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According to a report called "This 456 is marvelous - Internal and external linkage to release Shanghai magnetic force"published by Xinhua news agency Shanghai, 21th April 2019.
So what is the meaning of 456? Hexiyue and Chensiqi who are the journalists of the Xinhua News Agency, said.
- 4, means, the world's top scientific research forces are clustered together in Shanghai China, and a total of 444 foreign R&D ( research and development ) centers have established their own technology service sectors here.
- 5, means, the pace of foreign-funded enterprises settling in China was accelerated over the past years, and as the most popular international city, Shanghai has more than 50,000 foreign enterprise, companies, representative offices here.
- 6, means, the level of foreign investment institutions keeps improving, and the headquarters of multinational companies has reached 677. Is our country inland foreign capital headquarters type organization most city.
In the latest data released by the Shanghai municipal government, this series of "456" Numbers is very impressive, which is a strong evidence of the continuous update and development of open highland Shanghai. The charm of "magic city" is not only the broad sky and sea open to the frontier, but also the "Shanghai magnetic force" constantly released by internal and external linkage.
Foreign investment into the fast lane
More than 50,000 foreign-funded enterprises have settled in Shanghai, a number that is still growing rapidly. In the first two months of this year, contracted foreign capital and paid-in foreign capital in Shanghai increased by 58.6 percent and 14.3 percent respectively.
In the field of robot manufacturing, which has attracted worldwide attention, there have been a lot of bright spots in Shanghai recently. Robot giant fanuc announced on April 4 that it will build a new "super smart factory" in baoshan, Shanghai, with a total investment of about 1.5 billion yuan, which will become its largest robot production base in the world outside Japan. Another giant, ABB, said it would invest $150 million to build a world-leading super robot factory in Shanghai's kangqiao, which is expected to be operational by the end of 2020.
Three of the world's four robot families are already in Shanghai, a rarity.
At the beginning of this year, the construction of tesla's first overseas super factory was officially started in lingang, Shanghai, which is the first wholly foreign-owned project in China's new energy vehicle sector after the opening of foreign ownership. When he signed the contract, took the land and launched the car, tesla CEO elon musk said, "this is China's speed, Shanghai's speed!"
Recently, a number of major foreign projects are about to start in Shanghai, including the us $1 billion invid adiponitrile project and the RMB 3 billion Siemens diagnostic plant. These projects not only have a large amount of investment and high level, but also represent the leading scientific and technological level of various industries in the world.
Research and development linkage forms innovation resultant force
Open the door to the outside, the internal connectivity and interaction. The opening of 444 foreign-funded research and development centers has led to exponential growth in innovation momentum and joint efforts by Chinese and foreign researchers.
The 66,000 square meter natural peninsula in the core area of zhangjiang science city, pudong new area, Shanghai, once swaying with withered reed and overgrown with vegetation, is now becoming a "testing ground" for artificial intelligence. International technology giants such as Microsoft, IBM and infineon have entered the peninsula one after another, and new domestic forces such as cloud technology and ant technology are also emerging.
Microsoft's artificial intelligence and Internet of things lab, one of the "islanders" on the artificial intelligence island, recently announced the opening of the "first batch of intention to recruit enterprises".
Using the platform of Shanghai, we can not only introduce China's advantageous products and technologies to the world, but also bring the world's advanced technologies and concepts to China. "Said hong xiaowen, senior vice President of Microsoft worldwide and President of Microsoft research Asia.
In the second quarter of this year, JLABS, a start-up incubator in Shanghai, China, will open its operation in Shanghai zhangjiang high-tech park. As the first JLABS for Johnson & Johnson innovation outside of North America, it will support nearly 50 life science startups in the healthcare ecosystem.
"China, especially Shanghai, has become a global health innovation hotspot". Meng qiming, chairman of Johnson & Johnson China, said JLABS will work with multiple organizations to create an innovation hub centered in Shanghai.
"Foreign r&d has gone through a process from applied r&d to independent r&d and then to open innovation, which has played a very important role in driving local innovation." Shanghai commerce committee deputy director Yang chao concluded.
Level upgrade common radiation Yangtze river delta
With the gathering of 677 headquarters of multinational companies, the number of foreign capital stationed in Shanghai is increasing. The structure of foreign capital utilization in Shanghai is also improving and its level is improving. Many enterprises recently revealed that foreign capital love Shanghai, but also love here to be able to linkage of the broad market and unlimited opportunities.
"When we are in Shanghai, we are looking at the mature business environment in Shanghai and the sound ecosystem in Shanghai and even the Yangtze river delta region, with good development in manufacturing, medicine, finance and other aspects." "We hope Microsoft can achieve a deep and organic combination with Shanghai, the Yangtze river delta and China," Mr. Hong said.
According to the latest data released by Shanghai municipal government, foreign-funded enterprises account for about 2% of the city's enterprises, contributing 20% of the city's employment, 27% of its GDP, 33% of its tax revenue and 60% of its total industrial output. In the future, foreign-funded enterprises can not only deeply participate in the construction of Shanghai science and innovation center, but also have the opportunity to participate in the construction of G60 science and innovation corridor in the Yangtze river delta.
In the G60 technology innovation corridor planning exhibition hall located in songjiang, Shanghai, the brush robot launched by evert intelligent equipment co., ltd. from the Yangtze river delta is writing "liberating human productivity" with beautiful strokes. In the nearby town of xiaokunshan in songjiang, Shanghai, wang jiangbing, CEO of kuka China, spoke about kuka's strong desire to collaborate with the robotics industry in the Yangtze river delta.
"There are many domestic and foreign customers and suppliers in Shanghai and the surrounding Yangtze river delta. If you settle here, you can enjoy the 'right place, right time'. The product delivery cycle is short and the cost is advantageous. Wang jiangbing said that China is growing into the world's largest industrial robot market, and the Shanghai government's willingness to meet its demands has given them confidence. He said that in the future, the government is expected to build a platform to cooperate with counterparts in the Yangtze river delta region to jointly improve industrial standards and bring Chinese robot manufacturing to a higher level.
Reported by Xinhua news.
Collected and translated by fdifirm China teams
