Shenzhen Engineering Biological Industry Innovation Center. *Shenzhen Bright.
"Wearing white coats" and "wearing suits" work in the same building, upstairs are scientific researchers carrying out innovative research, downstairs are enterprise personnel busy starting a business, each other is engaged in the field of synthetic biology work, take an elevator to communicate with each other, a scientific research spark focusing on industrial needs may be stimulated, a blocking point for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements may be opened up ......In Guangming Science City, this "upstairs and downstairs" innovation and entrepreneurship complex model has been listed by the National Development and Reform Commission as an innovative measure for Shenzhen to establish an efficient transformation mechanism for scientific and technological achievements to "lay eggs along the way", and it has been promoted nationwide.
The "upstairs and downstairs" innovation and entrepreneurship complex model fully reflects the vivid practice of Guangming Science City's pioneering scientific research economy. Synthetic biology is a frontier field of biotechnology innovation and bioeconomic development, and it is also a future industry that Shenzhen focuses on cultivating and developing. Guangming Science City has made every effort to promote the deep integration of science and industry, and built a full-chain cultivation model of "scientific research-transformation-industry", and the valuation of the synthetic biology industry cluster has exceeded 27 billion yuan, and it is moving towards building a synthetic biology industry highland with global influence.
in a white coat" and "in a suit".
Hang out with each other
Upstairs and downstairs "innovation and entrepreneurship complex model", on the surface, "wearing white coats" and "wearing suits" work in the same building, and they can communicate with each other by taking an elevator, which actually promotes the "two-way running" between scientific research institutes and enterprises, and shortens the cycle from original innovation to achievement transformation and then to industrialization.
Relying on the Shenzhen Engineering Biological Industry Innovation Center, Guangming Science City pioneered the "upstairs and downstairs" innovation and entrepreneurship complex model, which attracted national attention and was included in the "List of Innovation Measures and Experiences and Practices of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone" by the National Development and Reform Commission, encouraging all localities to learn from the actual situation.
Guangming Science City attaches great importance to application-led basic research, practices a new paradigm that generates innovative achievements at the forefront of industrial needs, and promotes the deep integration of science and industry, which is fully demonstrated by the "upstairs and downstairs" innovation and entrepreneurship complex model.
According to Luo Wei, director of the Industrial Innovation and Transformation Center of Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, more focus on applied basic research and more focus on the industrial transformation of innovative achievements are the distinctive characteristics of Guangming Science City. As an important innovation carrier to promote the development and growth of enterprises and industries, Shenzhen Engineering Biological Industry Innovation Center provides scientific research and technical services and industrial promotion services, builds an innovative enterprise service system, and solves a series of pain points in the process of enterprise growth.
It is worth mentioning that the field of synthetic biology, which is the focus of the first "upstairs and downstairs" innovation and entrepreneurship complex, is the frontier field of biotechnology innovation and bioeconomic development, and has huge application potential in many fields such as food, agriculture, medicine, medical beauty, chemical industry, etc., and has been identified as a future industry for cultivation and development by Shenzhen, while Guangming Science City is at the forefront of the development of synthetic biology.
In the field of synthetic biology, Guangming Science City relies on the Institute of Synthetic Biology of the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the large scientific device of synthetic biology research that has begun to operate, lays out and builds the Shenzhen Engineering Biology Industry Innovation Center, pioneers the "upstairs and downstairs" innovation and entrepreneurship complex model, and strengthens the support of policies, spaces and services.
Build "scientific research-transformation-industry".
Whole-chain cultivation model
By the end of 2023, there will be 92 enterprises incubated and clustered in the synthetic biology industry in Guangming Science City, and the valuation of the synthetic biology industry cluster has exceeded 27 billion yuan.
Saiqiao Biotech is a provider of intelligent manufacturing solutions for cells and genes, focusing on the source technology innovation and localization of key upstream manufacturing technologies and complete sets of core process equipment for cells and genes. Founded in 2020, Saiqiao Biotech settled in Guangming Science City the following year after its establishment, and although it is a young company, it has grown rapidly in Guangming with continuous increase in revenue and valuation.
When we first came into contact with the Bright Zone, we weren't sure what the future would look like. Today, we made a very correct choice. Shang Yuanfang, founder and CEO of Saiqiao Biotech, said that Guangming District is the youngest administrative district in Shenzhen and is also a district for innovation and entrepreneurship. "Guangming has a very good element gathering and 'ecological closed loop', and we can quickly explore and make good use of resources in the 'ecological closed loop', which saves time for development. In Shang Yuanfang's view, the development of synthetic biology, from source innovation to product to industry, the cycle is getting shorter and faster, so the development of enterprises needs an efficient platform. From source innovation, proof of concept, small-scale pilot test to clinical application, Guangming Science City has built an "ecological closed loop" through a series of layouts, that is, to find talents, and Guangming also has two high-level research universities to do the cultivation and output of talents, which is very conducive to the development of enterprises here.
The deep integration of science and industry is the firm direction and distinctive feature of the development of Guangming Science City. The development of the synthetic biology industry fully reflects the exploration of the scientific research economy of Guangming first, and builds a full-chain cultivation model of "scientific research-transformation-industry" by gathering various innovative resource elements and promoting chemical reactions. It is reported that in the future, Guangming Science City will accelerate the development of the synthetic biology industry, incubate and gather more synthetic biology enterprises, create a reserve team of "first-class champions" and "unicorns", and strive to build a synthetic biology industry highland with global influence.