In mid-winter, walking in the Loudi Economic Development Zone, the construction sites of key projects are in full swing, and the machines in the industrial park workshops are roaring... Everywhere is filled with vitality and vitality, and there is a surge of high-quality development.

Loudi has the advantage of tens of millions of tons of steel, and its steel and deep processing industries have ranked among the province's 100-billion-dollar industry cluster. The "new steel materials" from Loudi Economic Development Zone are naturally the "treasures" in the "test field" of Loudi's scientific and technological innovation.

Lianyang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.'s thin-gauge ultra-high-strength steel plates are key raw materials for the manufacturing of large-scale engineering equipment and directly determine the life of the equipment. "Before 2011, we almost relied on imports. We tackled this 'stuck neck' technology and developed the world's highest-grade structural steel plates and the highest-hardness wear-resistant steel plates, which solved the contradiction between strength and toughness and low residual stress control of ultra-high-strength steel plates. A global problem." Liang Liang, director of Lianyang Iron and Steel Technology Center, said that in February this year, he and his team won the "First Prize of the Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award" for their key technologies and applications in this project.

With the blessing of science and technology, each piece of steel has developed "martial arts" and is unique. Currently, Loudi Economic and Technological Development Zone has built the world's largest thin-gauge ultra-high-strength steel plate heat treatment production base, which meets the urgent need for high-performance ultra-high-strength steel plate manufacturing in my country's high-end equipment manufacturing industry, enables reverse exports to steel powers such as Europe and the United States, and enhances the The country has independent guarantee capabilities and international influence, and has significant economic and social benefits.

Enterprises are the main force of technological innovation. In order to provide resource support required for innovation, the park integrates various innovation resources and builds a high-level "Material Valley" science and technology innovation center. Focusing on the science and technology innovation needs of key industries such as new steel materials, equipment manufacturing, and advanced ceramics in the city, it builds a research and development platform and Innovative service platform provides enterprises with convenient environment and conditions.

Strong projects drive the transformation of scientific and technological achievements to flourish everywhere

Relying on the industrial scientific research platform of the park's leading enterprises, Loudi Economic Development Zone focused on "stuck points" and "broken links" to carry out technological research in the form of unveiling lists and leading the way. 11 results won awards in the provincial "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" competition.

Continuous investment in innovation has resulted in the emergence of a number of major scientific research transformation results——

ZTE Hydraulic has developed the most difficult 48.5-ton large digging cylinder, which has gradually replaced imports. The market demand is strong, which is conducive to the company's subsequent market development, achieving excellence in hydraulic cylinders, and then leading the market; Andreas DC relay ceramic shell The company won the provincial single championship in the manufacturing industry; Lianyang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. won the second prize of the Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award for its "performance improvement and lightweight application technology innovation of high-strength hot rolled strips for commercial vehicles"; Wujiang Hi-Tech chip packaging dry film technology won the provincial First place in the Disruptive Technology Innovation Competition; VAMA Phase II introduced innovative coating technology to produce high-strength corrosion-resistant steel, filling the gap in the production of high-strength and ultra-high-strength automotive sheets in my country, and was rated as an outstanding key project in Hunan Province; Wenchang New Materials Aluminum Matrix Composite The direct forming technology of large material components and its application won the first prize of the Technology Invention Award...

A project is a new growth point; a batch of projects is a new growth pole. Looking at the answers to the scientific and technological innovation work of Loudi Economic Development Zone enterprises, multiple research and development projects have "landed and blossomed". Behind this, the park firmly grasps and makes good use of the card of scientific and technological innovation, and creates innovation legends by establishing an innovation orientation, focusing on innovative projects, and strengthening innovative enterprises.

Data demonstrates brilliant achievements. In the first three quarters, the region is expected to complete an output value of high-tech products above designated size of 66.307 billion yuan. Currently, among the 161 industrial enterprises above designated size in the park, 83% have R&D activities.

Optimize the environment and stimulate the vitality of innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the park

The leaders of Loudi Economic Development Zone know very well that technological innovation determines how fast and high an enterprise can go, while the management and service innovation of the park is related to how stable and far an enterprise can go.

In order to promote innovation-driven development, the park formulates and improves scientific and technological innovation policies, provides policy support and incentive mechanisms for enterprises, and provides a stable and sustainable innovation environment——

Formulate the "Interim Measures for Rewards for the Loudi Economic and Technological Development Zone to Promote High-Quality Development of the Park Economy" to fully mobilize the positive factors of development, accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading, and promote high-quality development of the park economy; formulate the "Interim Measures for the Rewards for the Loudi Economic and Technological Development Zone to Promote the Development of Industrial Digitalization" 》, focusing on promoting the deep integration of digital economy and real economy, promoting the new generation of information technology to empower the digital transformation of park enterprises, and improving enterprise production efficiency and industrial competitiveness.

Loudi “Material Valley” is a big stage for talents. As the "backbone" of Loudi's economic development, Loudi Economic Development Zone attracts more high-tech talents to gather here——

For newly introduced domestic and foreign top talents, national industry leaders, etc., the maximum reward and subsidy is 1.5 million yuan, and a maximum house purchase subsidy of 300,000 yuan is provided; for urgently needed talents and teams in key fields, the maximum subsidy is 2 million yuan or a maximum of 10 million yuan. Project funding... tens of millions of funds support talent innovation and entrepreneurship. Loudi Economic and Technological Development Zone "gathers talents from all over the world" to create the "most powerful brain" for enterprises to gather intelligence.

Innovative talents "contribute" to high-quality development, and "national brand" honors are coming one after another: the national high-tech industrial base, the national new industrialization industry demonstration base, the first batch of national industrial transformation and upgrading demonstration parks... The innovation of Loudi Economic Development Zone The tide surged.

Go global and promote the vigorous development of industry-university-research alliances

In the context of innovation-driven development, Hunan universities and scientific research institutes have an increasingly strong demand for innovation. Loudi Economic Development Zone targets the needs of both parties and deepens its layout for innovation.

Take practical actions to implement the determination of "driven by innovation to lead high-quality development" - strengthen school-enterprise cooperation, support enterprises to strengthen strategic cooperation with scientific research institutes and universities such as Central South University, Hunan University, and Hunan Institute of Humanities and Science and Technology, and promote industry-university-research " "Integration", jointly build key laboratories, engineering technology research centers, academician (expert) workstations, etc.; encourage and support enterprises to establish R&D institutions, establish R&D teams, and plan to build a number of engineering technology research centers and key laboratories.

"The deep integration of industry, academia and research is an inevitable choice to improve the level of scientific and technological innovation. It is the fundamental way to break through the 'stuck neck' dilemma of core technologies and a key measure to promote high-quality development." Wu Yanbing, director of the Industrial Bureau of Loudi Economic Development Zone, said that the establishment of the park In the Innovation Cooperation Network, 57 companies have entered into industry-university-research cooperation with universities to promote the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements.

Scientific research infrastructure and scientific research instruments are shared, and innovative entities in schools and enterprises can receive financial subsidies. Such benefits have already benefited more and more scientific researchers in Loudi Economic Development Zone.

Currently, the park has 2 national-level postdoctoral research workstations, 1 academician expert workstation, 1 national-level enterprise technology center, 7 provincial-level engineering technology research centers, 4 provincial-level engineering technology centers, and 9 provincial-level enterprise technology centers. Home... Each innovative "incubator" has become one of the important "magic weapons" for Loudi Economic Development Zone to promote high-quality development.

Xiao Xiongjie, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Loudi Economic and Technological Development Zone, said that it will continue to develop the "Material Valley" industries such as new steel materials and engineering machinery, support leading enterprises in taking the lead in building a technological innovation consortium, and implement implementation around "stuck points" and "breaking points" Jointly tackle key problems to improve the innovation level of the entire industry chain, vigorously support enterprises in the park to develop new products, new technologies, and new process innovations, and promote high-quality development of the park.

"Those who innovate are wise, those who innovate are clever, and those who innovate are wise." The seeds of innovation and entrepreneurship are constantly sowing, sprouting, and growing in the fertile soil of Loudi Economic Development Zone. High-tech industries The number of employees reaches 18,000, and the number of high-tech enterprises is expected to reach 104 this year.