On December 5, the Sino-Israeli (Shanghai) Innovation Park in Taupu, Putuo District, officially opened its doors. After the opening of the park, the first batch of 20 companies will move into the park, which focus on artificial intelligence and robotics, medical health and life sciences, Internet and information technology and other fields. In the future, this park will be an important platform for Sino-Israeli innovation cooperation in research and development, incubation, transformation and achievement display, and will also become a model of Sino-Israeli exchange and cooperation in the field of science and technology innovation, and a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurship.

On the one hand, Israel, known for its innovation, is 10,000 miles away; on the other hand, Shanghai, the global center of science and technology innovation, is surging.

From February to today, December 5th, the China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park officially opened; from little known to companies eagerly waiting to move in. 10 months, another Shanghai speed! The Sino-Israeli (Shanghai) Innovation Park project in the largest industrial park in the center of Shanghai, Taopu Zhicheng, has become a hot topic of discussion throughout Shanghai and the world. "

"The choice of the Innovation Park to be located in Shanghai is not only an important manifestation of the deep historical ties and sincere friendship between Shanghai and Israel, but also a concrete action to promote Shanghai's acceleration of the construction of a science and innovation center." Wang Zhigang, Chinese Minister of Science and Technology, said at a meeting to promote the construction of the Sino-Israeli (Shanghai) Innovation Park in May this year. For his part, Israel's ambassador to China, He Zewei, believes that by jointly building the China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park, the two sides have opened a new chapter in their history.

The Sino-Israeli Innovation Park (Shanghai) is located on the site of the former Hero Golden Pen Factory, a famous Shanghai enterprise, which is now known as "Hero's World". In the face of fierce international competition, the only one who wins is the one who innovates, and the Sino-Israel Innovation Park was officially opened on December 5. What kind of "Hero's World" will be created by this joint venture?

What makes a new park attractive to global innovative entrepreneurs?

"We hope that by providing a one-on-one 'butler model' for Israeli enterprises, we can connect them with policies, life, work and capital, and help them reduce their start-up costs with better service energy levels." In October last year, Yan Minghua, co-founder of INDIG CHINA, a leading Israeli investment company in the China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park, witnessed the signing of the China-Israel Innovation Cooperation Action Plan (2018-2021) in Israel.

How do you create a global place where innovation and entrepreneurship are desirable, successful, and value is realized? Obviously becoming the primary problem to be solved in this new park.
Newly introduced incubators licensed by the Innovation Authority of Israel in the park will receive a maximum of 3 million yuan in funding; biopharmaceutical enterprises in the park that have obtained FDA, EMEA, WHO and other international pharmaceutical manufacturing standards certification will receive 1 million yuan in matching district-level funds; enterprises in the park's initial public offering of shares and listing will receive up to 3.5 million yuan in rewards... ...On December 5, in order to implement the "China-Israel Innovation Cooperation Action Plan (2018-2021)" and Shanghai's relevant requirements for deepening China-Israel innovation cooperation, Putuo District supported the construction of China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park with the release of several policies and measures.
Ltd. introduced the package of special policies, will be "innovation park" before 2020 for enterprises and institutions, office subsidies, tax incentives, renovation subsidies and other preferential policies, in order to stimulate the industrialization of scientific research results of Sino-Israeli cooperation.
"We are very pragmatic and don't force third parties to necessarily register to land. In other words, giving full rent-free support as long as it serves the China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park is a breakthrough." "The two types of incentives are not repeatedly enjoyed from high." "It's not that lower taxes are the only criteria for incentives."
Through detailed interpretation and analysis of 18 policies in 9 categories, the word "breakthrough" appeared frequently in the speech of Li Wenbo, Party Secretary and Director of the Science and Technology Committee of Putuo District. The Putuo District started to consider the three aspects of the principle of urgent need, the principle of merit and the principle of comprehensiveness. 18 policies, with a total of 13 breakthrough policies.

To integrate into the global innovation network with a "proactive" attitude. Putuo District's determination and boldness in supporting the construction of Shanghai CRE center is evident.
"The provisions on incentives for patent conversion, trading and licensing, as well as premium funding for patent insurance, are all introduced for the first time in Putuo District." Wang Jianzhong, deputy director of the Putuo District Market Supervision Bureau and deputy director of the District Intellectual Property Office, said that these clauses will be piloted in the Innovation Park and rolled out across the district after the results are remarkable.
After the official opening of China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park, Putuo District Intellectual Property Office was stationed in the Park to provide "zero distance" and comprehensive intellectual property guidance, support and services to enterprises in the Park, and to foster more enterprises with independent intellectual property rights and core competitiveness in the Park.
"The construction of the China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park is not only an important step for Putuo District to serve the strategy of cooperation between China and Israel and implement the deep cooperation between Shanghai and Israel's National Agency for Technological Innovation in the field of science and technology innovation, but also provides a major opportunity for Putuo District to take the lead in innovation and promote high-quality development of the region," Wu Minle, deputy director of the Putuo District Development and Reform Commission, said in an interview with People's Daily.

What is smart Israel looking for in Shanghai, China?

The former Hero Golden Pen Factory, today's Sino-Israeli (Shanghai) Innovation Park - "Hero's World"! According to the construction plan, by 2021, the "Hero's World" will provide 30,000 to 50,000 square meters of office space and no less than 10,000 square meters of high-end talent apartments for landed projects in Israel (cooperation); bring together no less than 1,000 innovation needs and innovation achievements with the intention of cooperation; promote no less than 50 innovation achievements to land or Technical cooperation.
Ido Shapira, whose Chinese name is Yiduo, came to China from Israel three years ago to study. He founded a business in Shanghai and experienced the city's vibrant innovation and entrepreneurial drive. Today, he is the first Israeli employee to work at the China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park. "All Chinese people have a Chinese dream, and now I also have my dream to bring more Israeli companies to the China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park, the blue ocean land of innovation and entrepreneurship." The post-80s young man is full of hope at heart.
Helping enterprises "build bridges and lead the way" to inject living water into the Sino-Israeli Innovation Park. As one of the first enterprises to settle in the park, Trendlines, an internationally renowned incubator group from Israel, focuses on innovation investment in the fields of medical and agricultural technology.
"Shanghai occupies a significant and prominent position in global commerce. As we continue to expand our presence in China, locating in Shanghai was an obvious choice for Trendlines Group." Todd Dollinger, chairman and CEO of the company, said that Shanghai is not only known for its abundant medical device resources and leading medical teams, but also for its ability to provide an excellent environment for innovation in the medical field.
Coincidentally, as one of the first batch of enterprises settled in China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park, Mr. Tang Haofu, Chairman of Shanghai Chuangrui Investment, one of the five shareholders of Ehealth Incubator, believes that the rapid development of China's medical technology industry, coupled with Shanghai's continuous optimization of the science and technology environment and business environment, is a rare development opportunity for the construction of China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park, and for Israeli innovative enterprises looking for the market. Come to that, it's even more of a bonus.
"In terms of medical resources, location, and policy support, the China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park is the most suitable choice for Ehealth," Tang Haofu said, "The Ehealth incubator, as part of the market environment, can maximize Israel's advanced medical technology projects to the ground. It builds bridges of communication between the Chinese and Israeli medical technology sectors and brings in advanced foreign innovative thinking."

The National Technology Transfer East Center, which undertook the task of building the China-Israel technology transfer platform at the end of 2018, has been involved in the conversion of results from China-Israel cooperation in the early years, and participated in promoting the "Promotion Meeting for the Construction of China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park and the Signing Ceremony of the First Batch of Cooperating Institutions" in May this year, and will continue to do so in the future by setting up mutual carriers between China and Israel In addition, it will form a complete technology transfer ecological chain with the ability of "search-research-transfer-incubation-investment-production" through the flow of technology, capital, enterprises and personnel, realizing the two-way transformation of Chinese and Israeli technologies; and explore the soundness of business incubation, science and technology finance and technology transfer. Matching security.

Regarding the introduction of advanced technology from Israel, Zou Shujun, executive vice president of the National Center for Technology Transfer East, said that Israel has become one of the focal points of the global competition for advanced technology. "If you want to tap into quality technology, you have to look ahead." Zou Shujun said, "and we have to start getting into the program while Israeli university researchers are still exploring and practicing the new technology. Only then will we be able to share the patent and take it back to China for landing."

On the one hand, we expect the most advanced projects to come to fruition, and on the other hand, we are eager to be the first to explore and practice the best technologies. We see eye to eye, and we see eye to eye!
win-win cooperation

Putting the world's entrepreneurial heroes to work

Innovation is one of Israel's most valuable resources, and this country of less than 9 million people has been known as the "Land of Innovation," relying on innovation to produce many remarkable scientific achievements.

Today, China's innovation-driven development path is getting wider and wider and has gradually become a global hub for startups, business accelerators and business incubators.
In recent years, Shanghai and Israel have carried out all-round and multi-level cooperation in the fields of technology research and development, fruit transformation and talent exchange, with the number of projects reaching nearly 100. Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong said that at present, Shanghai is also following the instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping to speed up its march towards a science and technology innovation center with global influence, and the China-Israel (Shanghai) Innovation Park is an important part of promoting the construction of science and technology innovation centers.
Gu Jun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Putuo District Party Committee and Deputy Governor, said, "The Innovation Park will be a linking point to link Israeli innovation institutions, innovation activities and achievements with Chinese research institutions, industrial groups and financial capital, to promote Sino-Israeli innovation cooperation, achieve win-win development, and serve the construction of the Shanghai Science and Innovation Center and the integrated high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta. The Innovation Park is a server that provides one-stop services for Israeli innovative companies and entrepreneurial teams seeking to enter the Chinese market. The Innovation Park is a complex that will establish a government-level cooperation and promotion mechanism to jointly create an international innovation ecosystem."
For Jing Wang, associate professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Urban and Regional Sciences at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the opening of the China-Israel Innovation Park reflects the win-win development of China and Israel in the fields of science and technology innovation, the driving force of the development of special high-tech industries, and the demonstration and radiation role of Shanghai in leading the process of high-quality integration of the Yangtze River Delta.
"The Sino-Israeli (Shanghai) Innovation Park provides Shanghai and Israel with new development space for the link between the two economies based on the elements of technological innovation on the basis of the continuation of the special historical friendship between the two sides, and adds new kinetic energy for future-oriented new economic development to the cooperative relationship between the two sides. Secondly, the cooperation between China and Israel in technology transfer and innovation development is particularly important in the current international situation that China is facing, and in the face of the international environment of rising trade protectionism from Europe and the United States, the cooperation between China and Israel has an irreplaceable role in expanding China's transnational science and technology cooperation space and seeking new opportunities for international innovation cooperation. In addition, as a leading economic country along the Belt and Road, the landing of a technological innovation vehicle between China and Israel will also provide a model for China to pursue high-quality international cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative." Researcher Yejing Huang, director of the Globalization Economy Research Department at the Institute of World Economy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said.
Every creative entrepreneur is a hero! Let the "heroes" from all over the world have a place in the most pulsating international innovation industrial park, and promote the socio-economic and technological development of a region, a city, and even the world, this is the answer given by China-Israel together.

Source: people.com