Circular of Ministry of Science and Technology on Distributing Measures for Approval and Administration of Scientific and Technological Guo Ke Fa Gao Zi [2006] No. 498 The competent departments of science and technology in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central For the purpose of implementing the Outline of Long and Medium-Term National Scientific and Technological Development Programme (2006-2020), Appendix: Measures for Approval and Administration of Scientific and Technological Enterprise Incubators (Innovation Centre) Ministry of Science and Technology
December 7, 2006 Article 1 The present Measures are formulated in accordance with Circular of State Council on Supporting Policies of Implementing Outline of Article 2 Scientific and technological enterprise incubators (or high-tech innovation centres, hereinafter referred to as innovation centres) Article 3 The State Council and the competent departments of science and technology at various levels are in charge of the macro-regulation Chapter II Major Functions and Objectives Article 4 Innovation centres aim at providing for incubated enterprises the shared facilities of research and development, pilot manufacturing, Article 5 Innovation centres shall establish operating mechanisms suited to the socialist market economy and strive to improve their services Article 6 The state encourages to establish specialized technology innovation centres for the purpose of raising the service level and quality Chapter III The Approval and Administration of State High-Tech Innovation Centres Article 7 Innovation centres at the prefecture level and above may apply for approval in accordance with the present Measures after being filed Article 8 The department of science and technology under the State Council is in charge of the approval and administration of state high-tech Article 9 The requirements as follows shall be met to be approved as the state high-tech innovation centre: 1. clear orientation and in line with the conditions listed in Article 2 ; 2. strong leadership, rational setups, and more than 70% of the management possessing a junior college degree and above; 3. having more than 10000 m2 of disposable area (more than 5000 m2 in case of specialized technology innovation centres), with incubated 4. complete service facilities and good service functions to provide services in various fields in commerce, capital, information, consultancy, 5. good management practice, strict financial management system, complete statistic data of the innovation centre and incubated enterprises 6. with more than 80 incubated enterprises in the disposable area of the innovation centre (more than 50 in case of specialized technology 7. with altogether more than 25 graduate enterprises, and more than 1000 job opportunities provided by them and other incubated enterprises 8. with more than 3 million RMB of seed fund or incubating fund, and having established regular business relations with investment and 9. with more than 3 years of actual operating time and in good operation status; 10. specialized technology innovation centres shall have specialized technology platforms or pilot bases and specialized capabilities Article 10 Incubated enterprises of state high-tech innovation centres shall meet the requirements as follows: 1. with the registered location and office area of the enterprises within the incubating area of the innovation centre; 2. newly registered or established for less than 2 years before applying to enter the innovation centre; 3. incubating for no more than 3 years in the innovation centre; 4. with no more than 2 million RMB as the registered capital; 5. with a turnover of no more than 2 million RMB the previous year for enterprises which move in; 6. renting less than 1000 m2 of the incubating area of the innovation centre; 7. the programmes or products the enterprises research on, develop and manufacture falling within the scope of China High-Tech Product 8. the head to be scientific and technological personnel familiar with the research and development of the products of the enterprise. Article 11 Graduate enterprises from state high-tech innovation centres shall meet at least two of the requirements as follows: 1. approved by the competent departments of science and technology at the provincial level to be high-tech enterprise; 2. having operated for more than 2 years, in good operation, the major products having considerable production scale, the annual income 3. having established modern corporate structure and sound financial system. Article 12 The application of state high-tech innovation centres shall be first filed to the local provincial departments of science and technology Article 13 The department of science and technology under the State Council will conduct an annual appraisal to the state high-tech innovation Chapter IV Policies and Measures Article 14 State high-tech innovation centres will be exempted from business tax, income tax, property tax and urban and township land use tax Article 15 In accordance with Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, local governments Article 16 The department of science and technology under the State Council will incorporate national innovation centres into the scope of plan Article 17 The state supports and encourages local governments at various levels to establish innovation centres which are for public good and Article 18 The State Council and the local competent departments of science and technology at various levels will conduct an appraisal to the Chapter V Supplementary Provisions Article 19 The provincial departments of science and technology may formulate measures for approval and administration of provincial high-tech Article 20 The department of science and technology under the State Council shall be responsible for the interpretation of the present Measures. |
Ministry of Science and Technology
2006-12-07