Fostering and strengthening the main body of innovation, consolidating the economic foundation, Jiangsu accelerates the development and growth of scientific and technological enterprises

Enterprises are the main body of innovation.
In recent years, Jiangsu has been actively "growing" the fertile soil for development, "cultivating and strengthening" the science and technology innovation forest, and taking multiple measures to accelerate the development and growth of technology enterprises, and nurture new momentum for high-quality development
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Not long ago, there was good news from Legend Bio, which is located in Jiangning High-tech Zone, Nanjing: the company's self-developed new drug "Cidaki Orenza" for the treatment of multiple myeloma has been approved by the US FDA, marking China's first CAR- T innovative drugs successfully went overseas
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Thanks to the original technical route, the innovative drug has a remarkable curative effect, and has obtained the first-ever "breakthrough therapy" certification from the State Food and Drug Administration of China
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Fan Xiaohu, Chief Scientific Officer of Legend Bio, said: "In a clinical trial with 97 patients enrolled, 98% of the patients had meaningful and measurable clinical efficacy, and in a two-year follow-up, 83% of the patients All patients achieved complete remission, a high remission rate that is very rare in the entire history of oncology drug development
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This product took seven years to develop and is the first innovative drug of Legend Bio since its establishment
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Behind the "seven years of sharpening a sword", the policy support given by the science and technology department is inseparable
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It is with the strong support of a series of scientific and technological planning projects such as "Provincial Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation Project" and "Provincial Strategic Emerging Industry Development Project" that Legend Bio has obtained nearly 30 million yuan in project funds
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Kong Zhengyu, director of the public affairs department of Legend Bio, said: "These project support policies not only relieve the financial pressure faced by the company in the early R&D process, but also greatly mobilize the enthusiasm of the company's scientific researchers, and encourage and motivate the company to persist.
The enthusiasm for independent innovation
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In Jiangsu, 80% of the provincial scientific and technological achievements transformation projects and 60% of the provincial key R&D plan projects are handed over to high-tech enterprises to undertake, and through project support, help enterprises to cross the "valley of death" from "scientific research achievements" to "innovative products" "
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In order to further strengthen the source of innovation for enterprises, Jiangsu also actively promotes the "small increase" action for high-tech enterprises to cultivate: set up a high-tech enterprise cultivation library and give three-year cultivation incentives; guide cooperative banks to issue "Su Ke loans" of 69 billion yuan to support There are over 7,300 technology-based small, medium and micro enterprises; at the same time, high-tech enterprises are supported to enjoy preferential corporate income tax.
In 2020 alone, the amount of preferential treatment will exceed 35 billion yuan
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Up to now, there are more than 37,000 high-tech enterprises with valid period in the province, ranking second in the country
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Zhang Hua, Vice President of Jiangsu Science and Technology Development Strategy Research Institute, said: "The global layout of new R&D institutions, the full-cycle support of preferential tax policies for science and technology, and the comprehensive deepening of policies for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements have comprehensively escorted the innovation
of scientific and technological enterprises.
The group-type and explosive development has built a solid foundation for our province to continue to absorb high-level employment, develop high-quality economy, and deal with multiple risks and impacts
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In order to further stimulate the innovation and entrepreneurship and creativity of small and medium-sized technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, after the National Two Sessions, the science and technology department of Jiangsu Province quickly deployed the special action of "Spring Breeze" for the research and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, with the aim of "cultivating new seedlings", "strengthening internal strength", "promoting improvement" and "gathering talents".
The five major measures of "favorable policies" focus on solving the problems of difficult and expensive financing, difficulty in implementing R&D policies, difficulty in obtaining high-quality professional services, difficulty in gathering high-end scientific and technological talents, and difficulty in starting a business for scientific and technological personnel in the development of technology-based SMEs.
In 2025, the number of technology-based SMEs in the province will increase by 20,000
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