19 measures in Shandong to support the development of digital economy
On the afternoon of July 8th, the executive meeting of the Shandong Provincial Government approved the "Opinions on Supporting the Development of Digital Economy in Shandong Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), which clarified 19 specific policy measures to promote the development of digital economy.
Regarding the "Development Plan for Digital Shandong (2018-2022)", the "Opinions" have clearly defined the specific goals of the digital economy. By 2022, the breadth and depth of integration between the digital economy and various fields of the economy and society will be significantly enhanced, and digital transformation in important areas will be completed first. The proportion of the digital economy to the province's GDP will increase by an average of 2 percentage points per year.
Based on the actual situation in Shandong Province, the "Opinions" put forward five major tasks: digital industrialization, digital agriculture, intelligent manufacturing, smart services, and cultivating new business forms. It also clarifies 19 specific policy measures from five aspects: increasing factor supply, strengthening talent support, stimulating innovation vitality, cultivating market entities, and strengthening financial support. In terms of increasing factor supply, support policies have been clearly defined for key factors such as data resources, infrastructure, electricity, and land. In terms of strengthening talent support, specific policies have been proposed around talent cultivation, introduction, motivation, and innovative ways of attracting talents. In terms of stimulating innovation vitality, measures such as incentivizing enterprise innovation, building innovation platforms, sharing scientific and technological resources, and transferring and transforming scientific and technological achievements have been proposed. In terms of cultivating market entities, support measures have been clearly defined around supporting enterprise development, encouraging investment attraction, and supporting agglomeration development. In terms of strengthening financial support, support policies such as project support, tax incentives, social capital, and financial credit have been proposed.
The Opinion proposes a series of innovative preferential policies on data resource supply, reducing electricity costs, ensuring construction land, financial credit support, high-quality talent introduction, and guiding industrial agglomeration. For example, in response to the concentrated demand of enterprises for data resource supply, it is proposed to increase the sharing and openness of government and social data, providing a basic driving force for the development of the digital economy. In terms of electricity consumption, for regional and industry-specific data centers that meet the planning layout and serve the whole province and even the country, the electricity price will be halved from 0.65 yuan per kilowatt hour, and reduced to around 0.33 yuan through various levels of financial incentives. Support will be provided in a graded and graded manner based on actual electricity consumption and industrial driving effects. Intensify financial support and encourage various financial institutions to innovate and carry out pledge loans such as intellectual property, equity, accounts receivable, and bank tax interactive loans for digital technology enterprises with light assets and high technology characteristics.
The Opinion fully utilizes existing policies and prioritizes and focuses on supporting digital enterprises and talents through various policies already introduced in our province to support enterprise development. Priority should be given to supporting digital technology enterprises in establishing offshore innovation and entrepreneurship bases overseas and providing corresponding subsidies; Prioritize supporting digital technology enterprises in building innovation platforms; The incentive policy for headquarters to settle in our province will lower the threshold for digital technology enterprises, expanding from headquarters to research and development headquarters and regional headquarters; Referring to the "Several Policies to Support High Quality Development of the Real Economy", it is further clarified that high-level digital technology talents who meet the conditions will be given top tier support in terms of unsecured and unsecured loan quotas.
Information source: Dazhong Net
He Yang/Organizing
