How can the "first provincial capital" achieve a "crucial leap"?

According to Guangzhou Daily, on October 21, the Press Office of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government held a press conference on "Accelerating the Cultivation and Development of Future Industries in Guangzhou", inviting heads of multiple departments to interpret relevant policies of the recently issued "Implementation Opinions of Guangzhou on Accelerating the Cultivation and Development of Future Industries".

The "Implementation Opinions" focus on the construction blueprint of the "12218" modern industrial system, with systematic planning and forward - looking layout. They concentrate on six major directions, namely intelligent unmanned systems, embodied intelligence, cells and genes, future networks and quantum technology, cutting - edge new materials, deep - sea and deep - space exploration, as well as "X" potential tracks, aiming to build Guangzhou into an important global origin and high - ground for the development of future industries.

It is reported that Guangzhou will focus on opening up various application scenarios and creating a "testing ground" for future technologies. It plans to establish 10 high - level innovation platforms for future industries, 50 concept verification centers and pilot - scale platforms, and 100 first - trial and first - use application scenarios, providing a "market testing ground" for future industries.

In addition, Guangzhou will also innovate regulatory concepts and explore the construction of institutional mechanisms for access and market supervision of future industry products and services that encourage innovation and are flexible and inclusive. It will strengthen tolerance for innovation, further delegate power and empower, and deepen the burden - reduction and restraint - relaxation measures for scientific research personnel. New regulatory measures such as the "observation period", "tolerance period", and "sandbox supervision" will be implemented to break through the constraints of traditional supervision on innovation and leave enough "room for trial and error" for innovation.

The "future industries" have been included in the government work report for two consecutive years. They represent the direction of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, with disruptive technologies and revolutionary innovations as their essential features, and are expected to develop into emerging industries and even pillar industries.

For a city, developing future industries is also "betting on" the future and seizing the high - ground of the future. In the case of Guangzhou, its GDP exceeded 3 trillion yuan in 2023, and now it aims to join the "4 - trillion - yuan club". In particular, to firmly establish its position as an important central city in China and achieve the goal of "doubling the economic aggregate by 2035", the key lies in industrial support.

At the beginning of this year, Guangzhou called for "giving top priority to industries and building the city on manufacturing". In the "12218" modern industrial system, it made forward - looking layouts for six future industries, including intelligent unmanned systems, embodied intelligence, cells and genes, future networks and quantum technology, cutting - edge new materials, and deep - sea and deep - space exploration.

In the view of local experts, "These six future industries are derived from the strategic orientations of the state and Guangdong Province, and Guangzhou has a certain foundation for industrial development. Once these six industries are successfully cultivated, they are very likely to become strategic leading industries in the next stage and further develop into pillar industries."

Taking the future industry of intelligent unmanned systems as an example, Guangzhou is accelerating the integrated application of scenarios in fields such as future transportation and engineering manufacturing. It will support Nansha District in building the first city - level full - space unmanned system super - scenario in the country, support Panyu District in building the land - air integrated intelligent transportation sub - center of the National University Regional Technology Transfer and Transformation Center (Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area), and vigorously promote the construction of the Haixinsha Full - Space Intelligent System Experience Center.

It is worth mentioning that as a systematic action plan for the cultivation and development of future industries in Guangzhou, while promoting the development of the six core future industries, the "Implementation Opinions" also set "X" potential tracks as future "new frontiers". Through the mechanism of "technology foresight - dynamic evaluation - track incubation", it will continuously track cutting - edge directions such as brain science and brain - computer interfaces, and green hydrogen energy, and dynamically adjust the industrial layout.

Currently, more than 2,000 relevant enterprises in future industries have gathered in Guangzhou. As Sun Xiang, a member of the Party group of the Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau and the full - time deputy director of the Science and Technology Office of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, said, "The future is here, and only innovators take the lead. Guangzhou will strengthen overall planning, promote the implementation of the 'Implementation Opinions' to achieve results, and gather the strength of all parties to jointly draw Guangzhou's'second growth curve'."

According to Guangzhou's plan, by 2029, it will build more than 5 future industry pilot zones and 10 high - level innovation platforms for future industries, and cultivate 1,000 leading enterprises in future industries. By 2035, it will create several internationally influential future industry clusters, continuously expand the industrial scale, and achieve the leap from "strong in science and technology - strong in enterprises - strong in industries - strong in the city".

This article is from the WeChat official account "Urban Evolution Theory". The author is Yang Huan. It is published by 36Kr with authorization.