The new model of Guangdong's scientific and technological achievements transformation, "use first, pay later", helps promote technological innovation
In order to thoroughly implement the requirements of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on "encouraging and guiding universities and research institutes to license scientific and technological achievements to small and medium-sized enterprises for use on a pay before use basis", as well as the deployment requirements of the Guangdong Provincial Government on exploring new paths for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements through "use before pay", and to encourage and guide universities and research institutes to license scientific and technological achievements to enterprises for use on a "use before pay" basis, and to promote precise docking between inventors, applications, investors, and local governments of scientific and technological achievements, on January 19th, the "Focusing on the Development of New Quality Productivity and Fully Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements and the Release of 'Use before Pay' Projects" event was successfully held at the Guangzhou Yueke Financial Building. The event attracted a total of 17 representatives from provincial and ministerial level universities, more than 10 representatives from national and provincial research institutions, over 80 representatives from leading industrial and technology-based enterprises, over 40 representatives from financial investment institutions, as well as representatives from provincial, municipal, and district government departments, with over 250 participants. Wang Sheng, Vice Governor and member of the Party Leadership Group of Guangdong Provincial People's Government, Lu Pengqi, member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, Tang Hongwu, academician of the CAE Member and president of South China University of Technology, attended the event and delivered a speech. Sun Zhe, Deputy Secretary General of the People's Government of Guangdong Province, Peng Wen, Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property Application Promotion Department of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, Fan Kefeng, Vice President of the China Electronics Technology Standardization Institute, Lin Rupeng, Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Education, Tu Gaokun, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Huang Shaolong, Deputy Director of the Provincial Market Supervision Administration, Gao Guosheng, Member of the Party Leadership Group of the Provincial Market Supervision Administration, Secretary of the Party Leadership Committee and Director of the Provincial Intellectual Property Protection Center, Wang Xiaoyun, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Provincial SASAC, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone, Director of the Wang Shourui, Secretary of the Party Committee, Lin Haojun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Guangdong Yueke Financial Group, Deng Bin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Guangdong Yueke Financial Group, Jiang Hong, Secretary of the Party Committee of South University of Science and Technology, Leaders including Rao Yi, President of Capital Medical University, Li Mengfeng, President of Southern Medical University, Zhai Lixiang, President of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Shen Yi, Vice President of Harbin Institute of Technology, Liu Chao, Vice President of Sichuan University, and renowned professor Yi Jiming from Peking University Law School attended the event. This event is guided by the Guangdong Provincial Administration for Market Regulation (Intellectual Property Bureau), the Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Department of Education, the Department of Science and Technology, and the State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. It is jointly organized by the Guangdong Science and Technology Financial Group and the Guangdong Intellectual Property Protection Center, and hosted by the Guangdong Venture Capital Promotion Association, Guangdong University Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Center, Guangdong Productivity Promotion Center, Peking University Science and Technology Development Department, Fudan University Technology Transfer Center, and co organized by the Guangzhou Nansha Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Science and Technology Integration Innovation Center, Bank of China Guangdong Branch, Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank, etc. It is reported that the "use first, pay later" method for licensing scientific and technological achievements is a direction clearly encouraged and guided by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and is an effective way in patent transformation practice. Guangdong is actively exploring a new model of "use first, pay later" for scientific and technological achievements. Recently, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Education, the National Health Commission, and the Market Supervision Administration jointly issued a notice on the release and promotion of Guangdong Province's "use first, transfer later" scientific and technological achievements, compiling and releasing more than 2100 scientific and technological achievements, mobilizing the precise docking of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and breaking down barriers to the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Wang Sheng stated in his speech at the event that Guangdong firmly implements the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, leads the development of new quality productive forces with scientific and technological innovation, and creates a highland for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. This event is a specific measure to implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, which will effectively promote the precise docking of science and technology and industry, promote the benign interaction between science and technology, industry, and finance, and promote the high-quality development of Guangdong's economy and society. I hope to take this event as an opportunity to further improve the supporting mechanism, form production relations that are compatible with new quality productivity, and break through the bottlenecks in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements; Further strengthen goal orientation, encourage and guide researchers to "write papers on the ground", and improve the quality and transformation efficiency of scientific research results from the source; Further leverage the bridge and link role of venture capital platforms such as Yueke Financial Group, build an innovation consortium with close cooperation between upstream and downstream, and enhance innovation and transformation efficiency. Through the joint efforts of multiple parties, the difficulty of transforming scientific and technological achievements can be reduced, the application of scientific and technological achievements can be improved, and more scientific and technological achievements can be promoted from the "laboratory" to the "production line", and transformed into new quality productivity development results. Tang Hongwu stated that improving the mechanism for scientific and technological innovation in universities and enhancing the efficiency of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements are major tasks for further deepening the reform comprehensively. As an important strategic scientific and technological force of the country, universities should embrace the greater good of the country, transform high-tech and high-quality scientific and technological achievements, and promote the development of new quality productive forces. In the future, Huagong will closely connect with the high-quality development needs of the Greater Bay Area: firstly, further expand open disciplines and use the "use first, pay later" model to increase positive interaction with industries; The second is to further leverage the "Five Institutes and One Park" achievement transformation carrier function of the school's layout in the core cities of the Greater Bay Area, and establish enterprises through forms such as pricing and investment, empowerment and licensing, capital increase and investment, and first use and then transfer, cultivating new development momentum; The third is to further deepen cooperation with financial institutions such as Yueke, strive for significant breakthroughs in key core technologies, and support the development and growth of technology-based small and micro enterprises with long-term potential. At the event, Lu Pengqi said that the China National Intellectual Property Administration made efforts to improve the quality of management and strengthen policy incentives to break through the key blocking points of patent transformation and operation, encourage the promotion of the "first use, then pay" patent licensing model, and promote the industrialization of a number of high-value patents. He put forward three suggestions for exploring the new path of "use first, pay later": firstly, deepen the mechanism of industry university research cooperation and consolidate the foundation of transformation and application quality. Strengthen the use of intellectual property databases, improve the pre application evaluation system for patent applications, further activate existing patents, and optimize incremental patents. Secondly, we will increase efforts in transfer and transformation to support the innovative development of the real economy. Targeting the actual needs of industries and enterprises, fully leveraging the overlapping role of intellectual property public service institutions and various market-oriented service institutions, strengthening financial service support, integrating intellectual property financial service resources such as pledge financing, insurance, and securitization funds, and providing diversified technical support for the full chain of patent industrialization. The third is to expand the application mode of transformation and accelerate the resolution of difficulties in obtaining patent technology and tasks for small and medium-sized enterprises. Implement the patent open licensing system, fully leverage the advantages of "one to many" licensing, adopt "use first, pay later" and other methods, enable more small and medium-sized enterprises to efficiently and cost effectively use advanced patent technologies, and promote more scientific and technological achievements from laboratories to industries. A base listing ceremony was held at the event site. Under the witness of relevant leaders such as the China National Intellectual Property Administration, the Provincial Department of Education, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, six cooperation bases were successfully listed at the event site, including the Guangdong Patent Transformation and Application Base, the Guangdong University Achievement Transformation Investment Center, the New Industrialization Standard Innovation and Scientific and Technological Achievement Transformation Base, the Guangdong Science Cooperation Base of the Fudan University Scientific and Technological Achievement Transformation Service Center in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, the Guangdong Science and Technology Cooperation Base of the South China University of Technology Scientific and Technological Achievement Transformation, and the Guangdong Science and Technology Cooperation Base of the Guangming Laboratory Scientific and Technological Achievement Transformation, striving to create an important support platform for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. At the same time, Yueke Financial Group has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shenzhen Qianhai Management Bureau. Both parties will leverage their respective advantages, integrate scientific and technological innovation resources, and jointly build the Qianhai International Science and Technology Innovation Center in the Greater Bay Area. In addition, a fund signing ceremony was held on site, and two university achievement transformation funds, Guangdong Science and Technology Huagong Fund and Guangdong Science and Technology Fudan Mother Fund, signed cooperation intentions. The total scale of the funds is 700 million yuan, which will focus on the characteristic majors of universities and the technological needs of key industries in the Greater Bay Area, and use capital empowerment to promote the landing and transformation of university enterprises and high-quality scientific and technological achievements. The first batch of "use first, pay later" project pairings were carried out during the event. Ten scientific and technological achievements, including "Industrialization of Lightweight Titanium Aluminum Materials and Components for High end Equipment" from universities and research institutions such as Fudan University, Sun Yat sen University, Central South University, South China University of Technology, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen University, Jihua Laboratory, and Zhongshan Research Institute of Changchun University of Technology, signed cooperation intentions with 10 companies including Guangzhou Guanzhi New Materials, binary Hesheng, and Jusheng Technology, respectively, opening a new chapter in exploring the transformation of achievements into "use first, pay later" projects. It is reported that since 2023, the Guangdong Science and Technology Financial Group and the Provincial Wind Promotion Association have jointly created the "Guangdong Science and Technology Release" strategic brand, building an investment and financing matching platform for project providers, investors, and local governments to promote policies, lead scientific and technological innovation, empower finance, and connect projects. At present, "Yueke Release" has successfully held 35 events, serving 21 cities within the province, 50 universities and key laboratories across the country, as well as science and technology innovation enterprises in 9 provinces, 3 municipalities directly under the central government, and 2 special administrative regions in China. So far, it has attracted more than 2000 units to carry out project integration and docking, gathering over 4000 investment projects from inside and outside the province, over 400 on-site roadshow projects, with a total financing scale of over 65 billion yuan. 100 projects have been implemented, forming a good scale effect, leverage effect, and innovation leading effect. (New Society)
