The atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship is strong.
Systems including a joint research and development mechanism for key technologies, a central innovation zone have been established. Comprehensive cooperative relations with Tsinghua University and Peking University have been well formed. The Hebei-Tsinghua Development Research Institute has also been successfully set up. Efforts have been made to hold a series of activities such as customized services for special envoys and the “Science and Technology Lecture Hall”, which attracts the talents and specialists around the world. The city has 4,150 national technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, 3,431 high-tech enterprises, 19,228 provincial technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, 22 leading technology enterprises, 4 national key laboratories, 12 Nobel Prize expert workstations, 8 academicians workstations, and 452 scientific and technological innovation platforms at or above provincial-level . At present, the intensity of R&D investment in the whole society has reached 2.52%, and the transaction volume of technology has reached 20.08 billion yuan. The essence of the “Nine Policies for Talent”, which took shape when President Xi Jinping worked in Zhengding county, have been earnestly carried forward and practiced. “15 New Policies for Talent”has been formulated and issued to attract innovative talents to gather here at an accelerated pace. It has been awarded the title of “China's Best Talent Attraction City of the Year”for two consecutive years.
