"During the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), we will focus on the blueprint outlined in the 'Three Hubs and Four New Missions' Strategy and spare no effort to basically build Changsha into a global R&D center by 2030, elevating the city's overall innovation capacity to the forefront of global innovative cities," said Huang Rong, Director of the Changsha Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology and Secretary of its CPC Leadership Group, at a press conference held on December 15 to mark the 10th Plenary Session of the 14th CPC Changsha Municipal Committee.
With the goal of becoming a global R&D center, Changsha has made a series of solid achievements in recent years. Going forward, the city will develop a high-quality innovation spatial layout, accelerate the construction of Xiangjiang Science Town as the "main engine" for scientific and technological innovation, and further consolidate the concentration of scientific research elements, R&D tasks and technological achievements. It will leverage the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan (CZT) Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone and the city’s status as a National Innovative City as primary innovation platforms, striving to build a national-level hub for industrial technology innovation.
Changsha will strengthen the introduction and cultivation of high-quality R&D institutions, increase the proportion of institutions with "four global attributes", and set up high-level R&D hubs in frontier and future-oriented fields. The city will also strive to attract more national-level platforms, including State Key Laboratories and National Manufacturing Innovation Centers, while actively seeking the deployment of major national scientific infrastructure within its borders.
Huang noted that Changsha is focused on advancing its modern industrial system, aligning innovation chains with the needs of industrial chains, and enhancing technological support for industries. The city is committed to securing technological leadership in key sectors such as equipment manufacturing, advanced materials and seed industries, while also fostering distinctive advantages in cutting-edge fields including brain-computer interfaces, quantum technology and embodied intelligence, with the aim of generating a host of pioneering technological achievements.
Meanwhile, Changsha will refine a highly efficient system for the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements, striving to develop the CZT cluster into a National Demonstration Zone for the Transfer and Commercialization of Scientific and Technological Achievements. It will expedite the establishment of proof-of-concept centers and specialized pilot-scale testing bases, promote the gradient growth and capacity upgrading of technology-based enterprises, and ensure that all above-scale high-tech enterprises are equipped with dedicated R&D institutions. Additionally, the city will leverage the guiding role of government investment funds and attract "patient capital" to provide full-cycle financial support for innovative enterprises.
Furthermore, to foster a high-level open innovation ecosystem, Changsha will deepen collaboration with regions such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, accelerate the internationalization of its technological strengths, and integrate more deeply into the global innovation network. Adhering to the principle of "prioritizing investment in talent", the city will advance the integrated development of education, science and technology, and human resources, with a view to building a tiered and dynamic team of innovation-driven talents.
Source：Changsha Evening News
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