As a major manufacturing province and a major province of science and education, Jiangsu insists on taking scientific and technological innovation as the initiative. Through the deep integration of innovation chain and industrial chain, it will accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system, create a strategic emerging industrial cluster with international competitiveness, form more new quality productivity, and ignite a new engine for high-quality development.
At the Changzhou production base of Honeycomb Energy Technology Co., Ltd., the reporter saw that the mechanical arm was stacking like water. As the head enterprise of power battery, Honeycomb Energy innovated the lamination process to improve the energy density and safety performance of battery products. After the technological iteration from scratch to existence and from existence to excellence, the third generation high-speed lamination technology production line can now produce an electric core electrode piece every 0.125 seconds, which is twice as efficient as the traditional lamination technology. The first maglev logistics line in the industry has a transmission speed of 3 meters per second, which is 10 times higher than the traditional belt logistics efficiency.
Jing Xiaoqiang, senior manager of Honeycomb Energy Brand Promotion Department, told the reporter that technologies such as cobalt free batteries, lamination technology, solid state batteries and so on are in the forefront. The company now has many equipment, including products and so on, which will be developed together with suppliers. Because the power battery is a very large range, we need the whole industry to work together.
Strong industrial chain support is the support for enterprises' sustainable innovation output. In Changzhou, four of the top ten giants in the global power battery industry have settled here, and nearly 4000 enterprises have gathered in the field of auto parts. The new energy industry ecosystem is accelerating to take shape. However, there are many strategic emerging industrial clusters with complete industrial chains, distinctive features and prominent advantages in Jiangsu. Focusing on 16 advanced manufacturing clusters and 50 key industrial chains, the province will organize and implement about 100 key industrial chain collaboration projects every year to improve the level of industrial innovation in an all-round way through the collaboration of "cluster chain enterprises".
At the same time, Jiangsu also issued a series of policies, including 12 measures to support private enterprises to participate in major scientific and technological innovation, to encourage enterprises to be confident and bold in seeking innovation. Pioneer Pharmaceutical, located in Jiangbei New District, Nanjing, started with generic drugs. Relying on persistent R&D investment, the company gradually transformed into an innovative pharmaceutical company: in the past five years, the proportion of innovative drug revenue in total revenue increased from 32.9% to 72%. In 2023, the R&D investment of Pioneer Pharmaceutical will account for 29.7%. In the next 24 months, five new high-value innovative drugs are expected to be approved for marketing.
Shi Ruiwen, vice president of Pioneer Pharmaceutical, told the reporter that there were about 1000 people in the group's R&D team, about 70% of whom had master's and doctor's degrees, and more than 10% of the R&D personnel had foreign learning and working experience. Pioneer Pharmaceutical will spare no effort to invest in innovation, including talents, infrastructure construction, enterprise management and other fields.
Relying on the rich resources of large hospitals and institutes, Jiangsu also actively provides platform support and fertile ground for enterprises to grow. Photonics industry is the "key minority" of the modern industrial system, with high technical barriers and strong industrial drive. In Suzhou High tech Zone, the reporter saw that Suzhou Institute of Optoelectronics Technology has built two common process public service platforms, micro nano optics and packaging testing, as well as four pilot lines, which can provide concept verification, pilot and pilot services for start-ups in the field of photons. At present, the Institute has incubated 13 enterprises with a cumulative valuation of about 3 billion yuan.
Li Xia, Executive Director of Suzhou Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, said that standing on the platform of the Institute can see the needs of many customers. The institute has equipment and technicians. As long as you tell the institute your idea, it can cooperate with you to turn a small idea into a small sample. The full path of products that can bring revenue in large quantities is available.
The upstream and downstream of the industrial chain have become a key project. Scientific research institutes and scientific and technological enterprises have joined hands to seek technological innovation. The innovation chain and the industrial chain have joined hands in this hot land of Jiangsu, promoting the development of the industry to new and higher levels. In the first quarter of this year, the output value of high-tech industries in the province exceeded 50% of industries above designated size for the first time. In April, the added value of industries above designated size in the province increased by 9.2%, of which the added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 11.2%.
Qiao Biao, vice president of China Electronics Information Industry Development Research Institute, believes that there are two aspects in the next step. One is to firmly grasp the bull's nose of scientific and technological innovation, closely combine scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, and let more innovative achievements truly translate into real productivity. The second is to lead high-quality development with intelligence and greening, and truly empower the development of the entire industry, which may be the source of competitiveness.