One is to support the development of high-tech industries. Efforts will be made to do a good job in the management of high-tech enterprise certification, encourage and guide enterprises to standardize production and business behavior, enhance scientific and technological innovation capabilities and market competitiveness through excellent scientific and technological research and development, efficient production processes, and standardized product quality maintenance. At present, the cumulative number of high-tech enterprises in the development zone has reached 28, and the proportion of high-tech industry output value has reached 36.7%; The proportion of research and development (R&D) investment in the entire society to the regional GDP is 4.83%.
The second is to improve the construction of innovation and entrepreneurship platforms. Relying on international level technology enterprise incubators and the National Torch Plan software industry base, we will accelerate the construction of seven major science and technology parks, with an innovation carrier area of 500000 square meters, and create the largest science and technology information industry park in southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu regions.
The third is to strengthen public science and technology innovation services. Enhance public service capabilities and levels, establish public technology service platforms such as software evaluation services and technology finance for enterprises, guide enterprises to establish cooperative relationships with research institutes and universities, build enterprise technology innovation platforms, and promote effective matching between enterprise development and market demand. In 2016, 41 industry university research cooperation agreements were signed, 47 technologies were introduced, and 10 provincial-level innovation platforms were established.
The fourth is the mechanism for introducing innovative scientific and technological talents. Accelerate the integrated construction of "talent project base", and 80% of enterprises above designated size should establish substantive cooperative relationships with at least one research institute or one well-known expert. In 2016, 429 high-end talents including Zhang Qisheng, an academician of the CAE Member, were newly introduced. Kavali was selected as an expert of the national "Thousand Talents Plan", and Pradip was selected as the national "high-end foreign expert" and "Mount Taishan scholar".
The fifth is to implement the strategy of intellectual property protection. Develop the Implementation Plan for Strengthening Intellectual Property Work, with a focus on enhancing the intellectual property capabilities of enterprises, improving their level of intellectual property creation, and promoting intellectual property operations for detailed deployment. In 2016, enterprises in the development zone applied for a total of 120 invention patents, granted 62 patents, and were approved as a pilot park for intellectual property rights in Shandong Province.
