Shenzhen municipal leadership instructed a sustained push to bolster the city’s systemic R&D and tech‑innovation capacity. Priorities include concentrating science resources on frontier, key and strategic fields; advancing original innovation and breakthroughs in critical core technologies; and deepening integration between technological and industrial innovation. The notice emphasizes reinforcing enterprises as principal innovators, accelerating industry‑academia‑research collaboration, and spe

2026-07-16

Shenzhen municipal leadership instructed a sustained push to bolster the city’s systemic R&D and tech‑innovation capacity. Priorities include concentrating science resources on frontier, key and strategic fields; advancing original innovation and breakthroughs in critical core technologies; and deepening integration between technological and industrial innovation. The notice emphasizes reinforcing enterprises as principal innovators, accelerating industry‑academia‑research collaboration, and speeding conversion of scientific results into commercial applications. It directs financial channels to increase early‑stage, small‑ticket, long‑term and hard‑tech investment. Policy also targets intensified recruitment and development of outstanding young tech talent, tighter education‑science coordination, reform of research evaluation in line with scientific norms, strengthened tech governance, and improved efficiency of innovation spending.