The people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, all ministries and commissions of the State Council, and all directly affiliated institutions:

The science and technology service industry is an important part of the modern service industry. It has the characteristics of intensive talents and intelligence, high technology content, large industrial added value, and strong radiation and driving effect. In recent years, my country's science and technology service industry has developed well, with continuous enrichment of service content, continuous innovation of service models, continuous emergence of new technology service organizations and service formats, and steady improvement in service quality and capabilities. However, in general, my country's science and technology service industry is still in the early stage of development, and there are problems such as underdeveloped market entities, low level of specialization of service institutions, low service formats, lack of branding, imperfect development environment, and lack of compound talents. Accelerating the development of the science and technology service industry is an objective requirement for promoting technological innovation, the transformation of technological achievements, and the deep integration of technology and economy. It is an important measure to adjust and optimize the industrial structure and cultivate new economic growth points. It is an important measure to achieve technological innovation and industrial upgrading and promote the economy to a high level. The key step forward is of great significance for the in-depth implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy and the promotion of economic quality and efficiency upgrading. In order to accelerate the development of the science and technology service industry, the following opinions are hereby put forward.

1. General requirements

(1) Guiding ideology.

Guided by Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of the "Three Represents," and the scientific outlook on development, we will thoroughly implement the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the spirit of the 2nd and 3rd Plenary Sessions of the 18th Central Committee and the State Council’s decision-making and deployment, and give full play to the market’s role in resource allocation. A decisive role, with the goal of supporting the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, meeting the needs of technological innovation and enhancing industrial innovation capabilities as the orientation, deepening the reform of the science and technology system, accelerating the transformation of government functions, improving the policy environment, cultivating and expanding the technology service market, and innovating technology The service model extends the service chain of scientific and technological innovation, and promotes the professional, networked, and large-scale development of the scientific and technological service industry, and provides an important guarantee for building an innovative country and building an upgraded version of the Chinese economy.

(2) Basic principles.

Persist in deepening reforms. Promote the reform of the science and technology system, accelerate the transformation of government functions and streamline administration and delegate power, orderly liberalize access to the science and technology service market, establish a system and mechanism that meets national conditions and sustainable development, create an environment for equal participation and fair competition, and stimulate various science and technology service entities vitality.

Insist on innovation-driven. Make full use of modern information and network technologies, rely on various technological innovation carriers, integrate and open public scientific and technological service resources, promote technological integration innovation and business model innovation, and actively develop new technological service formats.

Adhere to market orientation. Give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, distinguish between public services and market-oriented services, comprehensively use fiscal, taxation, financial, and industrial policies to support the market-oriented development of science and technology service institutions, strengthen specialized division of labor, expand market space, and achieve agglomeration of science and technology service industries development of.

Persist in open cooperation. Encourage science and technology service institutions to strengthen regional cooperation, promote the coordinated development of science and technology service industries, strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and cultivate influential service brands.

(3) Development goals.

By 2020, a scientific and technological service system covering the entire chain of scientific and technological innovation will be basically formed, the ability to serve scientific and technological innovation will be greatly enhanced, the marketization level and competitiveness of scientific and technological services will be significantly improved, a number of scientific and technological service institutions and enterprises with brands will be cultivated, and a number of new types will emerge The technology service industry has formed a group of technology service industry clusters, and the scale of the technology service industry has reached 8 trillion yuan. It has become a key link in driving the integration of technology and economy and an important engine for improving economic quality and efficiency.

2. Key tasks

Focus on the development of professional technology services and comprehensive technology services such as research and development, technology transfer, inspection and certification, entrepreneurial incubation, intellectual property rights, technology consulting, technology finance, and popularization of science and technology, and enhance the support capacity of the technology service industry for technological innovation and industrial development.

(1) Research and development and its services.

Increase investment in basic research and support various forms of applied research and experimental development activities. Support universities and research institutes to integrate scientific research resources and provide professional R&D services to the market. Encourage the professional development of R&D enterprises, and actively cultivate new market-oriented R&D organizations, R&D intermediaries, and R&D service outsourcing. Support industrial alliances to carry out collaborative innovation, and promote industrial technology research and development institutions to develop common technology research and development for industrial clusters. Support the development of product R&D and design services, and drive R&D and design service companies to actively apply new technologies to improve design service capabilities. Strengthen the open service of scientific and technological resources, establish and improve the open operation mechanism of scientific research facilities and equipment in universities and scientific research institutes, and guide the national key laboratories, national engineering laboratories, national engineering (technical) research centers, large-scale scientific instrument centers, analysis and testing centers Wait for the open service to the society.

(2) Technology transfer service.

Develop a multi-level technology (property) trading market system, support technology trading institutions to explore online technology trading models based on the Internet, and promote the expansion and strengthening of the technology trading market. Encourage technology transfer institutions to innovate service models, provide enterprises with cross-domain, cross-regional, and full-process technology transfer integrated services, and drive the accelerated transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Guarantee the income or shareholding ratio of personnel, technology transfer institutions and other related parties who have made important contributions to the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements in accordance with the law. Give full play to the role of technology import and export fairs, high-tech achievements fairs and other exhibitions in promoting technology transfer. Promote universities, research institutes, industry alliances, engineering centers and other market-oriented integrated services such as pilot tests and technology maturation. Establish a benign interaction mechanism for enterprises, research institutes, and universities to promote technology transfer and transformation.

(3) Inspection, testing and certification services.

Accelerate the development of third-party inspection, testing and certification services, and encourage inspection, testing and certification institutions of different ownerships to participate in market competition on an equal footing. Strengthen the construction of basic capabilities in measurement, testing technology, and testing equipment research and development, and develop observation, analysis, testing, inspection, standards, certification and other services for the entire process of design and development, manufacturing, and after-sales service. Support qualified inspection, testing and certification agencies to decouple from administrative departments, transfer to enterprise restructuring, accelerate cross-departmental, cross-industry, cross-level integration, mergers and acquisitions and reorganization, and cultivate a batch of inspection, testing and certification with strong technical capabilities, high service levels and good scale efficiency group. Improve the planning and layout of inspection, testing and certification agencies, and strengthen the construction of national quality inspection centers and testing laboratories. Construct an industrial measurement and test service system, strengthen the construction of a national industrial measurement and test center, and establish a measurement technology innovation alliance. Construct a unified inspection, testing and certification supervision system, improve the qualification certification methods for inspection, testing and certification agencies, and carry out mutual recognition of inspection, testing and certification results and technical capabilities. Strengthen the development and application of technical standards, support the development of standard research and development, information consultation and other services, and build a full service system for technical standards.

(4) Business incubation services.

Build an entrepreneurial incubation ecosystem that focuses on professional incubators and innovation incubators, and supports comprehensive incubators. Strengthen entrepreneurship education, create an entrepreneurial culture, organize innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, and give full play to the role of university science parks in the entrepreneurship and employment of college students and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in universities. Guide enterprises and social capital to participate in the investment and construction of incubators, drive the close integration of angel investment and entrepreneurial incubation, promote incubation models such as "incubation + venture capital", actively explore new Internet-based incubation methods, and enhance the professional service capabilities of incubators. Integrate innovation and entrepreneurship service resources, support the construction of an entrepreneurial incubation service chain of "entrepreneurship nursery + incubator + accelerator", and provide source support for the cultivation of emerging industries.

(5) Intellectual property services.

Guided by the demand for technological innovation, vigorously develop services such as intellectual property agency, law, information, consulting, training, etc., improve the service level of intellectual property analysis and review, operation implementation, evaluation of transactions, protection of rights, investment and financing, and build the entire chain of intellectual property rights service system. Support the establishment of an intellectual property service alliance and the development of search and analysis tools. Promote the free or low-cost opening of basic intellectual property information resources to the society, and free basic search tools for public use. Support relevant science and technology service organizations to set up intellectual property information service platforms for key industries to enhance their ability to innovate and service industries.

(6) Technology consulting services.

Encourage the development of technology consulting service industries such as technology strategy research, technology evaluation, technology bidding, management consulting, and actively cultivate new business formats such as management service outsourcing and project management outsourcing. Support science and technology consulting institutions, knowledge service organizations, and productivity drive centers to actively apply modern information technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and mobile Internet, innovate service models, and develop networked and integrated scientific and technological consulting and knowledge services. Strengthen the market-oriented development and utilization of scientific and technological information resources, and support the development of scientific and technological information services such as competitive intelligence analysis, scientific and technological novelty search and document retrieval. Develop engineering technology consulting services to provide enterprises with integrated engineering technology solutions.

(7) Technology and financial services.

Deepen the pilot project of combining technology and finance, explore the development of new technology financial service organizations and service models, and establish a technology financial service system that meets the needs of the innovation chain. Encourage financial institutions to innovate in the organizational system, financial products and service mechanisms of scientific and technological financial services, establish an incentive mechanism that matches financing risks and returns, and develop scientific and technological financial services such as scientific and technological insurance, scientific and technological guarantees, and intellectual property pledges. Support angel investment, venture capital and other equity investments to invest in technology companies and provide value-added services, and explore financing models that combine investment and loans. Use the Internet financial platform to serve technological innovation, improve the investment and financing guarantee mechanism, and solve the financing difficulties of technology-based small, medium and micro enterprises.

(8) Science and technology popularization service.

Strengthen the capacity building of science popularization, support the free opening of qualified science and technology museums, museums, libraries and other public places, and carry out non-profit science popularization services. Guide science popularization service organizations to adopt market operation methods, strengthen product research and development, expand communication channels, develop value-added services, and promote the development of related derivative industries such as models, teaching aids, and exhibits. Promote scientific research institutions and universities to open scientific research facilities to the public, and encourage enterprises, social organizations and individuals to donate or invest in the construction of popular science facilities. Integrate science popularization resources, establish regional cooperation mechanisms, and gradually form a pattern of interoperability and sharing of popular science resources within the scope. Support various publishing organizations and news media to carry out popular science services, actively carry out youth popular science reading activities, increase scientific and technological dissemination, and provide new platforms for popular science services.

(9) Comprehensive technology services.

Encourage the cross-field integration and cross-regional cooperation of science and technology service organizations, integrate existing science and technology service resources in a market-oriented manner, innovate service models and business models, develop the entire chain of science and technology services, and form an integrated general contracting and specialized subcontracting integration Technology service model. Encourage science and technology service organizations to meet the needs of industrial clusters and regional development, develop specialized comprehensive science and technology services, and develop and expand a number of technology integration service providers. Support science and technology service organizations to develop comprehensive services for military-civilian technological integration, and promote the in-depth development of military-civilian integration.

3. Policy measures

(1) Improve the market mechanism.

Further improve market regulations and regulatory systems for the science and technology service industry, orderly liberalize market access for science and technology services, standardize market order, strengthen the construction of a credit system for science and technology service enterprises, and build a unified, open, competitive and orderly market system to serve various science and technology service entities Create a level playing field. Promote the establishment of a modern enterprise system by state-owned science and technology service enterprises, guide social capital to participate in the restructuring of state-owned science and technology service enterprises, and promote the diversified transformation of equity. Encourage science and technology personnel to establish science and technology service enterprises, and actively support the development of partnership science and technology service enterprises. Accelerate the transformation of qualified scientific and technological service institutions and carry out market-oriented operations. Accelerate the transformation of government functions, and give full play to the role of industrial technology alliances, industry associations and other social organizations in promoting the development of the technology service industry.

(2) Strengthen basic support.

Accelerate the establishment of a national science and technology reporting system, build a unified national science and technology management information system, and gradually increase information opening and sharing. Actively promote the construction of a public technology platform for scientific and technological services, and enhance the technical support capabilities of scientific and technological services. Establish and improve the standard system of science and technology services, strengthen classification guidance, and promote the standardized development of science and technology services. Improve the statistical survey system of the science and technology service industry, make full use of and integrate the statistics of the science and technology service industry of various relevant departments, and regularly publish the development of the science and technology service industry. Study and implement land policies that are conducive to the development of the science and technology service industry, improve price policies, and gradually realize the same price for water, electricity, and gas consumption of science and technology service enterprises as industrial enterprises.

(3) Increase fiscal and taxation support.

Establish and improve the opening and sharing mechanism of large-scale scientific research instruments and equipment of public institutions, and strengthen support for public scientific research infrastructure such as the National Computing Center. Improve the management methods for the identification of high-tech enterprises, fully consider the characteristics of the science and technology service industry, incorporate the content of science and technology services and their supporting technologies into the high-tech fields supported by the state, and reduce the tax rate of 15% for science and technology service enterprises identified as high-tech enterprises corporate income tax. Qualified science and technology service enterprises' employee education expenditures that do not exceed 8% of the total wages and salaries are allowed to be deducted according to the facts when calculating the taxable income. Combine and improve the calculation method of enterprise research and development expenses, and make overall research on the scope of pre-tax deduction for science and technology service expenses. Accelerate the pilot program of changing business tax to value-added tax, expand the scope of deduction for input value-added tax of technology service enterprises, and reduce or exempt double taxation. Implement relevant tax preferential policies for national university science parks and technology business incubators, exempt the property tax and urban land use tax for their own use and the real estate and land provided to incubators; lease sites and houses to incubators and provide incubation Service income is exempt from business tax.

(4) Broaden funding channels.

Establish a diversified capital investment system, expand financing channels for technology service companies, guide bank credit, venture capital, capital markets, etc. to increase support for technology service companies, and support technology service companies to go public, financing and refinancing, and to the SME share transfer system Listed to encourage foreign investment in technology services. Actively give play to the leverage of financial funds, use special funds for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, the National Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Guidance Fund and other channels to increase support for science and technology service enterprises; encourage local governments to support the promotion of science and technology service institutions through special funds for the development of science and technology services Professional service capabilities, building public service platforms, innovative service models, etc. Innovate financial support methods and actively explore ways to support the development of public science and technology services through government purchases of services and "post subsidies".

(5) Strengthen personnel training.

Facing the development needs of the science and technology service industry, improve the academic education and vocational training system, support universities to adjust the relevant professional settings, and strengthen the training and training of employees in the science and technology service industry. Actively make use of various talent plans to introduce and cultivate a group of compound technology service talents who understand technology, market and management. Relying on the organization of the Association for Science and Technology and industry associations to carry out professional and technical training for science and technology service personnel to improve the professional quality and ability of employees. Improve the talent evaluation system of the science and technology service industry, improve the professional qualification system, and mobilize the enthusiasm of various types of talents such as universities, scientific research institutes, and enterprises in the field of science and technology service.

(6) Deepen open cooperation.

Support science and technology service enterprises to "go global", open up markets through overseas mergers and acquisitions, joint operations, and establishment of branches, and support science and technology service enterprises to go public overseas. Promote science and technology service enterprises to take the lead in forming a science and technology service alliance with technology, patents, and standards as the link to carry out collaborative innovation. Support science and technology service institutions to carry out exchanges and cooperation in technology and talents. Encourage foreign science and technology service institutions to establish branches or carry out cooperation in science and technology services in my country.

(7) Promote demonstration applications.

Carry out pilot demonstrations in the area and industry of the science and technology service industry, and create a number of characteristics