Shenzhen and Hong Kong jointly build a world-class scientific research hub - Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone Shenzhen Park Development Observation Shenzhen | Cooperation Zone | Science and Technology
Xinhua News Agency, Shenzhen/Hong Kong, August 30- Question: Shenzhen and Hong Kong jointly build a world-class scientific research hub - Shenzhen Park Development Observation of the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone
Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhao Ruixi and Xie Niu
Recently, the State Council issued the Development Plan for the Shenzhen Park of the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, which brings new opportunities for the development of the cooperation zone. The wave of technological innovation is surging on both sides of the Shenzhen River.
This is the first batch of key projects under construction in the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, Hetao No.1. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu
Transformation Laboratory of Park Revitalization Warehouse
The Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone is located in the border area between the northern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the central southern part of Shenzhen, with an area of 3.89 square kilometers. The Hong Kong Industrial Park on the south side of Shenzhen covers an area of approximately 0.87 square kilometers; The Shenzhen Industrial Park on the north side of Shenzhen covers an area of 3.02 square kilometers. Two parks separated by a river, with two land ports connecting Shenzhen and Hong Kong, Futian Port and Huanggang Port, are the most direct docking points for scientific and technological innovation cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
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This is the Shenzhen Park of the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone under construction. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu
"It's only a 30-40 minute drive from City University of Hong Kong," said Chen Furong, Dean of the Shenzhen Futian Research Institute at City University of Hong Kong, who is studying electron microscopes in the Shenzhen campus of Hetao. "Scientific innovation requires a" flash of inspiration. "" I came up with an idea in Hong Kong that I can try in the laboratory here right away, which is very important. ".
Since 2017, Shenzhen and Hong Kong have clearly established technological innovation cooperation in Hetao. The Hetao Shenzhen Park has attracted a total of 10 high-quality scientific research projects from 5 universities, including the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and has established 5 Guangdong Hong Kong Macao youth innovation and entrepreneurship bases.
In recent years, in order to meet the needs of the development of the technology industry, the Hetao Shenzhen Park has been vigorously promoting the renovation work of the Huanggang Port area and the Futian Bonded Zone, accelerating the transformation of the park's appearance.
At present, the renovation of the Huanggang Port area is in full swing. After the cancellation of the port's freight transportation function, the released land in the cargo inspection area can be used to build a research space with a total construction area of about 1 million square meters. Previously, the Futian Bonded Zone, which mainly focused on warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing, saw the construction of new office buildings and the transformation of existing factories and warehouses into laboratories. It is expected that by 2035, the new research and supporting space will exceed 3 million square meters.
The Shenzhen branch of the Hong Kong Science Park, led by the Hong Kong side, completed the property condition assessment and cleared the remaining enterprises in just 5 months. The renovated Shenzhen branch of the Hong Kong Science Park provides new research space for Hong Kong science and technology innovation enterprises.
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On August 30th, at the construction site of Hetao No.1, one of the first key projects in the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, workers from China Construction Deep Decoration carried out welding operations on the steel keel of the curtain wall. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu
The concentration of scientific and technological innovation in the development of resource aggregation has significantly increased
Technological innovation is the "greatest common divisor" of Shenzhen Hong Kong cooperation. With the introduction of various policies, the Hetao Shenzhen Park focuses on industrial layout in the three key directions of life science, information science, and materials science. Through various efforts such as spatial transformation and policy overlap, it attracts the gathering and development of scientific and technological innovation resources, and the concentration of internal innovation in the park continues to increase.
"Wearing this electrochromic glass is like putting a 'sunscreen suit' on a building. High temporal and spatial resolution electron microscopes can observe details of easily damaged samples." Chen Furong showcased the innovative achievements of the team after landing in the Shenzhen Park in Hetao.
This is the first batch of key projects under construction in the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, Hetao No.1. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu
Huang Yinghao, Deputy Secretary General and Legislative Council member of the Hong Kong Alliance for Further Development, stated that innovation and technology are racing against time. Hong Kong has top universities that are attractive to overseas talents, while Shenzhen has excellent innovation and entrepreneurship genes and foundations. Cooperation between the two sides can produce the best efficiency.
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The rapid development of Future Robotics Co., Ltd. in the Hetao Shenzhen Park fully demonstrates the effectiveness of Shenzhen Hong Kong cooperation. During his doctoral studies in engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, CEO Li Luyang formed an entrepreneurial team with several other PhDs to develop autonomous industrial vehicles under the guidance of his supervisor. The company was established in Shenzhen in 2016.
"When we first moved to Hetao, our company had 91 people, and now there are over 500 people," Li Luyang said. Future robots with genes from Shenzhen and Hong Kong are popular in overseas markets. "More than 40% of our orders come from the international market, and Hong Kong has advantages in scientific research and commercial services."
The Hetao Shenzhen Park also actively provides technical application scenarios for landing enterprises. Shenzhen Yuanrong Qixing Technology Co., Ltd., a unicorn enterprise in the field of autonomous driving, has completed over 80000 intelligent connected vehicle travel services in the central urban area of Shenzhen. Tang Yao, Vice President of the company, said, "Conducting road tests in the city center can help us continuously validate and iterate technology."
The Hetao Shenzhen Park has also attracted national major scientific research platforms represented by the International Quantum Research Institute led by Academician Yu Dapeng, the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Digital Economy Research Institute led by Academician Shen Xiangyang, as well as multiple R&D centers of Fortune 500 enterprises to settle in.
At present, over 150 high-end scientific research projects have been substantially promoted and implemented in the Hetao Shenzhen Park, including 15 platforms and infrastructure, 24 university projects, 90 high-tech institutions and enterprises, and 5 innovation incubation carriers.
Overlooking the Shenzhen Industrial Park of the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu
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Jointly building hubs to inject new development momentum
Due to differences in laws, systems, rules, and other aspects, Shenzhen and Hong Kong still face many constraints in cross-border flow of technological innovation factors, open sharing of resources, and cooperation in the technology industry. The introduction of the "Plan" helps the Hetao Shenzhen Park break through the bottleneck of Shenzhen Hong Kong cooperation and solve the "growing troubles".
The Plan deploys tasks from four aspects: promoting international scientific and technological innovation in collaboration with Hong Kong, building industrial pilot transformation bases with international competitiveness, building an international scientific and technological innovation system and mechanism, and creating a technology cooperation platform that gathers global wisdom.
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, stated that the announcement of the "Plan" has injected new impetus into the development and cooperation of innovation and technology between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will continue to actively collaborate with Shenzhen to promote the advantages of the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone under the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, and to assist in the construction of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center.
Wu Guosheng, CEO of Zhongda Coding Co., Ltd., was very excited when he saw that the Plan proposed to "explore the safe and orderly cross-border flow of Internet data". He said that as a research project of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the company has settled in the Shenzhen branch of the Hong Kong Science Park, hoping to achieve secure cross-border transmission through network coding and provide technical support for data transmission for the development of science and technology in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
"Promoting technological innovation in Shenzhen and Hong Kong requires further strengthening of collaborative cooperation between the two regions. The Hetao Cooperation Zone is a gathering place for cutting-edge technology and industrial resources, with immeasurable development potential," said Yang Jinglei, Dean of the Shenzhen Hong Kong Collaborative Innovation Research Institute at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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According to the development goals set in the Plan, by 2035, a comprehensive pattern of collaborative innovation between the Shenzhen and Hong Kong parks in Hetao will be formed, with the internationalization of scientific and technological innovation leading the world. Innovative elements will flow freely and orderly across borders, becoming a world-class research hub.
This is a scene in the Shenzhen Park of the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu