Communicating with a number of Shaanxi university teachers who have scientific research achievements in their hands, it was found that when they carried out the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, they established enterprises and industries, and among the development zones in Xi'an, the first target was Xixian New Area.
Taking Fengxi New Town, one of the five major groups in Xixian New Area, as an example, it has cultivated 1,024 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, 517 state-level high-tech enterprises, and achieved 67 technology contract transactions from 2023 aloneData such as 1.9 billion yuan is enough to see the preference of science and technology enterprises for the new city.
It is no accident that science and technology enterprises are intensively settled in Fengxi New Town. Driven by the strong construction of Qin Chuangyuan and Xi'an's "double center", Fengxi New Town relies on the advantages of science and technology innovation resources such as Soaring Town of Northwestern Polytechnical University and Western China Science and Technology Innovation Port to create a first-class business environment and integrate innovation genes into the blood of regional development, and a vibrant and open science and technology innovation city is rising.
"incubator" for innovation seeds
From settlement to business growth, it is an important basis for measuring the adaptability of science and technology enterprises to the region.
Shaanxi Transwarp Energy Technology, which is located in Fengxi New Town, focuses on controlled nuclear fusion, known as the "artificial sun", and has been on the list of "China's potential unicorn enterprises" only two years after its establishment.
Shaanxi Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd., which was identified as the first batch of industrial chain - photonic industry chain "chain master" enterprises in Shaanxi Province, is located in the jurisdiction of Fengxi New Town, with the systematic support of finance, talents, policies and other systems, the company was successfully listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board at the end of 2022, becoming the first listed company on the Science and Technology Innovation Board in the general window of Qin Chuangyuan.
The above cases are just a microcosm, up to now, Fengxi New Town has built and operated 11 science and technology innovation carriers such as incubators and maker spaces, and built 266 science and technology innovation carriers860,000 square meters, a total of 280 enterprises have been implemented for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, 41 school-enterprise scientific and technological achievements transformation cooperation projects have been promoted, and only in 2023, 1,024 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises and 517 state-level high-tech enterprises have been cultivated, and the technology contract transaction volume will be 67$1.9 billion.
The rapid accumulation of achievements is inseparable from the cohesion and support of a large number of "government, industry, academia and research funds" platforms.
The Western China Science and Technology Innovation Port with Xi'an Jiaotong University as the main body and the Soaring Town supported by Northwestern Polytechnical University are all located in Fengxi New Town, and innovation carriers such as Qinchuang Original Ecological Science and Technology Innovation Island, Western Cloud Valley, Liandong U Valley and Fengxi Science and Technology Innovation Valley continue to empower the science and technology innovation ecology of Fengxi New Town.
It is understood that the Western China Science and Technology Innovation Port has brought together 8 national key laboratories of Xi'an Jiaotong University, making Fengxi New Town an important source of scientific and technological innovation, an innovative industry gathering area and a strategic emerging industry base in Shaanxi and even the whole country. Regional observers said that the "seedlings" of science and technology innovation in Fengxi New City are forming a rich "tropical rainforest", and the abundant science and technology innovation resources and ecology will strengthen industrial agglomeration at a larger level and lay a deep scientific and technological innovation heritage, thereby strongly empowering Qin Chuangyuan and Xi'an "double center" science and technology innovation potential energy and helping the growth of science and technology enterprises. On November 14, 2023, at the investment environment briefing meeting of Qin Chuangyuan General Window in Xixian New Area and the special signing event of the Silk Expo project, Fengxi New Town signed 10 projects with a total investment of 103500 million yuan. The project covers key industrial chains such as biomedicine, intelligent terminals, additive manufacturing, solar photovoltaics, hydrogen energy, semiconductors and integrated circuits.
A "reservoir" of financial capitalIntroducing "financial living water" to accurately drip irrigate the flower of science and technology innovation is another important factor for Fengxi New City to be firmly selected by science and technology enterprises.
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xixian New Area, and Fengxi New Town jointly signed the "Strategic Cooperation Agreement on the Pilot Construction of the "Three Pools and One Mechanism", which mentions that the "talent pool", "capital pool" and "project pool" will be jointly built to gather all kinds of innovative resources and inject strong talent vitality into the construction of Qin Chuangyuan's general window.
It is worth noting that the "capital pool" is composed of special support and guidance funds, enterprise "unveiling the leader" funds, provincial and municipal support funds and Xi'an Jiaotong University fund-raising funds, etc., with a scale of 50 million yuan.
Regional observers said frankly that this move can not only reduce the cost of scientific research of enterprises, attract more innovative and entrepreneurial teams to settle in Fengxi New Town, promote the industrial upgrading and innovative development of Fengxi New Town, but also help enhance the vitality of regional scientific and technological innovation and the competitiveness of advantageous industries, and realize the transformation to a new economic model.
More than 100 achievement transformation projects of Xi'an Jiaotong University have been registered and implemented in Fengxi New Town. Among them, the OLED thin film packaging materials of Professor Wu Chaoxin of the School of Telecommunications of Xi'an Jiaotong University, the lithium battery cathode materials of Professor Xu Youlong of the School of Electronic Science and Engineering, and the high-end soft magnetic materials of Professor Liu Ming of the School of Telecommunications have been guided by Fengxi New Town with an investment of 36 million yuan.
In addition, Xi'an Tianjiao New Energy, which was born out of Professor Wu Chaoxin's team, received nearly 100 million yuan in angel round financing in November 2023. Wu Chaoxin is also the founder of Xi'an Smartway New Materials***, which also received nearly 100 million yuan in Series B financing in November.
These two companies, which are favored by the capital market, are the flowers of science and technology innovation that Fengxi New Town focuses on watering. A steady stream of financial water is accumulating here, Fengxi ** company set up or initiated 10 equity investments, with a management scale of about 5.1 billion yuan, and 8 ** introduced, with a cumulative scale of about 15 billion yuan. The "reservoir" where financial capital gathers provides a solid foundation for industrial development.
The above-mentioned future-oriented development and financial capital actions are all important manifestations of Fengxi New Town's efforts to seize opportunities such as the construction of Qin Chuangyuan and Xi'an's "double centers". As an important group of state-level new areas, Fengxi New Town is integrating the "science and technology innovation gene" into the blood of urban development, accelerating the gathering of innovative resource elements, accelerating the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, promoting the implementation of major industrial projects and science and technology innovation platforms, and continuously enhancing the power and vitality of urban development. As regional observers have said, under the opportunity period of jointly building the "Belt and Road" and the urban agglomeration of the Guanzhong Plain, as well as the favorable conditions of Xi'an's vigorous construction of "dual centers", Fengxi New Town, which continues to promote innovative urban development methods, may contribute to the high-quality development of Xixian New Area.
The business environment has a "strong magnetic field".Of course, hardware facilities are only the basis for attracting science and technology enterprises to settle down, and soft services are the high-end core elements to retain them.
As the core carrier of Qin Chuangyuan's general window and Xi'an's "double center" achievement transformation demonstration area, Fengxi New Town undoubtedly has inherent strategic advantages in building a science and technology innovation special zone. For example, the construction of a business environment under the setting of strategic functions is bound to be valued by science and technology enterprises. In the eyes of regional observers, Fengxi New Town is extremely strict in terms of upgrading and iterating the business environment.
In fact, from streamlining approval matters, optimizing government services, standardizing regulatory behaviors, and then to "8+N", Fengxi New Town has also fully tasted the sweetness of "winning business" in the iterative upgrading of the business environment in recent years.
The so-called "8+N" refers to 8 theme service activities, including talent introduction and training, industrial cultivation, financing docking, scientific and technological innovation, project promotion, cost reduction and burden reduction, intellectual property rights, and support and guarantee"N" represents that in addition to the 8 theme service activities, each unit organizes and carries out service enterprise activities on its own according to the needs of enterprises.
It is understood that at present, Fengxi New Town has carried out more than 90 special activities, and more than 800 participating enterprisesAssisted enterprises 1,580 times, and helped 50 enterprises to be recognized as innovative small and medium-sized enterprises.
These meticulous care has captured the recognition of science and technology enterprises, and raised "Fengxi Business" to the height of the city's brand.
From doing a good job as a "shopkeeper", to focusing on the "8" fine plastic service brand, and now it has proposed four dimensions of "accuracy, speed, temperature, and strength" to strengthen the "Fengxi Business" brand. Behind every widening of boundaries is the same frequency resonance after in-depth understanding of the needs of enterprises. The science and technology enterprises that have come to settle down have gradually improved and expanded the leading industrial chains such as digital economy, unmanned systems, advanced manufacturing, new energy, and chips in Fengxi New Town.
Whether it is to optimize the business environment or the intensive landing of science and technology enterprises, it is inseparable from the bursting of innovation vitality of Qin Chuangyuan's general window and the strong drive of Xi'an's "double center" construction. As an important carrying area for these two opportunities, Fengxi New Town will improve the level of transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements in terms of platforms, projects, talents, and elements, and promote the "two-way running" of the industrial chain and innovation chain.