On September 15, Lu Ming, Deputy Chief of the CPC Hongkou District Committee and District Governor, visited Xinyefang for a survey and had a discussion with Weng Kaining, Deputy Party Chief and President of Lingang Group on strengthening practical cooperation.
Guan Yetong, Standing Member of the CPC District Committee and Deputy District Governor, Liu Dehong, Party Chief and President of Lingang Holdings, and Gu Lun, Party Chief and Chairman of Caohejing Management Company were accompanying.
Lu Ming carefully listened to the report on the strategic cooperation between Hongkou District and Lingang Group, fully acknowledged the achievements of the previous round of the district-and-industry park cooperation and the brand cooperation, and placed high hopes on the new round of strategic cooperation.
Lu expressed gratitude to the enterprises for their long-term contributions to the high-quality development of Hongkou's economy and society, and proposed the following suggestions for the next stage of work: firstly, we should strengthen cooperation with the municipal state-owned enterprises, jointly build the dual north linkage innovation pattern characterized by the North Bund Modern Service Industry Cluster Zone and the North Mid-ring Technology Innovation Cluster Belt, and participate in the competition and cooperation of top central business districts with larger volume, better quality, and higher level. The second is to accurately grasp the development path and industrial positioning of the park, strengthen the linkage between the downtown district and suburbs, as well as the North Bund and the Caohejing Development Zone, the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone, and the Free Trade Zone’s Lingang New Area, and better play the role of the North Bund as a new benchmark for urban development in the new era and a new engine for Shanghai's central radiation, promote the continuous improvement of functions towards high-end links in the industrial chain and high-value segments in the service chain. Thirdly, focusing on the transfer and transformation of technological achievements, the development of the technological service industry, and the gathering of technological innovation headquarters, we would strengthen cooperation with universities, colleges, and institutes, and fully undertake the resource spillover effect. The fourth is to explore a new model characterized by fiscal appropriation based on investment, investment promotion based on fiscal appropriation and a combination of fiscal appropriationand investment, and promote the supply of spatial carriers, the development of leading industries, and the gathering of technological innovation elements to create a good ecology for achieving high-quality development.
Weng Kaining said that Hongkou was a strategic partner that Lingang Group had long trusted each other, and the cooperation between the two sides had a long history. He added that Lingang Group would continuously adhere to the "one department + three centers" orientation of the headquarters economy, focus on the positioning of technological innovation of Caohejing, continuously explore characteristic industries, seek nuclear explosion points based on the needs of high-quality incubators and new research and development institutions, build a replicable and promotable Caohejing Model, and fully empower the development of Hongkou. In addition, Lingang Group would use Xinyefang and the North Mid-ring International Innovation Center as innovation hubs, overlay technological innovation elements, and enhance the concentration of technological innovation and the height of industry development. Lingang Group would widely leverage and gather resources to help Hongkou achieve high-quality development and stable prosperity in the new round of cooperation.