Asia Pacific R & D headquarters of multinational companies gather Zhang Jiangcheng, the first in China (GE, Roche, abb, Siemens...)

Source: as of the end of August 2015, Shanghai Zhangjiang hi tech park has introduced 390 R & D centers of multinational companies, accounting for one quarter of the country Among them, the R & D centers of the world's top 500 enterprises account for one third of the country, both of which are the highest in China's provinces, regions and cities Two thirds of them are located in Pudong New Area, especially in Zhangjiang In particular, there are 44 multinational R & D headquarters in Zhangjiang, ranking first in China Since November this year, several opinions of Shanghai Municipality on encouraging the development of foreign R & D centers have been officially implemented According to the opinion, the foreign R & D center in Shanghai will receive all-round support in setting up, integrating into Shanghai innovation system, talent introduction and training, fiscal and tax policies and comprehensive development environment It is worth noting that the opinions issued in mid October are clear: the Municipal Commission of Commerce entrusts the Pudong New Area government to carry out the identification and service of foreign R & D center in Pudong New Area; entrusts the Zhangjiang High Tech Park Management Committee to carry out the identification and service of foreign R & D Center in Zhangjiang High Tech Park Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce has made special arrangements for Pudong New Area and Zhangjiang High Tech Park to gather R & D centers of multinational companies in the above work The main reason is that Pudong plays an important role in the construction of a global influential science and technology innovation center in Shanghai Relevant reports show that since the implementation of the "focus on Zhangjiang" strategy, Pudong New Area has issued special policies since 2000, vigorously introduced and gathered R & D centers of multinational companies, and took the lead in identifying R & D headquarters of multinational companies in 2002 After more than ten years' efforts, Pudong has become an open innovation highland with the highest degree of agglomeration, the best spillover effect and the most abundant innovation achievements for the R & D centers of multinational companies The R & D center of multinational companies, especially after taking root in Zhangjiang, has played a huge spillover effect Due to the high-intensity R & D investment, advanced innovation concept and operation mode brought by the agglomeration of R & D centers of transnational corporations, the R & D centers of transnational corporations settled in Zhangjiang not only become the innovation subject, the source of technology transfer and technology trade, but also promote the innovation and development of local enterprises The R & D centers of multinational companies also play an increasingly important role in the cultivation of innovation teams, the transformation of scientific research achievements and the entrepreneurship of "solo" executives In May of this year, Shanghai issued "science and technology innovation 22 articles" to integrate and utilize global innovation resources, which proposed that "we should continue to improve relevant policies to encourage the development of foreign R & D centers, and further attract and support multinational companies to set up R & D centers in Shanghai." According to the relevant report of Zhangjiang platform Economics Research Institute, after the introduction of "science and technology innovation 22", the R & D center of multinational companies and all kinds of innovation subjects were greatly encouraged Honeywell plans to upgrade the existing R & D center to the Asia Pacific R & D center and open innovation platform participating in the core technology R & D of the parent company, and expand 20000 square meters Currently, the site has built five R & D buildings, and will purchase and rent new R & D buildings AstraZeneca has also started to expand the third phase of R & D headquarters this year Ge, abb, Siemens and others will seize the opportunity of Shanghai Science and technology innovation center to develop the "four new" economy, and increase R & D investment in new energy, high-end medical facilities, robots and other fields On October 30, Roche pharmaceutical established its global technology transfer and strategic cooperation department in Shanghai, "Hello Zhangjiang" In response, a report was released As a pharmaceutical company driven by innovation, Roche improved, promoted and pulled the entire Chinese pharmaceutical industry chain with international standards, spared no effort to promote the innovation of the entire Chinese pharmaceutical industry, and actively fulfilled the promise of benefiting more Chinese patients The call for preferential tax policies to promote the further development of R & D centers of multinational companies was also echoed in several opinions of Shanghai Municipality on encouraging the development of foreign R & D centers According to the opinion, Shanghai encourages foreign R & D centers to cooperate with local institutions Support foreign R & D centers to participate in the construction of R & D public service platform in this city Encourage foreign R & D centers to use their own R & D resources and global innovation network to jointly carry out core technology research in industrial chain with universities, scientific research institutes and enterprises in this city Encourage the industrialization of high-tech achievements of foreign R & D centers, and those who meet the requirements can enjoy relevant supporting policies In terms of tax policies, foreign R & D centers will also receive "real gold and silver" The benefits of: the self use equipment imported within the total investment, the self use equipment imported through technical transformation with self owned funds, and the technology, accessories and spare parts imported along with the equipment according to the contract, can enjoy the preferential tax policy of exemption from import tariff according to the national regulations; the income from engaging in technology transfer, technology development business and related technical consultation and technical services can be obtained according to the country According to the provisions of the national tax policy, the enterprise shall enjoy the tax preference of value-added tax exemption; if the enterprise meets the requirements and is recognized as a high-tech enterprise or a service enterprise with advanced technology, the enterprise income tax shall be reduced by 15% according to the provisions of the state.