Science and Technology Briefing
Jiangsu, neighboring Shanghai, is located in the Yangtze River Delta of China eastern coastal area. She is one of the provinces featuring highest degree of openness and fastest development in economy, science & technology and culture.
Area |
102,600 |
KM2 |
Proportion to the National Total: 1.06% |
Population |
75 |
Million |
Proportion to the National Total: 5.7% |
GDP |
2.5 |
Mrillion RMB |
Proportion to the National Total: 10% |
Import & Export Volume |
349.537 |
Billion USD |
Proportion to the National Total: 16% |
Foreign Direct Investment |
21.892 |
Billion USD |
Proportion to the National Total: 25% |
Statistics in 2007 Source: Jiangsu Statistics Bureau
Jiangsu enjoys a leading position in scientech strength with a good many talents, the perfect S&T infrastructures and huge potentials in the international cooperation.
Rich Talent Pool Ranking the Top in China
Universities and Colleges |
119 |
|
Ranking 1st in the country |
Enrolled students |
1.4 |
Million |
Ranking 1st in the country |
People engaged in science and technology |
391,000 |
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Ranking 2nd in the country |
Of which, People engaged in R&D |
142,000 |
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The R&D institutes |
3950 |
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Ranking 3rd in the country |
Statistics in 2007 Source: Jiangsu Statistics Bureau
Considerable Investment in Research and Development
R&D fund |
43 |
Billion RMB |
Proportion to the GDP of Jiangsu: 1.7% |
S&T fund allocated from government budget |
6.76 |
Billion RMB |
Proportion to provincail financial expenditure: 2.7% |
Statistics in 2007 Source: Jiangsu Statistics Bureau
Rapid Development of High and New Technology Industry
In recent years, the rapid development has emerged in such newly rising industries as software, IC, solar photovoltaic technology, wind power generating facilities and flat panel display. Meanwhile the comprehensive strength of the dominant industries keeps increasing in the international market. They are the CNC machine tools, new textile machinery, construction machinery and so on.
Output of high-tech industry |
1.465 |
Trillion RMB |
Proportion to industrial output: 27% |
Export of high-tech product |
70 |
Billion USD |
Ranking 2nd in the country |
Statistics in 2007 Source: Jiangsu Statistics Bureau
Complete Infrastructure for R&D and Commercialization
National high-tech industrial development zone |
5 |
Provincial high-tech industrial development zone |
11 |
National high-tech distinctive industrial base |
54 |
National high-tech business innovation service centre |
18 |
National key laboratory and engineering research centre |
35 |
Provincial key laboratory and engineering research centre |
209 |
Statistics in 2007 Source: Jiangsu Department of Science and Technology
In the near future, Jiangsu will, with a broader vision, fully use the international resources in science and technology. By improving the ability of independent innovation, fostering a perfect environment and facilitation the breakthrough on key technologies and the commercialization, Jiangsu will accelerate the establishment of an innovation system featuring the linkages among the industry, academia and government with the enterprises as the major player.
the Science and Technology International Cooperation Briefings
Jiangsu always pays great attention to international interaction and cooperation in science and technology. Interaction and cooperation with foreign government, universities research institutes and companies by various means are encouraged and facilitated, especially in such prioritized fields as IT&T, advanced manufacturing, bio-technology, new material, new energy, environmental protection, pharmaceutical, agriculture and social development. Now a multi-channel, all dimension and increasingly open landscape has taken shape through the joint effort made by both the government and the civil society. So far Jiangsu has established governmental and non-governmental linkages with more than 70 countries and regions for science and technology cooperation and interaction.
To maintain its momentum of opening up and development, Jiangsu has to make full use of innovation and talent resources worldwide and attract the excellent results, thereby to improve its overall innovation capacity. In the future, Jiangsu will further strengthen its international cooperation and interaction oriented by the demands of industrial innovation and focused on the collaborations with key foreign research institutes and leading experts to upgrade international cooperation both on the technology and talents with all-direction and high-quality.
Priority Fields for International Cooperation
In accordance with the economic development trends and industrial structure and distribution, Jiangsu has fixed its key fields for international cooperation:
Information Technology and Telecom |
Software , IC, telecom and network, digital audio-visual technology and products |
New energy, energy-conservation and environmental protection |
Solar photovoltaic technology, wind and bio-mass energy, LED technology, environmental protection technology and equipment |
Bio-technology and pharmaceuticals |
Bio-pharmaceutical, industrial bio-technology, chemical pharmaceutical |
New materials |
Nanotechnology and its application, high performance metallic material, medical material, chemical material and IT material |
Modern equipment manufacturing |
Rail transportation equipment, CNC machine tools, intelligent construction machinery, shipbuilding |
Modern agriculture |
New species breeding and reproduction, deep processing technology of agro-products and its commercialization, information technology and application in agriculture, technology of standardized agriculture production |
Social development |
Water pollution control, ecological restoration, food safety, prevention and control of major diseases |
Policies and Measures
Jiangsu has formulated a series of policies and measures to intensify its international exchange in science and technology. Now the province programme for international science and technology cooperation is worked out to support and encourage local scientists to maintain links with their foreign counterparts and adopt the advanced technologies and excellent talents from abroad. Favorable policies are put in place to attract foreign invested R&D institutes to Jiangsu. In addition, other programmes of Jiangsu Science and Technology Department become increasingly open, so as to support the international interaction and joint R&D at the key fields.
The main forms of international cooperation supported by the government are as follows.
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Joint R&D and commercialization based on Jiangsu manufacturing and market advantage
- R&D and design commissioned to foreign agencies, which helps solve the key technological bottlenecks from Jiangsu companies
- Establishing the joint laboratories or R&D centers and forming long-term partnerships
- Organizing the events for technology display and transfer
- Transnational cooperation among industry, academia and government
The government will give funding support to some projects which meet with the specific requirements.
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