China University Science Park Development Model and Investment Strategic Planning Report, 2013-2017

Based on the advantages of knowledge, talent density, and innovative environment of university, and combined with social funds, management and market demand, national university science park drives the development of regional economy, and has become an important part of national innovation system, since it’s as an important national science and technology innovation base, a high-tech enterprises incubation base, a innovation and entrepreneurship gathering and training base, an industry and academy combination pilot base.

Since China’s science parks establish and construct at different times, locate in different geographic and economic environments, and rely on different nature and power of universities and so on, China science parks show various kinds of development models, although they have some the functional positioning. To sum up, there are three kinds of models, including “one university, one science park”, “several universities, one science park”, and “co-construction of science park and university”. Besides, a virtual university science park model gradually springs up. This model integrates educational scientific and technological resources of university with local economic resources, and it plays a role in personnel training achievement transformation and high-tech industry incubation fields, and promotes larger space for technologies.

Since the “eleventh five-year” period, the construction and development of national university science park have made remarkable results, which becomes important bases for transformation of high-tech achievements, incubator high-tech enterprises, cultivation strategic emerging industries, and teachers and students job creating. The overall strength keeps increasing, forming a basic system. China has recognized 86 science parks in total, which cover 134 universities around 24 provinces, autonomous regions or municipality. As of the end of 2010, the disposable areas of national university science parks reached 8.145 million sqm, with 6,617 incubated enterprises, and with the 4,364 accumulative graduation enterprises. In 2010, the national university science park transformed 4,606 scientific and technological achievements in China. Among 5,603 patents applied by incubated enterprises, in which there were 2,333 invention patents.

Although the national university park develops rapidly, there is a great gap between developed countries’ university science and technology park, and that of China in the aspects of operational management, mechanism innovation, etc. China’s national university science park haven’t adapted to the needs of regional economic development yet. The knowledge advantage in university can’t be fully made use of, and the scientific and technologic achievements transformation channels are not as smooth as possible. All these problems severely restrict the innovation achievements in research institutions transform to actual productivity. However, it’s impossible to improve and solve these “problems” only by university science parks. It’s very necessary to effectively make use of social resources to promote the improvement and upgrading of hatch function in science parks. The government, co-construction universities, and enterprises should combine the overall development plan to clear their own positions and work cooperatively, based on national innovation strategy, then they can give full play to their advantages, form complementary advantages, and promote the good development momentums. Therefore, analysts consider, it’s urgent to create and improve a benefit sharing and win-to-win new type of industry and academy balance mechanism.

According to the “Twelfth Five-year” Plan Development Plan on National University Science Park, it’s predicted there will be 200 university science parks in China by 2015, and the three-level system will further be improved. There are 100 national university science parks in China, with a total disposable area of 10 million sqm, and with 8,000 incubated enterprises. During the “twelfth five-year” period, there are 5,000 graduation enterprises and 100,000 services enterprises in the parks, with 10,000 scientific and technologic achievements, and with 100,000 talents who have received training. There are 80 student scientific and technological jog creation and intern bases, and there are 3,000 enterprises to train students to involve in scientific and technological entrepreneur.

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Research Team of National University Science Park