Recently, Taicang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, issued a "zero cost" entrepreneurship support policy for college students.
According to the "Several Measures to Support Taicang University Science and Technology Park to Build the Yangtze River Delta College Students' Preferred Place for Innovation and Entrepreneurship", college students' entrepreneurship projects that come to Taicang University for the first time to settle in the University Science Park will be directly given 50,000 yuan of entrepreneurial funding;Those who settle in the winning projects of the National College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition will be directly given entrepreneurial funding in accordance with the first prize of 500,000 yuan, the second prize of 300,000 yuan, and the third prize of 200,000 yuan.
In order to reduce the cost of entrepreneurship for college students, the local government will also give 3 years of rent-free space for newly settled college students' entrepreneurship projects in DakeyuanGraduates of colleges and universities who are employed for the first time in Taitai will be given a subsidy of 3,000 yuan per person for employment after paying social security for 6 months.
On December 16, the relevant person in charge of Taicang City told Yicai that they have no restrictions on the content and form of college students' entrepreneurship projects, and any project can enjoy this policy, "as long as it is registered in the big science park, which is the first in the country." Once the registration is completed, the start-up grant of 50,000 yuan will be paid to the company's account at one time.
This package of support policies for college students' entrepreneurship is in the context of the Ministry of Education's "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Employment and Entrepreneurship of 2024 National Ordinary College Graduates" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") issued by the Ministry of Education on December 1. The "Notice" decided to implement the "2024 National Employment and Entrepreneurship Promotion Action for College Graduates", continue to improve the employment and entrepreneurship service system for college graduates, and make every effort to promote high-quality and full employment of college graduates.
The above-mentioned policies in Taicang will be implemented from January 1, 2024, for a trial period of one year, and will be interpreted by the Talent Office of the Municipal Party Committee and the High-tech Zone in conjunction with relevant departments.
Zeng Gang, dean of the Urban Development Research Institute of East China Normal University, told Yicai that the latest policies issued by Taicang provide a new case for attracting talents in the new era, and are generally implementing specific actions for the integrated development of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. From the perspective of specific fields, the measures to provide employment subsidies for talents and optimize the ecological environment for innovation and entrepreneurship are effective and the results can be expected."
However, Zeng Gang pointed out that optimizing the investment environment and attracting foreign and local investment to promote the employment of college students should be the main and important policy direction. Considering the extremely high risk of entrepreneurship and the lack of business experience of college students, it is debatable to take college students' entrepreneurship as the first preferential policy.
Taicang's talent policy said that it would increase financial support for entrepreneurship. For example, the establishment of 300 million yuan angel investment**, the best to settle in the entrepreneurial projects of college students up to 3 million yuan of equity investment. Launched the "Loucheng College Student Entrepreneurship Loan"** credit enhancement financial product, providing risk compensation, with a maximum loan of 1 million yuan for a single project. At the same time, we will increase the financial subsidies for science and technology, and give an annual interest subsidy of up to 500,000 yuan to enterprises such as "Suke Loan" and "Loucheng Science and Technology Innovation Loan" according to the actual amount of 5For enterprise intellectual property pledge financing, a maximum reward of 100,000 yuan will be given according to 1% of the actual financing amount.
The goal of Taicang's new policy is to create the first choice for innovation and entrepreneurship among college students in the Yangtze River Delta. As the preferred region for college students' innovation and entrepreneurship in the country, the battle for talent in the Yangtze River Delta region is becoming increasingly fierce.
Anji County, Huzhou, Zhejiang, which has stepped up the development of new economic industries in recent years, has also introduced a package of policies this year around the strategic goal of "introducing 100,000 young college students".
Among them, in terms of entrepreneurship subsidies, Anji gives college students or college students who come to Anji to start a business for the first time within five years of graduation with a monthly entrepreneurship subsidy of 2,500 yuan, which will be enjoyed from the next month after normal operation, and the subsidy period is 1 year. For eligible youth entrepreneurship projects that settle in the youth innovation space, a monthly entrepreneurship subsidy of 2,500 yuan will be given for a period of 1 yearFor those selected as A, B, and C youth entrepreneurship projects, they will be given entrepreneurial subsidies of 220,000 yuan, 90,000 yuan, and 30,000 yuan respectively, and will be allocated 50% in two phases. Support the third-party operation and management of the Youth Innovation Space, and give a maximum of 150,000 yuan in financial rewards.
In addition to the start-up subsidy, talents who come to Anji for employment and entrepreneurship can also receive a monthly subsidy for settling in and renting a house. Among them, 2,000 yuan per month for doctoral students, 1,200 yuan per month for master's students and "double first-class" university graduates, 400 yuan per month for other undergraduate graduates, and 250 yuan per month for junior college graduates. In terms of rental subsidy, the monthly rental subsidy is 2,200 yuan for doctoral students, 1,500 yuan per month for master's students and "double first-class" university graduates, 800 yuan per month for other undergraduate graduates, and 650 yuan per month for junior college graduates, all of which are subsidized for two years.
In addition to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui have also introduced relevant measures for talent employment and entrepreneurship this year. Yao Kai, director of the Global Science and Technology Innovation Talent Development Research Center of Fudan University and chief expert of the Shanghai Talent Theory Research Base, previously said that in the face of the current complex and changeable situation of talent recruitment and introduction, it is difficult for a single talent development measure to meet the needs of long-term sustainable development of talents. In addition to attractive talent policies, comprehensive, systematic and actionable support measures are also needed.
While the war for talent is escalating, the integration of talents in the Yangtze River Delta is also expected to accelerate. The 5th Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor Talent Summit, which opened in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province on December 16, focused on deeper talent integration and released the "Implementation Plan for the Construction of Talent-led Innovation Highlands in the G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor in the Yangtze River Delta (2023-2025)", and signed the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor Talent Integration Cooperation Project in Nine Cities, and established a strategic cooperation alliance for the introduction and education of young talents in nine cities.