Reporter Zhang Bei reports.
How to deepen the innovation and development of science and technology, finance and financial synergy to serve enterprises? The reporter recently learned from the relevant departments of Weifang City that in recent years, Weifang City has continued to strengthen the reform and innovation of science and technology, finance and finance, explore the construction of a new service system, inject financial and financial water into the fertile soil of science and technology, and stimulate the surging momentum of scientific and technological innovation.
In order to further strengthen the coordination and cooperation of Weifang City's fiscal policy, financial policy and science and technology policy, guide more resource elements to gather in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, and help build a better Weifang, Weifang Science and Technology Bureau, together with 10 departments such as the Municipal Finance Bureau and the Municipal Local Financial Supervision Bureau, issued the "Several Measures on Deepening the Innovation and Development of Science and Technology Finance and Financial Collaborative Service Enterprises", which mainly includes strengthening the credit support of science and technology enterprises, improving the ability of science and technology credit services, optimizing and upgrading science and technology credit products, and improving the science and technology guarantee service system. 15 measures to support venture capital institutions to invest early and small, and promote the listing and financing of technology-based enterprises, will be implemented from January 1, 2024.
Based on the new stage of development, Weifang City has accelerated the improvement of the financial support innovation system and promoted the deep integration of science and technology and finance. Lu Fangfang, member of the party group and deputy director of Weifang Science and Technology Bureau, said that on the one hand, loans for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements have been carried out, and up to now, 1,139 loans for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements have been provided for small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises. On the other hand, it will actively organize science and technology finance docking activities, and organize 665 enterprises to participate in the province's large-scale science and technology finance docking activities in 2023, of which 494 enterprises have passed the industry certification, 135 enterprises have completed the credit enhancement assessment, and 554 enterprises have passed the style display review, ranking first in the province. At the same time, support the listing and financing of science and technology enterprises, recommend high-quality projects to apply for provincial science and technology equity investment projects, 4 companies have been invested 86 million yuan, and 6 companies are recommended to enter the provincial "science and technology innovation board" cultivation bank, of which priority is given to supporting 2 listings, 2 key listings, and 2 potential listings.
The development of science and technology enterprises is inseparable from the watering of financial funds. Weifang Municipal Bureau of Finance plays the role of financial ballast to support the best financing guarantee institutions to provide financing guarantees for science and technology enterprises: on the one hand, through the premium subsidy to guide the guarantee agency to ensure small and reduce fees, so as to guide the guarantee agency to focus more on small and micro and inclusive business development, reduce the overall business cost of the guarantee agency, and boost the rapid growth of loan guarantee for science and technology enterprises in a positive incentive way, on the other hand, through the compensation mechanism to help the guarantee agency free from worries.
Finance is one of the important engines of scientific and technological innovation. The Weifang Local Financial Supervision Bureau focuses on improving the ability of financial services to the real economy and supporting the development of technology-based enterprises. In terms of optimizing the cultivation echelon, the "white list" of enterprises to be listed will be optimized and adjusted, 71 "white list" enterprises will be announced, on-site research and special training will be carried out on an enterprise-by-enterprise basis, and 1 new listed company will be added in 2023, 1 company will be approved, 4 enterprises will be accepted for submitting materials, and 4 enterprises will be submitted for counseling. In terms of financial support, business entities in the fields of scientific and technological innovation, "specialization, refinement, and innovation" will be included in the scope of financial counseling, providing one-to-one financial services for 240 technology-based enterprises, and solving the financing needs of 66 technology-based enterprises31$8.9 billion. Play the role of the best financing guarantee company, reduce the financing threshold and cost of enterprises, at present, the city is included in the list of 12 financing guarantee institutions, the number of institutions and business scale continue to maintain the first place in the province. In terms of policy guarantees, the "Opinions on the Implementation of the "Kite Flying Project" for Enterprises to Listed on the Stock Exchange was promulgated, and the echelon cultivation of enterprises was implemented to guide the city's science and technology enterprises to achieve leapfrog development through listing and financing.
In order to promote the deep integration of finance, science and technology and fiscal policies, this year, the Weifang Branch of the People's Bank of China organized and implemented the special action of Weifang Science and Technology Financial Service Capacity Improvement Year. On the basis of making every effort to do a good job in the implementation of 2 billion yuan of scientific and technological innovation and "specialized, special and new" rediscount guidance quota, we will make full use of structural monetary policy tools such as scientific and technological innovation and carbon emission reduction, guide banking institutions to make full use of policies and tools, further expand credit in the field of scientific and technological innovation, and benefit more low-cost funds to small and medium-sized technology-based enterprises.