Laws of the People's Republic of China

Xin Bu Gui [2006] No.542

Pursuant to the Opinions of the Ministry of Information Industry on Constructing National Electronic Information Industry Bases and Parks, the Ministry of Information Industry formulated the Measures of Supporting the Development of National Electronic Information Industry Bases and Parks for the purpose of promoting their construction. It is hereby notified that these Measures are hereby issued, and please abide by them. Ministry of Information Industry of the People's Republic of China

August 18,2006

Policies of Supporting the Development of National Electronic Information Industry Bases and Parks

It is an important move of invigorating the country through electronics to develop national electronic information industry bases (hereinafter referred to as "the bases") and parks (hereinafter referred to as "the parks"). These policies are formulated for the purpose of assisting the bases and the parks in coordinating resources, enhancing their ability of independent innovation, restructuring and upgrading industries, giving scope to their concentration, radiation and promotion and developing famous brands.

Chapter 1 Policy Objectives

Article 1

Under the guidance of the government and promotion of the market, based on the cooperation between the central government and local authorities, and with an equal emphasis on expansion and industry upgrading, the bases and the parks are expected to promote the regional economic restructuring and change of the pattern of economic growth, provide the platform for the domestic information industry to "go out" and take part in international competitions, and help strengthen the independent innovation ability of the information industry and construct a world power on electronics.

Chapter 2 Guidance on Planning

Article 2

The construction of the bases and the parks is taken as an important task of implementing the Eleventh Five-Year Special Programme for the Informationalization of National Economy and Social Development, the Eleventh Five-Year Programme for the Information Industry and the Eleventh Five-Year and the Long-and-Medium-Term Programmes for Science and Technology in Information Industry.

Article 3

The management of the bases and the parks shall be absorbed to take part in the formulation of the policies and the regional and special programmes of the information industry as well as in the research of important issues concerned. Enterprises and public institutions in the bases and the parks shall be taken as the implementing subjects of the important projects and special programmes in the information industry, and more guidance shall be given to the development planning of the bases and the parks.

Chapter 3 Independent Innovation

Article 4

Enterprises in the bases and the parks are encouraged to establish research and development institutions, and authorize and cultivate a number of innovative enterprises and research and development centres of the information technology. Key enterprises are encouraged to work together to develop core technologies and formulate relative standards for the purpose of promoting the establishment of an independent innovation system with the enterprises as the subject.

Article 5

National engineering laboratories, national key laboratories, national engineering (technology research) centres, enterprise technology centres, scientific research institutions affiliated to the Ministry of Information Industry are encouraged to settle in the bases and the parks for the purpose of conducting technological cooperation in various forms and industrialize the findings of scientific research.

Article 6

The bases and the parks are supported to develop platforms of public technology, intellectual property right and information service oriented towards the information industry, and to establish an open sharing mechanism in order to optimize the regional environment of its development.

Chapter 4 International Cooperation

Article 7

More guidance shall be given to the bases and the parks for the purpose of attracting more investment from overseas, the leading foreign enterprises shall be led to settle in the bases and the parks and multinational corporations shall be encouraged to establish research and development centres in the bases and the parks.

Article 8

The bilateral and regional cooperation mechanism shall be given full play, and a good international cooperation platform shall be established by the government for the enterprises in the bases and parks to "go out" and participate in foreign cooperation projects. Leading enterprises are encouraged to tap foreign market and promote their ability of international management.

Article 9

An interactive early warning mechanism of the information industry, based on the bases and the parks, shall be established between the Ministry, the provincial authorities in charge and the bases and parks for the purpose of providing support for the enterprises in case of international trade disputes.

Chapter 5 Informationalization Construction

Article 10

The bases and the parks are encouraged to enhance their informationalization. The establishment of electronic government shall be accelerated in the service of the enterprises in the bases and the parks, and the application of electronic signatures and certificates of electronic authentication shall be popularized for the purpose of providing the electronic authentication service for the electronic commerce in the bases and the parks.

Article 11

The bases and the parks shall enhance their supervision of the information system construction, and promote the experimentation, demonstration and popularization of the regional, urban and enterprise informationalization and the transformation of the traditional industries by information technology.

Chapter 6 Capital Investment

Article 12

The arrangement of the programmes, such as the Electronics and Information Industry Development Foundation, Integrated Circuit Research and Development Foundation and the discount loans for the "Double-Growth Plan" of Information Technology Application, shall be in favour of the innovative projects which the bases and the parks apply for, and special support shall be granted to the platform construction of general technology and information service, the important technology industrialization and the projects with a large proportion of funds from local governments.

Article 13

In the organization and implementation of special projects, such as technological progress and industrial upgrading of enterprises in information industry, the high technology industrialization demonstration, the national engineering centre construction and other key technologies research and development programmes, the state-level authorities concerned shall be promoted actively to grant special aid to enterprises in the bases and the parks.

Article 14

Support shall be provided for the construction of key projects and other supporting national projects. Special funds must be established for the bases and the parks, with no less than 50 million RMB yuan for the bases and 10 million RMB yuan for the parks annually.

Article 15

In the process of implementing the Cooperation Agreement on Development Finance for the Development of Electronic Information Industry and the Application of Information Technology signed by the Ministry of Information Industry and China Development Bank, more support shall be given to the enterprises in the bases and the parks which apply for the development capital loan.

Chapter 7 Personnel Cultivation and Exchanges

Article 16

The bases and the parks are encouraged to explore and establish the regional talent cultivation mechanism. Enterprises in the bases and the parks shall be guided to cooperate with higher education institutions and research institutes to establish talent cultivation platforms on information technology that integrates the efforts of enterprises, universities and research institutes, and the cultivation of compound, practical and high-technical talents should be reinforced.

Article 17

The bases and the parks are encouraged to establish talent exchange mechanism. Talents in the field of information industry at home and abroad are encouraged and guided to establish businesses and work there, and special support is given in the annual receiving and dispatching of cadres from and to higher positions.

Article 18

The bases and the parks are encouraged to establish various continuing education bases, so that scientific innovation and knowledge renewal of enterprises and talents can be promoted in the bases and the parks. Personnel of various kinds in the bases and parks are encouraged to receive training courses in other countries and preferential aid shall be given to the bases and parks in intelligence introduction programmes.

Chapter 8 Daily Management

Article 19

The Ministry of Information Industry and the information industry authorities in charge in all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities shall bring the support for the development of the bases and the parks into their daily management of the industry and enhance their classified guidance. The local governments shall assign special institutions for the management of the bases and the parks.

Article 20

The statistical work shall be enhanced. The bases and the parks shall be incorporated into the scope of statistics, a relevant statistics system shall be established in accordance with the Regulations on the Statistics of the Electronic Information Industry, and special analysis shall be made in the annual statistics report on the major economic index of the bases and parks.

Article 21

Green paths shall be established in the departments under the Ministry of Information Industry to offer efficient service for the enterprises and public institutions in the bases and the parks.

Article 22

Information exchange mechanism shall be established between the Ministry of Information Industry and the bases and the parks, under which policy briefing, information releasing, regular communication and awards and commendation are conducted to improve interactive development.

Chapter 9 Supplementary Provisions

Article 23

The information industry authorities in local governments shall, in accordance with these Policies, formulate specific implementation measures.

Article 24

The Ministry of Information Industry shall be responsible for interpreting the Policies herein.

Article 25

These policies shall come into force as of the date of promulgation.