CCTV News: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the national high-tech zone's development report card in 2024 on February 26. How are the 178 national high-tech zones across the country doing in 2024? Let's look at it one by one.
In 2024, the GDP of the National High-tech Zone Park exceeded 19 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 14% of the country. Among them, the industrial added value is 9.8 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 24% of the country.
In 2024, the GDP of the National High-tech Zone exceeded 19 trillion yuan
In terms of industrial scientific and technological innovation, in 2024, the R&D funding and the number of invention patents owned by the National High-tech Zone enterprises accounted for about half of the country. Original technologies and first-released products such as embodied general artificial intelligence system prototypes, brain-computer interface intelligent interaction systems, and first-release products are constantly emerging. Future industries such as quantum information, humanoid robots, and the next generation of the Internet have also initially formed development advantages.
In terms of open cooperation, in 2024, the total import and export of goods and services in the National High-tech Zone was approximately 9.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.5% year-on-year, of which the total export volume was 6 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.1% year-on-year.
Yao Jun, Director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said: "In the next step, we will promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, build first-class high-tech parks and industrial innovation highlands, and accelerate the construction of innovation-driven development demonstration zones, new quality productivity leading zones and high-quality development pilot zones."
High-tech Zone: Acceleration on the new track
Since this year, what are the enterprises in high-tech zones in various places busy with? CCTV reporters from the Central Station recently conducted interviews with several distinctive high-tech zones.
Walking into Shenzhen Hi-tech Zone, the reporter saw that R&D engineers were busy debugging intelligent driving solutions. At present, the company is leading the National Key R&D Program Project for Laser Display Technology to open up a new market for in-vehicle optical.
Chen Zhi, general manager of a technology enterprise business department in Shenzhen, said: "We will increase our investment in the breakthrough of upstream core capabilities, seize market opportunities in technical fields such as AI and AR (augmented reality technology), and make more competitive products."
Staff told reporters that there are more than 2,400 companies like them focusing on the field of intelligent driving in Shenzhen. Currently, there have been considerable technological breakthroughs in sensing sensors, chips, operating systems, and wire-controlled chassis.
In Weihai Torch High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, this robot production workshop is busy. The person in charge told reporters that the company has not only achieved independent research and development in the entire industrial chain, but has also achieved modular design of deep-sea robots, which can meet the personalized needs of different application scenarios.
Walking in high-tech zones across the country, the reporter found that many companies that have practiced "unique skills" like this are specialized and specialized small and medium-sized enterprises, and they are active in a number of new tracks with development potential such as intelligent equipment, synthetic biomanufacturing, artificial intelligence, etc.
National High-tech Zone: Develop high technology and realize industrialization
In the interview, the reporter found that today, not only these enterprises with unique skills are present in the high-tech zone, but many enterprises gather around a product, promote each other, and carry out technological research and development cooperation, thus forming a complete industrial chain. In the next step, what aspects will the National High-tech Zone make efforts? What new goals are there? Keep watching.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that it will promote the layout of more high-level innovation platforms in the national high-tech zones and gather and cultivate a large number of leading talents and innovation teams. Support all kinds of innovation entities in the high-tech zone to take the lead or participate in major national science and technology projects, key special projects of national key R&D plans, etc., and break through a number of key core technologies. Improve the gradient cultivation system of high-quality enterprises in the national high-tech zone, continuously optimize the business environment, and promote the integrated development of large, medium and small enterprises.
Wu Jiaxi, deputy director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said: "The national high-tech zone is encouraged to build a number of service institutions such as proof of concept, medium-term test certificate, inspection and testing, technology transfer, etc. to create high-level incubation carriers. Accelerate the transformation and implementation of scientific and technological achievements of colleges and universities in the national high-tech zone. Guide more financial capital to invest early, small, long-term, and hard technology."
In addition, it will promote the national high-tech zone to improve and strengthen the leading industries, cultivate and expand emerging industries, and plan future industries forward-lookingly. Deepen the promotion of strengthening, extending, and filling the chain, promoting cross-regional industrial coordination, deepen cooperation in the "Belt and Road" science and technology parks, implement new track cultivation actions, actively develop the initial launch economy, promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of industries, and create a globally competitive high-tech industrial cluster.
