Emerging Industries of Strategic Importance in Guangzhou
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ISSUE 02, 2012 Publisher: Guangzhou Municipal Board for International Investment COVER STORY LIFE IN GZ Emerging Industries Guangzhou’s Music of Strategic and Its History Importance in INVESTMENT Guangzhou Zengcheng High-end Equipment Industry Base Preface COVER STORY E20 New Energy in Pursuing CONTENTS Guangzhou: ABB Innovation and Development According to the 12th Five-Year Development Plan for emerging in- dustries of strategic importance in Guangdong, Guangzhou will accelerate the development of emerging industries of strategic importance. Guangzhou will focus on six categories including new generation information technology, bio- technology and health industries, new materials and high-end manufacturing, fashion and creative industry, energy sav- COVER STORY Investment E4 Emerging Industries of Strategic Importance ing and environmental protection, new E26 Zengcheng High-end in Guangzhou energy vehicle industry. Improving the Equipment Industry Base development of the emerging industries of strategic importance of Guangzhou is of great importance in improving Guangzhou’s position as a national cen- tral city, preempting the commanding heights of technology and industry, ac- celerating transformation of the develop- ment mode of economy, and achieving internal and external improvement. This issue of Invest Canton has in- COVER STORY LIFE IN GZ terviewed Xiang Xiaomei, the direc- E16 Ugeux: Guangzhou should make prudent tor of Institute of Industrial Economy E34 Guangzhou’s Music planning for the development of Emerging and Its History of Guangdong Provincial Academy of Industries of Strategic Importance at first Social Science and Georges Ugeux, the chairman and CEO of Galileo Global Advisors, centering about the advan- tages, challenges, current situation and Others future of Guangzhou’s development of strategic new industries. The experience E28 POLICY E38 SIGHTS OF E42 FOCUS E48 WHAT’S ON of ABB and Dongfeng-Nissan in develop- Excerpt from Guangdong’s 12th GUANGZHOU 2012 White Paper on Arts events in July and ing emerging industries of strategic im- Five-Year Plan for Emerging Guangzhou Guangzhou Foreign Trade August portance will also be shared. Industries of Strategic Importance Sweeties and Economic has been released in Hong Kong E4 COVER STORY COVER STORY E5 EMERGING INDUS- TRIES OF STRATE- GIC IMPORTANCE IN GUANGZHOU be put in emerging industries of stra- RMB has been set up as loan guaran- GDP to 2.8%. Enterprises will increase By Eric Xie, translated by Ester Yang & Xi Ying tegic importance. Besides, government tee fund for minor technology-oriented their investment of research and devel- will support 100 technology innovation enterprises to help them with financing opment. There will be 35% of large and ing Guangzhou Science City, Guangzhou The goal of development Current state of development projects and arrange 200 to 300 billion difficulties. In the coming five years, the medium industrial enterprises having Higher Education Mega Center and Tian- RMB to support the transformation of government plan to attract social funds their own research and development he Intelligence Town. They have complete According to the 12th Five-Year Devel- Guangzhou will promote the develop- scientific and technological achieve- of 20 billion RMB for innovation busi- institutes. Meanwhile, the projects in- chains of innovation, including new dis- opment Plan of Guangzhou, Guangzhou ment of emerging industries of strategic ments. Special support fund for talents ness by technology-financing methods. cluding Guangzhou Higher Education play technology, digital home, information will accelerate the development of emerg- importance by constructing innovation will also be set up by government to The government will try to cultivate 20 Mega Center, Southern Guangzhou service of software and mobile Internet. ing industries of strategic importance, platform, gathering high-end human re- invest 1 billion RMB in the five years innovation enterprises which have list- Higher Education Mega Center and Guangzhou will try to build up two new focusing on six categories, including new sources, making breakthrough of core to cultivate 300 leading talents of in- ing potential to lay a solid foundation Biological Island will be built up in 2014 industries with output value of more than generation information technology, bio- technique and accelerating the innova- novation industries and 100 innovation for the development of emerging indus- with a total investment of 3.72 billion 200 billion RMB and two new industries technology and health, new materials and tion of technology. In 2011, the added teams. The maximum financial aid for tries of strategic importance. RMB, which will create conditions for with output value of more than 150 billion high-end manufacturing, fashion and cre- value of emerging industries of strategic everyone is 15 million RMB. International innovation institutes and RMB at the end of the period of the 12th ative industry, energy saving and environ- importance of Guangzhou was more than 1.3 Construction of environment the development of enterprises ag- Five-Year Development Plan. mental protection and new energy vehiche 130 billion, which accounted for more than 1.2 Financial supports In the coming five years, Guangzhou glomeration. industry. Guangzhou will try to build up a 10.6% of the GDP of Guangzhou. The list of Bureau of Science and Information will pay great efforts to build up a fa- national base for emerging industries of 50 key enterprises of emerging industries Advantages of development Technology of Guangzhou will carry out vourable policy environment to attract 1.4 Attention from the leaders of strategic importance in 2015. Guangzhou of strategic importance and 50 enterprises financing programs of technology and a range of capable technology research the municipal government will try its best to increase the added val- which will get special supports in Guang- 1. Government supports finance innovation. In the first phase of institutes, technology enterprise and Mr. Chen Jianhua, the mayor of ue of emerging industries of strategic im- dong has been released recently. In the investment, 200 million RMB has been innovative talents to stay in Guang- Guangzhou, emphasizes on sensing portance to be more than 270 billion RMB list, there are nine enterprises of Guang- 1.1 Fiscal investment invested as initiation funds to drive zhou. At the same time, Guangzhou the urgency of developing emerging in 2015, which will account for 15% of the zhou have been listed as key enterprises During the period of the 12th Five-Year fourfold to quintupling social funds for will reform the management and ser- industries of strategic importance. He GDP of Guangzhou. Guangzhou will also and 17 enterprises have been listed as Development Plan, municipal finance will technology innovation. Two investment vice system of technology, improve the hopes responsible departments will try to achieve an average annual growth special supported enterprises, which cov- arrange four billion RMB annually (totally funds have been set up with more than soft environment of technology inno- continue to make scientific plan to de- of 20% and improve the percentage of the er 26% of the enterprises in the list. 20 billion RMB in the five years) to sup- 600 million RMB to support innovation vation, and increase the percentage of velop strategic new industries as the GDP of Guangzhou to be more than 20%. Guangzhou has formed ten industryial port the key industries with strategic development of enterprises. 45 million research and development funds of the key and leading industries of Guang- clusters of innovated-orientation, includ- importance. Half of the investment will E6 COVER STORY COVER STORY E7 ment of 500 million RMB), China Telecom alization of biological diagnosis, and key The field of new material develop- Guangzhou Data Center, Guangzhou technique and product development of ment and manufacturing has the stron- STE-PCI Technology Limited’s cloud blood purification. The development of gest strength among the six emerging computing center (with a investment of biology and health industry is driven into industries in Guangzhou. As a city that 2 billion RMB) and Centrin South China a rapid stage. In 2012, Guangzhou has gather the most higher education insti- Cloud Computer Center (with a invest- set up special fund for the development tutes and science research institutes in ment of 9 billion RMB) . of leading industry with strategic impor- Guangdong, Guangzhou has almost cov- In the coming five years, Guangzhou tance and offer great support for the biol- ered the most important experts of the will play an active role in carrying out ogy and health industry. material area in Guangdong. eight major projects including new dis- During the period of the 12th Five- Among the academicians of the Chi- play technology, digital TV and digital Year Development Plan of Guangzhou, nese Academy of Sciences and Chinese home, new-generation mobile wireless Guangzhou will actively develop new Academy of Engineering in Guangdong, communication, electronic audio prod- drug research and development, bio- there are four academicians working in ucts, mobile internet, software products, medical engineering products and tech- material area. Moreover, the achieve- cloud computing, Internet of Things, and nology and service outsource of biologi- ments of the material area have won a the next Internet. Guangzhou will ac- cal technique according to the demand range of national