why did this conference in guangzhou make so many academicians "unable to sit still"?
2024-09-13
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on june 21 this year, guangzhou financial holding group initiated the establishment of the guangzhou angel fund with a target scale of 10 billion yuan. in less than three months, the guangzhou angel fund completed the first batch of target signings.
on september 12, the guangzhou angel fund investment conference was held at the baiyun international hall. during the event, representatives from 43 universities and research institutes, some proposed investment projects and participating sub-funds, and some direct investment projects signed contracts. unlike june, in addition to financial departments, investment institutions, and scientific and technological enterprises, 9 prestigious chinese and foreign academicians also attended the event.
why did this conference make so many academicians unable to sit still and come to attend the conference?
let’s start with this angel fund.
in recent years, guangzhou has actively promoted the development of science and technology finance and enlivened the atmosphere of venture capital and venture investment.
the 2024 guangzhou government work report clearly proposed to "establish a fund investment system covering the entire life cycle of scientific and technological innovation enterprises."
the establishment of the guangzhou angel fund is a key move to better play the guiding role of government investment funds, cultivate and expand patient capital, and smooth the "first mile" of financial support for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
in terms of project selection, this mother fund focuses on guangzhou's "3+5+x" strategic emerging industries, explores and deploys 9 major future industries, and focuses on early seed and angel stage projects. investing early, investing in small, long-term, and hard technology is the uniqueness of this angel mother fund.
"compared with the 5-year investment cycle of general market-oriented funds, the investment cycle of guangzhou angel fund is 8 years, which allows the team to have more time for research and development." after receiving a direct investment of 5 million from guangzhou angel fund, zhang tong, chairman of guangzhou puhui technology, is full of expectations for the company's future development. "we are engaged in the research and development of new flexible sensor materials. when we first entered the market and walked the road from '0' to '1', it was difficult to gain the favor of market-oriented angel funds. but guangzhou angel fund dares to support technology start-ups like us at this stage."
the third plenary session of the 20th cpc central committee proposed important reform measures such as "encouraging and regulating the development of angel investment and developing patient capital", which pointed out the way forward for promoting the deep integration of science and technology with finance, achieving a virtuous cycle of science, technology, industry and finance, and accelerating the construction of a strong country in science and technology.
accelerating the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces is an inevitable requirement for cultivating and developing new productive forces. capital is the bridge between original innovation and new productive forces.
"the transformation of scientific research results requires not only an incubator, but also a catalyst to accelerate the chemical reaction between technology and production and promote transformation." in the eyes of xu tao, an academician of the chinese academy of sciences and deputy director of the guangzhou laboratory, the guangzhou angel fund is this wonderful catalyst.
"at present, we are jointly planning with guangzhou financial holding group to establish a 'bio island laboratory life and health venture capital fund' with a total target scale of 1 billion yuan and an initial scale of 300 million yuan. we will give full play to the advantages of the bio island laboratory's rich reserve of scientific and technological achievements transformation projects, focus on high-end scientific instruments, high-end medical devices, innovative drugs, new materials and other cutting-edge technology fields, and provide sustainable financial support for major scientific research and innovation achievements in the field of biomedicine and health. we have currently reserved more than 20 laboratory incubation projects." xu tao told reporters.
"in june this year, guangzhou financial holding group discussed cooperation with guangna institute to establish a fund focusing on cutting-edge technology innovation fields such as nano-optical devices, nano-materials, and nano-medicine, as well as the transformation of scientific and technological achievements - the 'guangzhou guangna no. 1 innovation investment fund'. it became the eighth batch of cooperative sub-funds of the science and technology innovation mother fund managed by it. it focuses on 13 reserve projects, including 11 local projects in guangzhou and 2 projects that are planned to be introduced from other places and landed in guangzhou. investment decisions for 2 projects have been completed and will be put into operation soon." zhao yuliang, an academician of the chinese academy of sciences and chairman of the guangdong national nanotechnology innovation institute for the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area, also started cooperation at the first time the angel mother fund was established.
xing feng, an academician of the chinese academy of engineering and president of jinan university, has already begun planning for the future: "next, jinan university will continue to strengthen cooperation with guangzhou financial holding group and angel fund, and work together to promote more high-quality results to the production line and the market, and jointly help guangdong and guangzhou accelerate the development of new quality productivity and promote high-quality economic development in the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area."
it is reported that in less than three months, guangzhou angel fund has established a close communication and cooperation mechanism with 26 key universities, 32 research institutes, and more than 60 investment institutions across the country, completed investment decisions for two sub-funds and seven direct investment projects, and reserved more than 150 direct investment projects.
we have improved the "challenge and command" system for meeting industrial needs, formed a mechanism of "industry setting questions, technology answering them, and the market marking the papers", introduced the "1+n" policy for transformation of scientific and technological achievements, established a 10 billion yuan angel fund, a 50 billion yuan venture capital fund, and a 150 billion yuan industrial investment fund... unknowingly, guangzhou has achieved remarkable results in accelerating the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
the in-depth participation of universities, research institutes, financial institutions, first-line venture capital institutions, and high-quality enterprises will surely leverage capital factors more effectively, efficiently stimulate the vitality of innovation and creation, and sing an ensemble of government, industry, academia, research, and finance working in the same direction and resonating at the same frequency, allowing science and technology and industry to better move forward in both directions and empower each other in guangzhou.
perhaps the reason why the academicians are "unable to sit still" is not only the guangzhou angel fund, but also the vigorous vitality and unlimited possibilities that guangzhou has shown in the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial development behind this fund.
list of 9 academicians attending the meeting:
xu tao, academician of the chinese academy of sciences, deputy director of guangzhou laboratory, and director of bio-island laboratory
zhang xu, academician of the chinese academy of sciences and director of the department of urology, the third medical center of the pla general hospital
ma dawei, academician of the chinese academy of sciences and director of the state key laboratory of bioorganic chemistry, shanghai institute of organic chemistry, chinese academy of sciences
zhao yuliang, academician of the chinese academy of sciences and chairman of the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area national nanotechnology innovation institute
xing feng, academician of the chinese academy of engineering, president of jinan university, and director of the guangdong provincial key laboratory of durability of coastal civil engineering
su guohui, academician of the chinese academy of sciences and dean of the guangdong-hong kong-macao central nervous system regeneration research institute of jinan university
huang wei, academician of the chinese academy of sciences and director of the academic committee of northwestern polytechnical university
yang jun, academician of the canadian academy of engineering and director of deepthink lab
li yuanqing, academician of the russian academy of engineering and executive deputy director of pazhou laboratory
text and photos by guangzhou daily new flower city reporter: jia zhengguangzhou daily new flower city editor: hu qunzhi
