China News Service, Suzhou, January 8 (Zhou Jianlin) "Innovation cluster" became the first New Year buzzword in Suzhou.

Since the Suzhou Industrial Innovation Cluster Development Conference in the Digital Economy Era was held on January 5, "what is an innovation cluster" and "how to do it in Suzhou" have become hot topics of discussion in the past few days.

  "Suzhou proposed the development of industrial innovation clusters in the era of digital economy, which is very forward-looking, in line with the development law of the industry itself, and in line with the current trend of industrial upgrading and evolution." Ren Zeping, a well-known economist, said that this decision shows Suzhou's advanced development pattern. At the same time, it shows Suzhou's awareness of seizing opportunities.

  As we all know, Suzhou is "the strongest prefecture-level city in China".

In 2021, it is expected to complete the regional GDP of 2.2 trillion yuan, and the total industrial output value above the designated size has historically surpassed the 4 trillion yuan mark.

Suzhou is one of the cities with the most complete industrial system in China, with 35 major industrial categories, involving 167 medium-level industries and 491 sub-categories.

However, the manufacturing industry is generally large but not strong, which is the "growth trouble" faced by Suzhou.

  The Innovation Cluster Development Conference held in Suzhou sent a strong signal to the outside world: from now on, Suzhou will not only focus on industrial clusters, but also higher-level innovation clusters.

Suzhou also proposed for the first time to build a national demonstration city of "innovation clusters leading industrial transformation and upgrading".

  For Suzhou, the most direct and urgent goal of building an innovation cluster is to solve the “big but not strong” manufacturing industry in Suzhou.

Through clusters, a number of new business forms and new models can be accelerated, making the integration relationship between the innovation chain and the industrial chain more specific, making the long board longer and the scale larger, and truly realizing the industry's "can't move, can't press" Collapse, break apart."

  Wan Li, director of the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that the main goal of "Intelligent Transformation and Digital Transformation" in Suzhou's manufacturing industry in 2022 is to complete more than 5,000 "Intelligent Transformation and Digital Transformation" projects, covering 3,500 enterprises above the scale, and continue to expand the digitalization of small and medium-sized enterprises. Striving to create a national intelligent manufacturing pioneer area.

  It was disclosed at the meeting that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Suzhou will dynamically invest over 100 billion yuan in special funds to support the development of industrial innovation clusters in the digital economy era.

Suzhou also clearly proposed to focus on the four leading industries of electronic information, equipment manufacturing, biomedicine and advanced materials.

Due to the long-established first-mover advantage, the total output value of these four major industries has reached 3.8 trillion yuan.

  Hearing the news, Pan Wubin said it was "exciting".

Pan Wubin, President of Suzhou Conrad Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. said frankly that the research and development of new drugs takes 10 to 15 years, involving the intersection of different disciplines and majors, and requires joint development and creation of value in all aspects, including service outsourcing, finance, legal affairs, etc., only rely on one company to connect It will be very difficult and requires the creation of the entire innovation ecosystem.

  Universities are an indispensable and important resource for the development of innovation clusters.

For a long time, Soochow University relies on its talents and technological advantages to serve the industrial development of Suzhou. It has incubated 4 listed companies, and incubated more than 400 technology companies in the past five years. It has built 105 school-enterprise joint scientific research platforms and 38 collaborative innovation centers.

  Xiong Sidong, President of Soochow University, said that Soochow University will further strengthen independent innovation and collaborative innovation in science and technology, focusing on building industrial technology research institutes oriented to industrial clusters, new R&D institutions oriented to industry fields, and school-enterprise innovation consortia oriented to enterprises, so as to promote mutual innovation systems. Unicom, free circulation of innovation elements, and sharing of innovation resources.

  It is true that the construction of innovation clusters is not achieved overnight, nor is it rushed, it requires systematic planning and linkage between top and bottom.

Looking at Suzhou, all ten sections have anchored their goals, focusing on two to three fields to build a group of innovation clusters at a high level to achieve dislocation development and coordinated linkage.

  "Currently, the construction of the Science and Technology Innovation Circle around Taihu Lake and the Shanghai-Nanjing Industrial Innovation Belt is accelerating. Suzhou High-tech Zone is located at the intersection of the 'One Circle and One Belt', providing us with great opportunities to gather high-end innovation resources." Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Suzhou High-tech Zone , Mao Wei, secretary of the Huqiu District Party Committee, said that the high-tech zone will focus on high-end medical equipment and integrated circuit industries, strengthen the core position of innovative enterprises, and strive to build the strongest scientific and technological enterprise forest.

  When the tide of innovation rises, the ship opens, and the clusters form a trend and the waves are wide.

Suzhou, whose economic aggregate is rising steadily, has set the new year goal of "innovation cluster" to move forward.

Cao Lubao, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, said that by building an innovation cluster, Suzhou will truly realize the transformation from Suzhou manufacturing to Suzhou creation, Suzhou speed to Suzhou quality, and Suzhou products to Suzhou brand, and comprehensively enhance the core competition of high-quality development in Suzhou. force.

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