, breaks through key areas such as equipment manufacturing, promotes the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial development, injects momentum into regional economic and social development, and writes an answer sheet for forging ahead in the new era of seeking development through scientific and technological innovation and promoting rise through innovation.
Innovation platform nests and attracts phoenixes
Build a solid hard-core support for the development of science and technology
Scientific and technological innovation, platform-based. Lanzhou New Area weaves a dense matrix of high-energy innovation platforms to build a development carrier for various innovation subjects, so that innovation elements can accelerate the agglomeration and full burst of innovation vitality. Up to now, the new area has built 193 innovation platforms at all levels, covering leading industries, with clear levels and perfect functions.
In 2025, Lanzhou New Area plans to build the "Ganzhihui" Science and Technology Innovation Park, adopting the spatial layout of "one core leadership and multi-district linkage", supporting the introduction of a "1+6" policy system, building a trinity of "finance + fund + credit" financial support mechanism, and promoting the deep integration of science and technology and industry. At present, it has signed contracts with 11 universities inside and outside the province, including Xi'an Jiaotong University, Central South University, and Lanzhou University, to jointly build an industry-university-research cooperation platform to promote the "Ganzhihui" Science and Technology Innovation Park to become the "main front" for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the new area.
The main body of the enterprise is accumulating strength to break through
Activate the internal vitality of industrial innovation
Enterprises are the main force of scientific and technological innovation and the core force of industrial upgrading. Lanzhou New Area adheres to both cultivation and support, and has built a cascade cultivation system for science and technology-based enterprises, so that the innovation vitality of various business entities can burst out. At present, the number of high-tech enterprises and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises has increased by 1.94 times and 7.1 times respectively compared with the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan, 5 enterprises have ranked among the national specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, and 4 enterprises have been selected as "China's Top 500 Invisible Unicorns".
On the fertile soil of science and technology innovation in Lanzhou New Area, a number of enterprises have deeply cultivated subdivided fields, increased R&D investment, and promoted the transformation of the industry to high-end, intelligent and green. The 3.5 micron high-end copper foil developed by Gansu Hailiang New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. has been stably supplied to domestic leading battery companies with excellent quality and has become a benchmark for innovation in the new material industry. The medical heavy ion accelerator independently developed by Lanzhou Taiji Ion Technology Co., Ltd. has completed the construction of a number of equipment and treated more than 2,800 patients. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, enterprises in the new area have developed a total of 270 new technologies and new products, of which 22 technologies have reached the international leading level, and 180 technologies have achieved domestic leadership, promoting the "sprouting" of traditional industries, the "growth of forests" of emerging industries, and the "rapid rooting" of future industries, injecting impetus into regional industrial upgrading.
Smooth the channels for the transformation of achievements
Open up the "last mile" of science and technology innovation
The value of scientific and technological innovation is ultimately reflected in the transformation of achievements. Lanzhou New Area focuses on the needs of scientific and technological achievements from "laboratory" to "production line", improves the achievement transformation mechanism, breaks down transformation barriers, and builds a complete chain of "innovation source-proof-of-concept-pilot maturation-industrialization", so that every innovative achievement can find the soil to take root. Implement the "investment first and then share" transformation model to reduce the risk of achievement transformation and stimulate the entrepreneurial enthusiasm of scientific research teams. At the same time, efforts will be made to cultivate a team of professional and technical managers to promote the deep integration of industry, education and research.
Up to now, the new area has promoted the implementation and transformation of 553 industrial projects, and the conversion rate has increased to 33.5%, realizing the "two-way rush" of scientific and technological innovation and industrial development. In addition, the new area actively carries out scientific and technological innovation investment, and a number of key pilot and technical research projects have been launched and implemented, guiding the vertical integration of enterprise R&D and production to accelerate the transformation of innovation achievements.
Create an innovative ecological environment
Cultivate fertile ground for high-quality development of science and technology
A good innovation ecology is an "incubator" for scientific and technological innovation and a "strong magnetic field" to attract innovation elements. Lanzhou New Area adheres to the concept of "excellent environment leads to innovation and prosperity", improves the policy system, strengthens factor guarantees, and creates an optimal environment for scientific and technological innovation. It has successively formulated and issued 12 policy documents related to scientific and technological innovation, forming a policy support system covering the whole life cycle of enterprises.
In terms of financial security, the proportion of financial science and technology expenditure in the new area continues to grow, and all kinds of science and technology funds inject living water into scientific and technological innovation, breaking the development bottleneck of "difficult and expensive financing" of scientific and technological innovation enterprises. In terms of talent introduction, 5 national postdoctoral research workstations have been approved, forming a team of high-quality scientific and technological innovation talents including many leading talents and young talents in Longyuan, providing solid talent support.
In addition, 23 characteristic science popularization bases have been built, 25 scientific and technological activities have been held, creating a social atmosphere of "respecting science, advocating innovation, and tolerating failure", and building an innovation pattern of "platform + enterprise + talent" synergy, so that innovation vitality can burst out.
Standing at a new starting point, Lanzhou New Area will continue to focus on key areas such as new materials, strengthen key core technology research, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological reform, scientific and technological cooperation, achievement transformation and scientific and technological innovation finance, build a scientific and technological innovation and transformation base in the province and even the northwest region, and write a new chapter in development with scientific and technological innovation as the engine. (Reporter Hua Jing Correspondent Xia Chao Wang Jun)