On August 10, the Information Office of Liaoning Provincial People’s Government held a press conference to introduce the province’s achievements in scientific and technological innovation that have driven the comprehensive revitalization and new breakthroughs this year.
During the restructuring of national key laboratories, Liaoning has been approved to establish a total of 11 laboratories, and the number of major scientific and technological innovation platforms in the province has been steadily increasing. With a focus on building a “Digital Liaoning”, the Shenyang AI Computing Center and Dalian AI Computing Center have been respectively approved to establish a national next-generation open innovation platform for AI public computing.
Since this year, Liaoning has commercialized 1528 scientific and technological achievements, a year-on-year increase of 22.4%, and the volume of technology contract transactions has reached 46.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 49.8%. The province has newly added 6509 registered technology-based small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs), with a total of 29551, a year-on-year increase of 62.7%. Among them, 5900 technology-based SMEs have been newly included in the province’s database, a year-on-year increase of 39.7%. Besides, Liaoning has cultivated a total of 4498 new economy enterprises, including “young eagles”, “gazelles”, and “unicorns”.
During the first half of 2023, Liaoning has achieved a series of significant basic research achievements with international influence in areas such as “Molecular Reaction Dynamics”, “Design of Ultra-High Strength Steel Materials”, and “Energy Storage and Conversion”. For example, the world’s first “Linglong-1” reactor core module was completed and delivered at CFHI Dalian Nuclear Power and Petrochemical Co., Ltd., and Liaoning’s first satellite, Dalian-1, was successfully launched.
In addition, Liaoning has carried out activities such as the 2023 China Overseas Scholar Innovation Summit, the Liaoning Tour for Russian Experts, and the Liaoning Special Promotion at the Conference on International Exchange of Professionals. The province has also released its talent attraction and development policies to attract domestic and foreign scientific and technological talents to engage in innovation and entrepreneurship in Liaoning. In the first half of this year, Liaoning has introduced 151 talent teams and supported 647 young and middle-aged scientific and technological talents.
Next, Liaoning will strive to attract more national-level platforms to establish themselves in Liaoning, enhance the capabilities of Liaoning laboratories and other innovation platforms, and strengthen the leading role of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation. Meanwhile, greater policy incentives will be provided in areas such as technology commercialization, basic research, and cultivation of young talents, aiming to achieve new breakthroughs in forming new advantages and driving forces for development.
