Let technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises have a real sense of gain

For technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, a policy "big gift package" has recently been welcomed ". "Several Policies and Measures to Support Technology-based SMEs to Accelerate Innovation and Development in the New Era" (hereinafter referred to as "Several Measures") was officially released a few days ago.

What are the main bottlenecks facing the innovation and development of small and medium-sized enterprises of science and technology? What are the policies with high gold content in the "Several Measures"? How to ensure that the "Several Measures" are really effective? The reporter of Science and Technology Daily interviewed the relevant responsible comrades of the Department of Achievement Transformation and Regional Innovation of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Reporter: "a number of measures" is in what context?

The above responsible person: the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the innovation and development of private economy and small and medium-sized enterprises. In November last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the private enterprise symposium, putting forward clear requirements for private enterprises to enhance their innovation capabilities and core competitiveness, and form more world-class enterprises with global competitiveness. In April this year, the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Healthy Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises", which made important arrangements for enhancing the innovation and development capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Small and medium-sized enterprises are the main force of private economy. Science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises are an important force to cultivate new driving forces and promote high-quality development. Supporting science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises is to support the innovation and development of private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises. The Ministry of Science and Technology formulated and promulgated the "Several Measures" this time, which is to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, accelerate the promotion of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises to take the path of innovation-driven development, and enhance the technological innovation capabilities and core of enterprises. Competitiveness.

The "several measures" focus on cultivating and expanding the main scale of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises and improving the innovation ability of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, from the seven aspects of innovation subject cultivation, policy improvement and implementation, and financial support, further strengthen the improvement and implementation of relevant inclusive policies, so as to make the majority of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises have a real sense of gain.

Reporter: "several measures" put forward to cultivate and expand the main scale of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises and enhance the innovation ability of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises as the main focus. What are the specific considerations?

The above-mentioned person in charge: "cultivating and expanding the main scale of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises and enhancing the innovation ability of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises" is an important and distinct policy guidance put forward in the "several measures", which is conducive to further unify the understanding of all parties and unite the joint efforts to accelerate the innovation and development of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises. To achieve this goal, we need to work together from both the government and the market.

From the perspective of the government, government departments at all levels, especially science and technology management departments, should take the cultivation and growth of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises as an inevitable requirement for cultivating new momentum and achieving high-quality development, give full play to the enthusiasm and initiative of local governments in policy implementation, resource allocation, reform and innovation, and take the creation of a good environment for innovation and entrepreneurship as the fundamental requirement for transforming government functions and enhancing service awareness. Formulate relevant supporting policies according to local conditions, intensify efforts to promote the innovation and development of small and medium-sized technology-based enterprises.

From the perspective of the market, it is necessary to further guide enterprises to deeply implement the innovation-driven development strategy, so that more enterprises can truly realize that the ability of scientific and technological innovation is the unbreakable competitiveness of enterprises. only when enterprises have core key technologies can they truly remain invincible in the market.

Reporter: in order to promote the innovation and development of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, what measures has the Ministry of science and technology taken in recent years?

The above-mentioned person in charge: In recent years, the Ministry of Science and Technology has conscientiously implemented the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, adopted a series of policy measures to cultivate and expand technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, vigorously promoted technology-based innovation and entrepreneurship, and optimized the growth environment of technology enterprises. There were 131000 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises in the database, and good results were achieved.

On the one hand, we should increase policy incentives for scientific and technological innovation and encourage the majority of scientific and technological small and medium-sized enterprises to increase investment in research and development. In 2017, there were 84000 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises that enjoyed the preferential policy of R & D expenses plus deduction, with an additional deduction of about 150 billion yuan and a reduction of corporate income tax of about 37.5 billion yuan. On the other hand, support and encourage scientific research personnel to innovate and start businesses, promote the construction of a technology entrepreneurship ecosystem, build a professional crowd-creation space, and provide full-chain services for the incubation and cultivation of technology-based SMEs. At the same time, we should pay attention to guiding the accumulation of innovation resources, and increase the guidance and support for innovation and entrepreneurship activities by implementing the national guidance fund for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and holding the China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. We will promote the opening and sharing of scientific research instruments and facilities in universities and scientific research institutions to enterprises. Universities and scientific research institutes across the country serve more than 200000 enterprise users annually, reducing repeated purchase funds by about 20.7 billion yuan.

Reporter: What are the bottlenecks in the innovation and development of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises?

The above-mentioned person in charge: from the preliminary investigation, compared with the worries of industrial transformation and upgrading and market restructuring faced by ordinary enterprises, science and technology enterprises can more actively adapt to the challenges of economic transformation and upgrading and high-quality development by relying on innovation driven, especially those with core technologies.

At the same time, we also see that small and medium-sized technology-based enterprises are facing some difficulties in accelerating innovation and development. One is insufficient investment in research and development. This is not only due to the weak financial strength of the enterprise itself, but also due to the insufficient guiding investment of financial science and technology funds, and the practical difficulties of lack of R & D funds still exist. Second, there is a shortage of outstanding scientific and technological talents. Small and medium-sized enterprises are not attractive to high-level scientific and technological talents, and they lack competitiveness compared with colleges and universities and state-owned enterprises in terms of salary system, corporate culture, and development space. Three is the poor access to innovation resources. Small and medium-sized enterprises generally lack their own R & D system and need to rely more on external innovation resources. However, from the reality, the mechanism for small and medium-sized enterprises to carry out industry-university-research cooperation is not perfect, it is difficult to obtain professional scientific and technological innovation services, and it is difficult to obtain high-quality technology supply from colleges and universities.

Reporter: in view of the actual needs of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, what policies with high gold content are given in the "several measures?

The above-mentioned person in charge: In the process of formulating the "Several Measures", we have always adhered to the "problem-oriented". All policies and measures are centered on the policy points that enterprises are most concerned about, such as fiscal and taxation support, talent cultivation, innovation and entrepreneurship, and technology services. "Real moves".

In view of the lack of R & D funds, we will further increase the guidance and support of financial science and technology funds for the R & D activities of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and give direct support to the R & D activities of small and medium-sized enterprises by adjusting and improving the establishment of national science and technology plans, task deployment and organization and management, and encourage local governments to set up special funds to support the technology R & D of small and medium-based enterprises.

In response to the lack of high-level talents, we will support technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises to introduce and cultivate backbone innovation teams, participate in the "International Outstanding Youth Program", help small and medium-sized enterprises to connect with foreign young talents in related fields, and support small and medium-sized enterprises to select professional and technical talents to participate in medium and long-term overseas (Border) training.

In view of the difficulty and high cost of financing, we will further strengthen the integration of science, technology and finance, expand the function of the national guidance fund for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, carry out pilot loan risk compensation, and implement the "2.0 of the roadmap plan for the growth of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises". We will expand various channels such as venture capital guidance, direct financing and indirect financing.

In view of the lack of innovation services, the government and the market will work together to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of universities, scientific research institutes and all kinds of market-oriented science and technology service institutions, through the promotion of science and technology innovation voucher policy, carry out pilot projects for the construction of new R & D institutions and specialized technology transfer institutions, and build a national information service platform for science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, We will expand professional services and technology supply for technological innovation.

Reporter: In order to ensure the effectiveness of the "Several Measures", what are the considerations in the follow-up specific implementation and operation?

The above-mentioned responsible persons: one point for deployment and nine points for implementation. Whether the "Several Measures" can be implemented in detail, and whether small and medium-sized enterprises can have a real sense of gain, the key is still to be implemented.

To this end, the Ministry of Science and Technology has made some specific arrangements at the level of work implementation. The first is to set up a working group to promote the innovation and development of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, promote relevant work as a whole, strengthen coordination with relevant departments, strengthen the linkage between the central and local governments, and coordinate and solve major problems in a timely manner. The second is to formulate a task division plan, strengthen the detailed decomposition of various tasks in the measures, and clarify the division of responsibilities and time nodes. At the same time, an assessment of the implementation of policies will be carried out in due course to ensure that all tasks are put in place. The third is to monitor the development of science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises and adjust and improve policies and measures in a timely manner.

Information source: Science and Technology Daily