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An action plan to boost the technological innovation capability of enterprises has been released by Chinese authorities, aiming to achieve more positive results in promoting the country's high-quality development through sci-tech innovation.
Jointly issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance, the Action Plan for Enhancing the Technological Innovation Capability of Enterprises (2022-2023) lists supportive measures in 10 areas, including fully implementing preferential tax or other policies for enterprises, so as to stimulate their innovation capabilities.
"There is still much room for improvement in the technological innovation capabilities of Chinese enterprises," said Chen Zhi, director of the Institute of Sci-Tech & Economic and Social Development under the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development.
Chen said improvements in developing more core technologies in key areas, strengthening efforts to innovate frontier original technologies, and creating a more collaborative and efficient industrial ecology are some of the areas targeted.
The action plan proposes to establish a mechanism for enterprises to participate in the country's sci-tech innovation decision-making process on a regular basis.
By setting up new mechanisms such as the entrepreneur sci-tech innovation advisory meeting, and the high-end think tank network for enterprise innovation, enterprises will be able to enhance their strategic planning ability, and participate more deeply in the country's decisions on sci-tech innovation, said Chen.
The plan also pledges to support enterprises in frontier basic research. It calls for optimizing the management of the Joint Fund for Enterprise Innovation and Development of the National Natural Science Foundation, so that the fund can focus on meeting the real needs of enterprises, and help them carry out prospective basic research.
With the goal-oriented approach, such policy aims to find more basic research tasks from enterprise's industrial practices, said Chen, thus encouraging qualifying enterprises to increase investment in basic research.
In particular, to guide enterprises in tackling core technologies in key areas, the document mentioned it is necessary to support those enterprises in the digital economy or platform economy to develop more hard technologies.
There are good signs that some leading enterprises have already started to invest in hard technologies in cutting-edge fields. The government needs to take more targeted measures, such as offering preferential tax policies, to help solve difficulties encountered by these enterprises in making innovation, according to Chen.
To facilitate international cooperation, the action plan supports enterprises in building overseas sci-tech innovation centers, and offshore innovation and entrepreneurship centers. Capable enterprises are encouraged to establish international organizations in their specific industries, and take part in the formulation of international standards.
In addition, more support will be given to enterprises who introduce foreign experts into their operations. Foreign-funded R&D institutions are encouraged to participate in government sci-tech projects and the commercialization of sci-tech achievements, says the plan.
This article is in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development.