To create a "leading zone", how does Pudong set an era benchmark for independent innovation and development?

　　(Economic Observation) To create a "leading zone", how does Pudong set an era benchmark for independent innovation and development?

　　China News Service, Shanghai, August 9th (Reporter Li Shuzheng) "Strengthening the innovation engine and creating a new highland of independent innovation" is one of the latest goals set by the Chinese government for Pudong.

　　"This coincides with Roche's insistence on innovation." Shen Hong, head of Roche's Shanghai Innovation Center, said in an interview with reporters. This means that Pudong will further optimize the ecological environment and open up and innovate the construction of multinational enterprises.

　　As the first multinational pharmaceutical company to settle in Pudong and establish an independent R&D center in Shanghai, Roche has set many "firsts" in the 27 years since its establishment in Pudong.

In 2021, the Roche China Accelerator, which started operation in Zhangjiang, Pudong, is the first accelerator in the world to be independently established and operated.

　　“Pudong Zhangjiang has already formed a large-scale effect in the fields of biomedicine, life and health, and has a large number of start-ups.” Shen Hong said that in the future, Roche will expand its R&D field in China and hope to cooperate with local companies. The new drug R&D in Pudong occupies an innovative high ground in the world, allowing Pudong’s drug R&D to benefit more patients worldwide."

　　The "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting the Pudong New Area's High-Level Reform and Opening-up to Build a Leading Area for Socialist Modernization" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") was announced recently.

"The benchmark of the times for independent innovation and development" is one of the strategic positioning of Pudong proposed by the "Opinions".

　　As an important bearing area for scientific and technological innovation, how can Pudong make better use of the source of scientific and technological innovation?

In an interview with reporters, Peng Song, the executive deputy director of Shanghai Branch, said that Pudong will make a "breakthrough from 0 to 1, and a leap from 1 to 10" in the innovation chain.

　　"Breakthrough from 0 to 1" means starting from nothing and means original innovation.

　　The world's first 10-petawatt laser experimental facility-Shanghai Super Intensive Ultrashort Laser Experimental Facility (SULF) is located in Zhangjiang, Pudong. It will be initially opened in 2021.

　　According to Leng Yuxin, deputy director of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, using this special laser and its secondary radiation source, scientists can detect and image the movement of active ingredients in organisms and reveal the mysteries of life; lasers can be developed The proton knife is used for cancer treatment; it can also be used to generate antimatter and explore astrophysics and the origin of the universe.

　　“At present, there are a total of 10 large scientific facilities built and under construction in Pudong. These large scientific facilities are an important carrier platform for basic research.” Xu Xin, director of the Science and Technology and Economic Commission of Shanghai Pudong New Area, said that Pudong will rely on major national science and technology. Infrastructure and other carriers, create a leading scientific and technological innovation cluster led by national strategic scientific and technological forces, forward-looking layout of scientific and technological innovation directions, focus on breakthroughs in core areas, and promote information technology, material science, space technology, life science, and environmental science research. Produce a batch of world-class scientific discoveries.

　　Not only are large scientific facilities "grouped" in Pudong, high-level scientific research institutions and high-level research universities are also coming.

According to official reports, this year, the Li Zhengdao Research Institute will be put into trial operation, and the Zhangjiang Advanced Research Institute of Jiaotong University will also be completed.

At the same time, Pudong has gathered 966 corporate R&D institutions and foreign-funded R&D centers, which is expected to exceed 1,000 this year.

　　"The leap from 1 to 10" is inseparable from the perfection of the innovation ecology.

From "sower nursery" to "incubator" to "accelerator", a full life cycle innovation incubation system has taken shape in Pudong.

　　At present, in addition to 174 incubators and crowd-creation spaces, Pudong is also launching a large-scale enterprise open innovation center plan to leverage the advantages of large-scale enterprises’ internal innovation resources and global innovation network to gather, cultivate, and incubate small and medium-sized technology companies in the innovation chain. Collaborative Innovation.

Data shows that currently, there are more than 20 open innovation centers of large enterprises active in Zhangjiang, and 22 are accelerating.

　　In terms of optimizing the innovation ecology, Xu Xin said that Pudong will focus on improving the four major systems-including a full life cycle innovation incubation system, a full chain science and technology public service system, a full range of intellectual property protection systems, and full coverage of science and technology investment and financing. The system empowers innovative entities.

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