Hong Kong and Macao entrepreneurs dream of Zhuhai High-tech Zone

"As a technology-based start-up, when choosing to settle down, in addition to the cost of operation, more consideration is given to the local scientific and technological atmosphere, and whether there is a relevant industrial infrastructure to support the development of projects." After a field trip, Liu Jiachuan, who graduated from the Department of Computer Science of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, finally chose to come to Zhuhai and enter Zhuhai High-tech Zone to pursue his dream. The place that attracts Liu Jiachuan is naturally the advantage of Zhuhai High-tech Zone. Since the establishment of the High-tech Zone, its location and policy advantages have attracted a lot of project resources. A number of high-quality science and technology enterprises have grown up here. In the High-tech Zone, industrial clusters such as software and IC design, Internet and mobile Internet, smart grid and new energy, biomedicine and medical devices have been formed, which has promoted the rapid rise of Zhuhai's economic strength. 。 Under the background of the development of Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and the Great Bay Area, infrastructure such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has further promoted the interconnection of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and the location advantage of the high-tech zone adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao has become more prominent. More and more Hong Kong and Macao entrepreneurs and Liu Jiachuan have the same choice. Innovation factors are accelerating the flow here. Data show that since 2018, 128 industrial investment and innovation and entrepreneurship projects have been approached by high-tech zones, of which 27 projects have already landed.

Zhuhai High-tech Zone also provides sufficient development space for this factor flow. In recent years, high-tech zones have supported innovative cooperation between Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macao in terms of policies, funds and platform construction, including the introduction of a special policy for innovative cooperation between Hong Kong and Macao, attracting excellent projects and talent teams, strengthening exchanges and cooperation with universities and scientific research institutes in Hong Kong and Macao, and improving the innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem suitable for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in Hong Kong and Macao. The next goal of Zhuhai High-tech Zone is to create innovative and entrepreneurial talent plateau and promote scientific and technological innovation. Yan Haobo, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhuhai High-tech Zone, said in an interview that the environment for retaining talents would be further optimized, and the "Hong Kong-Macao Talents Growth Plan" would be implemented in conjunction with Hong Kong and Macao universities and famous enterprises in their jurisdictions to bring together young talents from Hong Kong and Macao.

Initial High-tech Zone:Attracts Settlements

Every Monday, Liu Jiachuan will come from Hong Kong to Kechuang Park No. 1, Hong Kong, and will not return to Hong Kong until Friday. The purpose of such a round trip is to realize his dream here: to extend the self-developed Smart City Management System to the Bay Area and other areas. "Use mobile App to interconnect everything in the community, including every building with community facilities such as fire protection and access control, to facilitate households and managers." In May of this year, Zhuhai Henglang Science and Technology Co., Ltd., led by Liu Jiachuan, entered the No. 1 Science Park in Hong Kong Bay. Zhuhai High-tech Zone has set up a base for transformation of scientific and technological achievements in Hong Kong and Macao, undertaking high-quality scientific and technological projects in Hong Kong and Macao, and creating a "one yuan entrepreneurial space" for talents in Hong Kong and Macao. Hong Kong and Macao entrepreneurs like Liu Jiachuan only pay 1 yuan a year for renting office space within 200 square meters of the base. The base also has policies such as start-up support funds, talent introduction incentives, residential security, etc., which provide up to 300,000 yuan for start-up funds of Hong Kong and Macao innovative entrepreneurship projects and provide commercial services. Registration, sharing facilities and technology incubation services. "When entrepreneurs come to the base, they only need to have office equipment ready to carry their bags into the base." According to the relevant person in charge of the base, we are currently integrating science and technology innovation service resources such as industry associations, technology platforms and intellectual property rights to help Hong Kong and Macao enterprises transform their scientific and technological achievements to the ground.

provides policies, services or similar services for many public spaces and incubators in Dawan District, but the "1 yuan rent" of Hong Kong and Macao entrepreneurs of No. 1 allows most entrepreneurs to choose to stay. "This is really the first step in attracting people." Liu Jiachuan admits that every penny and penny in the initial stage of starting a business should be put into practice, and rent concessions can effectively reduce the cost of starting a business.

Liu Jiachuan didn't think about starting a business elsewhere. He had visited Guangzhou and Shenzhen before, and even considered staying in Hong Kong. "Every city has its advantages and disadvantages, for example, Guangzhou has a lot of resources and convenient life, but relatively few science parks; Shenzhen is close to Hong Kong, but the cost of work and living is high; Hong Kong has a perfect business platform, but its market capacity is small, so it can only serve as a springboard to develop overseas markets; there are similar science parks in Zhuhai Hi-tech Zone. Division, can form a scientific and creative atmosphere, relatively low venture costs, docking Dawan District cities are convenient. On balance, Liu Jiachuan decided to come to Zhuhai High-tech Zone. The company has been in operation for three months and is progressing smoothly. "At present, we are in contact with universities to discuss whether we can do production, teaching and research projects for AI, and provide new ideas for improving existing products." He said that the high-tech zone has enough University resources, coupled with the foundation of the local electronic information industry, which is conducive to the future development of enterprises.

Rooted in high-tech zones: Policy dividend releases talent attraction

Today, the intelligent community program designed by Liu Jiachuan and his team has been operated in some districts in Wuxi and Suzhou, and may appear in Shenzhen districts in the future. At present, the project is being discussed with Shenzhen. Liu Jiachuan told TIME Weekly that after the establishment of Zhuhai company, the convenience of docking with the Dawan area and the mainland market is obvious. Many Hong Kong and Macao entrepreneurs have the same idea as Liu Jiachuan. Nowadays, there are 20 projects in Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Achievement Transfer Base of HK-1 Science Park, including 12 projects in Hong Kong, 7 projects in Macao and 1 cooperation project between Hong Kong and Macao, covering software and IC design, intelligent manufacturing, biotechnology and other fields.

"Liu Jiazhuan" stages the story of two cities in the high-tech zone every day, dreaming of the Dawan District. Zhuhai High-tech Zone is the founder of these Hong Kong and Macao Technologies.