The first area of Wuhan Innovation Zone is launched, marking that the "Koi Plan" has entered the substantial implementation stage

China News Service, Wuhan, September 29 (Chen Yuan, Liu Haidong, Wang Mengyuan) The launch event of the first opening area of ​​Wuhan Innovation Zone was held in Guangbutun Koi, Hongshan District, Wuhan City on the afternoon of the 28th. It marked that Wuhan's "Koi Plan" has fully transferred from top-level design to the substantive implementation stage, forming a double helix structure in which urban renewal and technological innovation mutually empower and coordinate with each other.

In February this year, Wuhan was selected as a pilot city for the national special action to stimulate the vitality of industrial innovation. This special action was named the "Koi Plan" in Wuhan. It aims to create a first-class innovation ecology so that all types of innovation entities can finally realize their dreams. As the first benchmark project completed and opened in the Innovation Zone, Guangbutun Koi Park provides useful reference for the construction of other Koi Parks in Wuhan.

The picture shows Guangbutun Koi Park. (Drone photo) Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Hongshan District Committee

Guangbutun Koi Park was renovated and constructed from an old factory area, with a total construction area of approximately 93,000 square meters. The first phase has completed a usable area of 42,000 square meters, and currently has more than 100 projects in reserve. The park is based on the golden innovation belt of Luoyu Road, radiating 18 surrounding universities and millions of scientific and technological innovation people. Through the symbiotic development of urban renewal and technological innovation, it explores a new Silicon Alley economic model that integrates the three areas of "campus, park, and community".

Relying on the "Koi Plan", the project revitalized the old factory area of ​​CSSC 722 Research Institute, innovated the "lease, build, transport and return" development model of central and local cooperation, and adhered to the principle of "retain, modify and add" for organic renewal. Wu Haitao, general manager of Wuhan Jingxiang Technology Co., Ltd., said that he chose Guangbutun Koi not only because it is close to the school, but also because the comprehensive conditions here are the best and fit the company's long-term development layout. The park provides roadshow space, investment and financing, supply and demand matching of application scenarios and other services, covering the entire chain of transformation of scientific and technological achievements, which is exactly the "accompanying" service that start-up companies need.

At the launch ceremony, the Wuhan Municipal Development and Reform Commission issued the Wuhan Innovation Zone policy to provide solid institutional guarantees for the development of enterprises in the park and the implementation of innovative projects. A number of high-energy science and technology innovation platforms have been signed together with industry-university-research projects to continue to consolidate the core of science and technology innovation in the park and open up channels for the on-site transformation of scientific research achievements in universities.

Currently, Wuhan is taking urban renewal as the main focus, centering around the University Innovation and Development Belt, and pioneeringly planning a number of "Koi" innovation parks such as "Guangbutun Koi", "Ocean Koi" and "Triangle Lake Koi" to create the best combination of urban transformation and economic transformation, the best integration point of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and the best development point of the trinity of educational and scientific talents.

"'Koi' is not only a symbol, but also the innovation code for Wuhan's leap into the future." The relevant person in charge of the Wuhan Municipal Development and Reform Commission said that Wuhan will adhere to the soft environment construction of the "Koi Plan" first, and use the "Koi" innovation park as the core carrier to create an innovative space environment for industry-city integration, build Wuhan into an "innovation zone" with a deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and continue to strengthen the city's new productive forces. (over)