Shandong Province establishes a sound market-oriented system for scientific and technological innovation

In order to further unleash the vitality of innovation and creativity, and promote the development of modern industries, the Shandong Provincial Government has issued the "Several Opinions on Improving the Market oriented System for Science and Technology Innovation". Science and technology innovation personnel are welcomed with a policy gift package, and central units stationed in Shandong can also enjoy relevant policies based on this document. Let's take a look at the keywords together.

——Simplify the budget preparation of financial research projects, and delegate all the adjustment rights of other subject expenses except for equipment expenses to the project undertaking unit in the direct expenses. Explore the establishment of a "lump sum system" for scientific research project funding, without limitations on the proportion of performance expenditures, labor fees, and other subjects, and strengthen the evaluation of project output.

——Intensify the promotion of innovative products and services, expand the application support of non bidding methods such as first purchase and ordering, and accelerate the demonstration application of the first set of equipment, the first batch of materials, and the first version of software. For industrial enterprise products that meet the national first (set) of major technical equipment promotion and application guidance catalog, after achieving the first (set) sales, provinces, cities, and counties (cities, districts) may provide guidance and support based on their financial situation.

——Further implement the autonomy of universities and research institutes. Universities and research institutes shall independently formulate job placement plans in accordance with regulations, hire personnel independently, and report the employment results to the personnel comprehensive management department of the same level public institution for filing. Reasonably expand the autonomy of universities and research institutes in scientific research infrastructure projects, shorten the approval cycle, and change the approval system for scientific research infrastructure projects that use their own funds and do not apply for government investment from an approval system to a filing system.

——Launch a pilot program to grant scientific researchers the ownership or long-term use rights of scientific and technological achievements. On the premise of not affecting national security and interests, we will carry out reform pilot projects that grant scientific researchers the ownership or long-term use rights of scientific and technological achievements, and change the "conversion first, reward later" to "confirmation first, conversion later". The scientific and technological achievements completed by scientific researchers in executing their own independent projects belong to the unit. According to the internal regulations of the unit or agreements with scientific researchers, scientific research institutions are allowed to award ownership of scientific and technological achievements to scientific researchers or provide long-term use rights.

——Support researchers in innovation and entrepreneurship. Allow managers and researchers of transformed institutions and public institutions to hold equity in the form of "technology shares+cash shares" after completing the approval procedures in accordance with relevant regulations, introduce technology managers to participate in the entire process of achievement transformation, and encourage universities and research institutes to participate in enterprise technology research and development through orders and other means. Organize a pilot program to make enterprise employment experience a necessary condition for newly hired engineering teachers in universities.

——Improve the implementation method of "one case, one discussion" for introducing top talents, and encourage and support enterprises, universities, and research institutes to build "international top scientist laboratories".

——Promote the open sharing of technological resources. The supply side units with the nature of public institutions provide open sharing of large-scale scientific instruments and equipment in the collaborative sharing network of Shandong Province. The service income and subsidy funds obtained can be distributed according to the income from the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

——Promote the development of new research and development institutions. For new research and development institutions that meet the conditions, scientific research, technological development, and teaching supplies that cannot be produced domestically or whose performance cannot meet the needs shall be exempt from import tariffs, import value-added tax, and consumption tax.

-For service organizations that promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in Shandong and whose annual technology contract turnover is more than 10 million yuan, the provincial finance will give a maximum of 500000 yuan of financial subsidies according to a certain proportion of the contract turnover; for service organizations that undertake the task of transforming major scientific and technological achievements in the province and enter the scope of demonstration national technology transfer institutions, the provincial finance will give each service organization a maximum of 6 million yuan.

-- Implementing incentive policies for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Provincial universities and scientific research institutes can independently decide to transfer, license or invest in the scientific and technological achievements they hold, without reporting to the competent department or financial department for examination and approval or filing, and determine the price through agreement pricing, listing in the technology trading market, auction, etc. If an individual reward agreement is given in the form of equity in accordance with relevant regulations, the equity may be confirmed, and the relevant departments shall recognize it and implement relevant matters in accordance with their duties and powers.

Information source: Dazhong Daily

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