China News Service, Guangzhou, October 12 (Sun Qiuxia) According to the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Digital Economy Development Report 2019", the scale of Guangdong's digital economy exceeds 4 trillion yuan, ranking first in the country.
The development of the digital economy is particularly remarkable in Guangzhou, where technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and 5G have penetrated into many life scenarios.
For example, at Guangzhou Metro Tianhe Smart City Station, passengers can not only swipe their faces to pass the gates, but also experience functions such as smart voice ticket purchases and smart people going through security checks. The smart information screen at the platform door will also automatically display waiting time and passenger flow density. ; At the Nansha Library, after readers enter facial information on the self-service card machine, they no longer need to carry their credentials when entering and exiting the library, and they can pass through the library with a single face...
These intelligent applications are inseparable from the innovative exploration of enterprises in the new generation of information technology and artificial intelligence.
Tax fund "supply" promotes enterprises to increase R&D investment
Since Guangzhou first proposed the "IAB" plan in 2017, industries led by new-generation information technology, artificial intelligence, and biomedicine have quickly landed on this land.
According to statistics from the Guangzhou Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation, as of the end of 2018, in terms of tax registration, there were 73,200 IAB companies in the city.
Among them, IAB companies have grown particularly rapidly in the past three years, adding a total of 47,800 new households, accounting for 65.32% of the total number of IAB companies.
It is worth noting that these IAB companies, all led by innovation, continue to increase R&D investment, and seize opportunities for industrial transformation.
For example, Jiadu Group, which started from the IT industry, has built a business layout with AI as the core and smart city, urban transportation brain, smart rail transit and ICT services as the expansion after more than 20 years of development.
The relevant person in charge of Jiadu Group told reporters that in 2005, when domestic rail transit was monopolized by foreign companies such as Siemens, Samsung, and Panasonic, Jiadu Group invested 50 million yuan to establish a professional company, resolutely seek transformation, and vigorously introduce scientific research talents and invest in technology Innovation.
Today, Jiadu Group’s smart city projects cover more than 40 cities, the urban traffic brain project covers more than 100 cities, and the smart rail transit project covers 22 cities, forming a national smart technology business distribution.
While the "smart +" business and products are launched, in 2019, Jiadu Group continued to increase R&D expenditure and talent introduction, and R&D expenditure increased by 49.33% year-on-year.
The confidence of enterprises to innovate is inseparable from the support of tax dividends.
The reduction of the value-added tax rate, the relaxation of preferential corporate income tax standards, and the increase in the percentage of deductions for R&D expenses have given enterprises a tangible “supply” of funds.
"The company uses tax incentives for new product research and development, technological transformation, personnel training, etc. This fund allows our company to reduce the pressure on cash flow, allowing us to quickly transform and integrate into the domestic cycle." Jiadu Group The relevant person in charge said.
Also enjoying the tax dividend is China's online game platform-Sanqi Mutual Entertainment.
Sanqi Mutual Entertainment Building.
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Cheng Lin, vice president of Sanqi Mutual Entertainment, told reporters that when the company was founded, it was just a small studio with a dozen employees. Now it has grown into a global TOP20 listed game company. This is inseparable from the company's "integrated research and transportation" strategy.
In September 2013, Sanqi Mutual Entertainment introduced a large number of talent teams and established the game research and development brand "Sanqi Game".
After 7 years of development, Sanqi Game now has more than 2,000 employees and has independently developed 3D engine game architecture, big data analysis platform and other technologies.
"When we first started to build a game platform, we couldn't grasp the core value of a product, but when we built an online game'integrated research and transportation' strategy, we understood the product better, became more precise in the operation process, and improved profits. "Cheng Lin said.
Since Sanqi Mutual Entertainment belongs to the software and integrated circuit industry, it can enjoy preferential tax policies such as "two exemptions and three halves of corporate income tax" and additional deductions for research and development expenses.
Tax data shows that since the beginning of this year, Sanqi Mutual Entertainment has enjoyed a tax reduction of about 20 million yuan.
Cheng Lin pointed out that on the one hand, tax incentives encourage companies to increase R&D investment, and on the other hand, they also give more support to the continuous operation of enterprises.
During the epidemic this year, with the "home economy" booming, the company's mobile game business market share increased to 10.51%.
In addition, the company has also recruited a large number of high-tech talents against the trend to fully reserve for online game development and the next investment in 5G new infrastructure.
Optimize tax service to help enterprises "load light"
In the Guangzhou Nansha Free Trade Zone, tall buildings are rising from the ground.
In this “experimental field” of reform and innovation, a series of preferential measures introduced by the government attracted more than 180 AI companies to settle down.
In Nansha Xiangjiang International Science and Technology Center, the top artificial intelligence companies in the industries such as Yuncong Technology, iFLYTEK, and Dark Matter Intelligent Technology have settled in. This is also known as the "unicorn ranch" locally.
Jiang Li, Financial Director of Dark Matter Intelligent Technology, told reporters that the company's Greater China headquarters chose to settle in Nansha mainly because of the good business environment and high efficiency of government affairs.
"In Nansha, we have seen supportive policies for technology platforms, talents, financing and taxation, as well as reforms in areas such as talent development, scene opening, government services, and innovation environment. Not only are they grounded, they are also in line with the urgency of market players. Demand." Jiang Li said.
Dark Matter Intelligent Technology is the first quasi-AI unicorn company incubated and cultivated locally in Guangzhou. Its products are mainly used in the education industry.
From the beginning of its establishment, the company began to take the road of independent research and development, and the R&D team accounted for the largest proportion.
Dark matter intelligent technology exhibition hall.
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Jiang Li told reporters that the company's R&D investment accounts for more than 70%, mainly due to labor costs.
Last year, the company enjoyed a tax deduction of more than 18 million yuan in terms of additional deductions for research and development expenses.
In addition to tangible tax dividends, start-ups represented by Dark Matter Intelligent Technology also enjoy digital tax services.
For example, the Nansha taxation department accurately matched corporate data and tax incentives through data analysis such as value-added tax invoices, and pushed "tailor-made" tax incentives; through the development of a risk indicator model system, it accurately locates taxpayers' risk doubts and points to points. Push to the taxpayer side of the Electronic Taxation Bureau to help taxpayers prevent tax-related risks...
Jiang Li pointed out that since the company settled in Nansha, the taxation department has provided a lot of professional guidance on the deduction of R&D expenses, individual tax reform, overseas tax-related business, etc., to help the company enjoy the preferential tax policies and reduce tax-related issues. risk.
Also enjoying the "one-to-one" personalized tax policy guidance, there is also the artificial intelligence unicorn company-Yuncong Technology, which was incubated from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The person in charge of Yuncong Technology told reporters that the Nansha District Taxation Bureau took the initiative to establish online and offline multi-level communication and contact mechanisms with companies, and tailored a compilation of tax preferential policies for science and innovation enterprises to facilitate companies to have a more comprehensive and timely grasp Various tax incentives reduce the worries of enterprises.
Cloud from technology smart coffee machine.
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It is understood that during the epidemic, Yuncong Technology independently developed an AI smart epidemic prevention and detection system to achieve remote non-contact temperature measurement and reduce the risk of infection for front-line workers.
Currently, the system is deployed in multiple locations and scenarios, including Guangzhou International Baiyun Airport, Nanshalom Xuedao Port Area, Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Island, and Beijing Smart Community.
It is worth mentioning that in terms of optimizing the business environment, Guangdong Taxation has launched a series of targeted measures around innovative service methods.
For example, the new export tax rebate system is launched to provide efficient and convenient export tax rebate services in a "one-window" mode; the tax compliance cooperation system is promoted to realize automatic scanning of financial data and automatic warning of tax-related risks to provide enterprises with intelligent risk warning; With the function of tax and fee combined declaration, it can reduce the number of declarations and shorten the tax processing time...
The taxation business environment has been continuously optimized, attracting more talents to enter Guangdong, injecting a steady stream of impetus to enterprises settled in Guangdong, and at the same time allowing enterprises to develop lightly.
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