As the 2024 Spring Festival holiday comes to an end, strivers from all over the world are returning to Guangzhou one after another with full energy, gearing up to embark on a new journey.
When spring rises, the future is promising. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China and is a critical year for achieving the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan. For Guangzhou, it is necessary to maintain strategic focus, enhance confidence, seize development opportunities, and strive to write a new chapter in Guangzhou's modernization construction.
Amid the clarion call of "Second Entrepreneurship", many entrepreneurs, scientists, and educators who have chosen to base themselves in Guangzhou and take root in Guangzhou have started the new year with great enthusiasm and actively integrated into the new journey of Guangzhou's "Second Entrepreneurship" , and continue to move forward with firm confidence on the road to high-quality development.
Let’s move toward each other and let science and technology and industry achieve “two-way running”
The Central Economic Work Conference held in December last year, when arranging the economic work for 2024, proposed to adhere to "seeking progress while maintaining stability, promoting stability through advancement, establishing first and then breaking", emphasizing "developing new productive forces" and "taking "Scientific and technological innovation leads the construction of a modern industrial system" is placed first among the nine key tasks.
Today, looking at Guangzhou, there are large courtyards and large platforms releasing vitality, and innovative enterprises are dotted all over the place. From scientific research institutes to thousands of enterprises, a road of "from 0 to 1", "from 1 to 10", and then from "10 to 100" scientific research results "out of the laboratory and onto the production line" is accelerating in Guangzhou.
Since its establishment, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) has taken it as its mission to develop integrated disciplines and strive to change the paradigm of knowledge creation and talent cultivation. Ni Mingxuan, President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), said that the school will enhance the ability of talents to serve the development of strategic emerging industries and respond to global challenges. Facing a new round of technological revolution and industrial changes, the school will accelerate original breakthrough research in the field of science and technology and Transfer and transform knowledge to create a highland for scientific and technological innovation.
Focusing on the new generation of information technology, in colleges and universities, the team of Zhou Changhe, a professor at Jinan University and winner of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, conducted concentrated research on the urgent needs for the research and development of mid-to-high-end lithography machines, and proposed a unique parallel laser direct writing technology to solve the problem. A series of technical problems in optoelectronic engineering. In the new R&D institution, Guangdong Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Huangpu Materials Research Institute devotes itself to solving the core technical problem of "stuck neck". A variety of chemicals and materials for chip manufacturing such as KrF photoresist and CMP polishing materials have been market-proven. In the enterprise, Yuexin, known as "Guangzhou's No. 1 Chip", started from consumer-grade chips and has now extended its development to industrial-grade and automotive-grade chips. There are more innovative companies eager to try it. Guangzhou Zengxin, which will be put into operation in 2024, hopes to add "core" to the Greater Bay Area immediately. "We will play our role as the leader of the integrated circuit chain, make good use of our industry, technology, talent and capital advantages, work with industry partners to increase R&D investment, improve product competitiveness, and work with Guangzhou to accelerate industrial agglomeration and energy level improvement, and help the Greater Bay Area Create the 'third pole' of the integrated circuit industry." said Zhang Liang, general manager of Guangzhou Zengxin Technology.
In the fields of biomedicine and health, the "two-way rush" between technology and industry is also becoming increasingly clear. With the "Guangzhou Bio-Island" as the core, Nansha Science City, China-Singapore Knowledge City and aviation hub as the south and north poles, the "one core and two poles" high-end biopharmaceutical industry layout blueprint is slowly spreading across the land of Guangzhou. After more than 20 years of development, today’s Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences has become the “Whampoa Military Academy” in the field of biomedicine and health industry in Guangzhou, incubating new forces such as Guangzhou Enbao, Hengnuokang, South China Vaccine, Ribo, and Paizhen. enterprise. At the same time, enterprises are the main force in innovation. As the first pharmaceutical company in Guangdong Province approved for commercial production of PD-1 monoclonal antibodies, BeiGene is accelerating the wave of innovative research and development. "It is expected that starting from this year, the company will promote 10 new drug molecules into the clinical stage every year, and continue to improve the global accessibility of innovative drugs. It will actively help Guangzhou create high-quality development of the biopharmaceutical industry and build a 'one core and two poles' high-end biotech industry." The spatial layout of the pharmaceutical industry will contribute more." Wang Xiaodong, co-founder of BeiGene and chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee, is full of confidence.
Break through to the "new" and make enterprises become stronger innovation entities
Today, the term "new productivity" has become a new high-frequency word in China's economy. The "new" of new productivity and "new" in scientific and technological innovation must promote industrial innovation, especially the use of disruptive technologies and cutting-edge technologies to spawn new industries, new models, and new kinetic energy. From this perspective, as the most active innovation force in market economic activities, it is crucial for enterprises to become more powerful innovation entities. In Guangzhou, from new energy to new displays, from commercial aerospace to artificial intelligence, new breakthroughs have been made time and time again, witnessing the continuous surge of new momentum for development.
Let the development of enterprises keep pace with the times. In 2023, the Lijian-1 Yao-2 launch vehicle developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation was successfully launched with "26 stars in one rocket". It once broke my country's record of multiple stars in one rocket that had been held for many years. It has now achieved "three battles and three victories", bringing 37 The satellite was accurately delivered into the predetermined orbit, entering the stage of high-density and flight-oriented launch. Looking forward to 2024, Yang Yiqiang, chairman of Guangzhou Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd., expressed new expectations: continue to be guided by the country's major strategic needs, aim at low-cost flights to promote the new development of my country's commercial launch vehicles, and strive to build Guangzhou into a It is the "third pole" of China's aerospace industry and the "first pole" of China's commercial aerospace industry.
Let enterprises grow and advance together with the city. From creating a new era in the development of Guangzhou's automobile industry to continuing to develop its own brands, Guangzhou's reputation as the "City of Automobiles" has always been inseparable from GAC Group. Today, GAC is also playing a leading role in Guangzhou's new journey towards becoming a "city of smart cars". In 2023, GAC Aian was selected as the world's only new energy vehicle "lighthouse factory". Guangzhou's new energy vehicle production exceeded 650,000 units, an increase of 1.08 times. Zeng Qinghong, secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of GAC Group, said that he will use extraordinary efforts to build an extraordinary We will accelerate the construction of a world-class enterprise with excellent products, outstanding brands, leading innovation and modern governance. Jiadu Group, which also started in Guangzhou, also feels the same way. It is in Guangzhou, a pioneering, innovative and pragmatic soil, that over the past 30 years, Jiadu has grown into a leading technology company that masters the core technology of artificial intelligence. Chen Jiao, co-chairman and executive president of Jiadu Group Co., Ltd., said frankly that in the new year, we will firmly seize innovation-driven development opportunities, give full play to the leading role of "chain master" enterprises, and further promote technological breakthroughs such as large models and large-scale transportation Industrial empowerment drives the digital transformation and upgrading of the industrial chain and helps Guangzhou build a global smart transportation demonstration highland.
Let enterprises leap forward and innovate at the same time. In 2023, known as a milestone year for AI technology, Yuncong Technology launched the "Calm" large model and a large model training and pushing all-in-one machine. Yao Zhiqiang, co-founder of Yuncong Technology, said that Yuncong will continue to empower smart manufacturing scenarios with new productivity. Also led by innovation, Visionox focuses on AMOLED technological innovation in the new display field, achieving leapfrog development from following to running alongside and then to leading. Hou Lijuan, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Guoxian Technology Co., Ltd., said that they will continue to enhance the traction of industrial innovation, gather "chains" to form momentum, and unite to form "circles" to help Guangzhou become the "World Display Capital".
We strive to be “real” and let technological innovation empower thousands of industries to build a new industrial ecology.
To build a modern industrial system supported by the real economy, Guangzhou not only focuses on strategic emerging industries and advanced manufacturing industries led by "hard technology", but also empowers thousands of industries with science and technology, promotes the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and enhances the capabilities of the modern service industry. class.
"Look to Guangdong for Chinese beauty products, and look to Guangzhou for Guangdong beauty products." The beauty industry has always been a beautiful business card of Guangzhou, and is "far ahead" in terms of industrial scale and patented technology. Nowadays, how to transform from "Big Mac" to "high quality" has become a new topic in Guangzhou's beauty industry. As a cutting-edge domestic beauty group incubated and grown in Guangzhou, Yixian Group has always followed the wave of industrial technological changes and is committed to becoming a new technology beauty company that drives brand development with technological innovation and intelligent manufacturing. Huang Jinfeng, chairman and CEO of Guangzhou Yixian Electronics, said that Yixian Electronics will continue to increase investment in scientific research and use a complete innovative R&D ecological chain, leading manufacturing capabilities, and excellent brand and product power to help Guangzhou create the world's "beauty brand" capital".
The high-quality development of the financial industry provides a steady stream of "living water" to the real economy. Last year, the Guangzhou Futures Exchange successfully launched lithium carbonate futures and options, further developing its functions and strongly supporting the development of electric passenger vehicles, lithium batteries, solar cells and other industries. Zhu Lihong, deputy secretary of the party committee, vice chairman and general manager of Guangzhou Futures Exchange, said that Guangzhou Futures Exchange will speed up the pace of launching new products and effectively serve the real economy. E Fund, which grew up in Guangzhou, has always regarded serving the real economy as its original mission. Liu Xiaoyan, chairman (joint) and general manager of E Fund Management Co., Ltd., said that E Fund will help smooth the "technology-industry-finance" cycle, better serve technological innovation and the construction of modern industrial systems, and do a good job in technology finance, green finance, and universal finance. Five major articles on welfare finance, pension finance, and digital finance will make greater contributions to a new chapter of high-quality development in Guangzhou.
Driven by science and technology, it also empowers agricultural development, helps the "Hundreds and Thousands of Projects" to continue to be deepened and solid, and promotes the coordinated development of urban and rural areas. Currently, Guangzhou is promoting the integrated development of industries throughout the entire chain. The development of modern agricultural industry can be said to be vast and has great potential. As a national key leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization cultivated in Guangzhou, Haid Group insists on using science and technology to drive the high-quality development of enterprises, and continuously breaks through new technologies around the breeding industry chain to achieve new leaps. Its feed sales volume ranks among the top two in the world, and aquatic products Sales of feed and aquatic seedlings rank first in the world. Xue Hua, chairman and president of Guangdong Haid Group, said that Haid Group will continue to drive rural revitalization and industrial development with a high-quality industrial chain, and contribute in important strategic areas such as feed supply security, seed industry revitalization, and marine ranching.
Text/Guangzhou Daily·New Flower City reporter: Shen Hui