In Dongqiao Development Zone, Ningde City, Fujian Province, which is developed from Donghutang Overseas Chinese Farm, the thoroughfare of the main road connects the four directions, the tall buildings rise up, the cars and horses flow, the trees form shade, the blue waves ripple, and the herons inhabit, which unfolds a new picture of an ecological city that "the lake is in the city, the city is by the sea", and people and nature coexist harmoniously.
"I am deeply gratified and moved by the pleasant changes in Dongqiao Development Zone." Gao Yihuai, Chief Scientist of the Bioactivity Research Center of the Royal Academy of Sciences of New Zealand and Chairman of Anfa (Fujian) Biotechnology Co., Ltd., sighed.
Gao Yihuai, who was born in Gutian County, Ningde City, came to the Royal Academy of Sciences of New Zealand as a senior visiting scholar through the national government in 1992, and comprehensively presided over the research on the development and application of natural medicine and edible fungus resources in New Zealand in 1994.
With years of scientific research accumulation, Gao Yihuai's research field has involved many fields such as mycology, medical nutrition, natural pharmacy, etc. He has written more than 10 academic monographs, published more than 100 international papers, and won many international awards for his research achievements, providing technical support for the modern scientific extraction, development and application of agricultural, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline fishery products and Chinese herbal medicine.
"My long-term experience of working and living overseas has given me a deeper understanding of patriotism, and every overseas scholar can't give up his feelings of becoming a powerful country through science and technology and serving the country through industry." In May 2005, Gao Yihuai returned to Dongqiao Development Zone to invest 500 million yuan to establish Anfa (Fujian) Biotechnology Co., Ltd., which has developed into a high-tech enterprise integrating R&D, production and marketing, and has used its scientific research achievements to help the development of the bioeconomy industry.
As an agricultural and returning high-tech biological and health industry focused on attracting talents and investment in Fujian Province, it has maintained a steady growth of more than 20% of the annual average output value, sales and tax revenue since it was put into operation, and has become the leader of the regional biological medicine and health care product industry.
"At present, we are promoting the development of five major industries: bio medicine, health care, new beverage, Kiwiso new retail and ecological agriculture." Gao Yihuai set a new goal for himself, aiming at the development of global health cause and health industry.
Taking Overseas Chinese as the Bridge to Drive the Innovation and Development of Local Industries
In Dongqiao Development Zone, like Gao Yihuai, Ningshang (referring to Ningde businessmen at home and abroad) at home and abroad are fond of Sangzi. After success, they do not forget to return to their hometown. Miao Hong, chairman of Fujian Haoyou Investment Group, is one of them.
"We have caught up with the good times." Miao Hong, who went to the Philippines to do business in 2007, has focused on China in recent years, registered and established an investment group company in Fuzhou area of Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone, set up a factory in Dongqiao Development Zone, and also invested in finance, education, hotels, cultural media and other industries.
"As a returned overseas Chinese businessman, I am happy to see the rapid development of sunrise industries such as biomedicine in my hometown." Miao Hong believes that Ningde is rich in traditional Chinese medicine resources, has an industrial foundation, and the policy dividend of Fujian Free Trade Zone radiates to Ningde.
Dongqiao Development Zone was formerly Donghutang Overseas Chinese Farm. Today, this national development zone is home to 3800 mu of East Lake, 2000 mu of Xipotang and Wetland Park, surrounded by South Bank Park, North Bank Park, Tashan Park and other leisure landscapes that maintain the original ecological appearance. It has become a home suitable for business and living.
"Too much has changed." Miao Hong said that in the past, there were many ponds here. Now, modern chemical plants have been built. In the past, the East Lake Pond, which was full of weeds, has become a prosperous new urban area.
Overseas Chinese capital and overseas Chinese intelligence "return" to do industry, which also drives the innovation and development of local industries. Cai Shuxia, a Canadian overseas Chinese businessman born in 1970, earned the first barrel of gold in the 1990s by raising large yellow croakers in Sanduao, Ningde. In 2010, he "returned" to start his own business, founded Ningde Xiawei Food Co., Ltd., and turned his goal to the development of EPA, DHA products, high-grade protein powder, fish scale collagen, cod liver oil and other series of products extracted from deep-sea fish.
Benefiting from the construction of the "Belt and Road", Ningde Xiawei Food Co., Ltd. has developed into an export-oriented enterprise integrating aquatic product breeding, refrigeration, processing, sales, scientific research and export, with products reaching 31 countries and regions around the world.
In Cai Shuxia's view, the construction of the "Belt and Road" promotes enterprises to "go global". "The company will grasp the advantages of the release of RCEP, and develop a larger market and future."
Build bridges with overseas Chinese and attract phoenix to build nests. Chen Weiliang, chairman of Ningde Overseas Chinese Federation, said that he would deepen services for overseas Chinese, earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of overseas Chinese, make greater efforts to optimize the business environment involving overseas Chinese, and promote the "return" of overseas Chinese businessmen.
Optimize the energy level of ecological development
As the only state-level economic and technological development zone in Ningde City, Dongqiao Development Zone has been continuously optimizing the business environment, cultivating competitive industries, actively promoting industrial transformation and upgrading, and constantly improving its comprehensive strength in recent years. It has successively obtained "national brand" business cards such as "state-level global innovation and entrepreneurship demonstration base", the second batch of national advanced manufacturing and modern service industry integration development pilot units.
The year 2022 will be a year for Dongqiao Development Zone to fully implement the "Fourteenth Five Year Plan". Following the development strategy of "one positioning, two dimensions, and five new goals", the zone will take "one core leading the locomotive" as its general blueprint for development, and "lithium battery core, service model" as its two major supports. It will strive to build a new highland for modern industry, lead a new benchmark for innovation, demonstrate a new business environment, create a new model for industry city integration, and share a new blessing for development.
Lei Zuling, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Dongqiao Development Zone, said that Dongqiao Development Zone has distinctive industrial characteristics. It has formed an industrial system with lithium new energy as the core, intelligent equipment manufacturing and big health biotechnology flying together, headquarters economy, digital economy, cultural and creative economy and other modern service industries. There are 30591 economic entities, 65 enterprises above designated size, and 23 enterprises with an output value of more than 100 million yuan by the end of July.
In addition, around the "national" and "provincial" innovation platforms such as 21C Innovation Laboratory, Dongqiao Development Zone has continuously increased the cultivation of scientific and technological innovation groups. Since the "13th Five Year Plan", the number of new invention patents in the region has ranked first in the province. Among them, two leading enterprises, Time New Energy and New Energy Technology, have successfully applied for more than 6000 patents, maintaining a leading position in lithium battery innovation and other fields.
Agglomeration gives birth to great momentum and boosts the new rise of industries. In 2021, the lithium battery new energy industry will achieve an output value of 145.1 billion yuan, an increase of 98.59%, and successfully build the second 100 billion yuan industrial cluster in the city. Ningde Times has achieved 100% localization of suppliers, ranking first in the world in terms of market share, and was selected as the "Global Lighthouse Factory"; The output value of intelligent equipment manufacturing and mass health industry was 1.596 billion yuan and 4.466 billion yuan respectively.
Lei Zuling said that with the continuous improvement of the leading industry level, the continuous optimization of the industrial ecology, and the accelerated breeding of new business forms and new models, the development advantages of Dongqiao Development Zone will be further highlighted, and the "national" development level will also be fully displayed.