People's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, ministries and commissions and institutions directly under the State Council:
Science and technology service industry is an important part of modern service industry, which has the characteristics of intensive talent intelligence, high technology content, large added value of industry and strong radiation-driven effect.
China's science and technology service industry has a good momentum of development, the service content is constantly enriched, the service model is constantly innovating, new science and technology service institutions and service formats are constantly emerging, and the service quality and ability are steadily improved. However, on the whole, China's science and technology service industry is still in the early stage of development, and there are problems such as imperfect market players, low degree of specialization of service institutions, few high-end service formats, lack of well-known brands, imperfect development environment and lack of compound talents. It is an important measure to adjust and optimize the industrial structure and cultivate new economic growth points. Leading industrial upgrading and promoting the economy to the middle and high-end level are the key links to realize scientific and technological innovation. It is of great significance to deeply implement the innovation-driven development strategy and promote economic upgrading, efficiency improvement and upgrading. In order to speed up the development of science and technology service industry, the following opinions are put forward. (1) Improve the market mechanism. Further improve the market regulations and supervision system of science and technology service industry, open the market access of science and technology service in an orderly manner, standardize the market order, strengthen the construction of credit system of science and technology service enterprises, build a unified, open and competitive market system, and create a level playing field for all kinds of science and technology service subjects. Promote the establishment of a modern enterprise system for 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 equity diversification. Encourage scientific and technological personnel to establish scientific and technological service enterprises and actively support the development of partnership scientific and technological service enterprises. Accelerate the transformation of qualified science and technology service institutions and implement market-oriented operation. Accelerate the transformation of government functions and give full play to the role of social organizations such as industrial technology alliances and industry associations in promoting the development of science and technology service industry. (2) Strengthen foundation support. Accelerate the establishment of a national science and technology reporting system, build a unified national science and technology management information system, and gradually improve the openness and enjoyment of information. Actively promote the construction of public technology platform for science and technology services, and enhance the technical support capacity of science and technology services. Establish and improve the standard system of scientific and technological services, strengthen classification guidance, and promote the standardized development of scientific and technological services. Improve the statistical investigation system of science and technology service industry, make full use of and integrate the statistical data of science and technology service industry of relevant departments, and regularly publish the development of science and technology service industry. Study and implement the land policy that is conducive to the development of science and technology service industry, improve the price policy, and gradually realize the same price of water, electricity and gas for science and technology service enterprises as industrial enterprises. (3) Increase fiscal and tax support. Establish and improve the opening mechanism of large-scale scientific research instruments and equipment in public institutions, and strengthen support for public scientific research infrastructure such as the National Supercomputing Center. Improve the management measures for the identification of high-tech enterprises, fully consider the characteristics of 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 levy enterprise income tax on science and technology service enterprises identified as high-tech enterprises at a reduced rate of 15%. If the expenditure of qualified science and technology service enterprises on employee education does not exceed 8% of the total wages and salaries, it is allowed to be deducted according to the facts when calculating taxable income. Combined with the improvement of the calculation and verification method of enterprise R&D expenses, the scope of pre-tax deduction of scientific and technological service expenses is studied as a whole. Accelerate the pilot project of changing business tax to value-added tax, expand the scope of deduction of input value-added tax for science and technology service enterprises, and eliminate double taxation. Implement the relevant preferential tax policies for the National University Science Park and the incubator of science and technology enterprises, and exempt the real estate and land for personal use and provided to the incubator from property tax and urban land use tax; The income from leasing the premises and houses to incubation enterprises and providing incubation services shall be exempted from business tax. (4) Broaden funding channels. Establish a diversified capital investment system, expand financing channels for science and technology service enterprises, guide bank credit, venture capital and capital markets to increase support for science and technology service enterprises, support the listing and refinancing of science and technology service enterprises, and list them in the national share transfer system for small and medium-sized enterprises, and encourage foreign investors to invest in science and technology service industries. Give full play to the leverage of financial funds, use special funds for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises and the national guiding fund for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and increase support for scientific and technological service enterprises; Encourage local governments to support scientific and technological service institutions to improve their professional service capabilities, build public service platforms and innovate service models through special funds for the development of scientific and technological service industries. Innovate financial support methods and actively explore ways to support the development of public science and technology services by government purchasing services and "post-subsidy". (5) Strengthen personnel training. Facing the development needs of science and technology service industry, we will improve the academic education and vocational training system, support colleges and universities to adjust relevant professional settings, and strengthen the training of employees in science and technology service industry. Actively use all kinds of talent plans to introduce and train a group of high-end talents who understand technology, market and management. Relying on the association for science and technology and industry associations, we will carry out professional and technical training for scientific and technological service personnel to improve the professional quality and ability of employees. Improve the talent evaluation system of science and technology service industry, improve the professional qualification system, and mobilize the enthusiasm of all kinds of talents such as universities, research institutes and enterprises in the field of science and technology service. (6) Deepening open cooperation. Support science and technology service enterprises to "go global", explore the international market through overseas mergers and acquisitions, joint operations and the 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 establishing a science and technology service alliance with technology, patents and standards as the link, and carry out collaborative innovation. Support scientific and technological service institutions to carry out international exchanges and cooperation in technology and talents. Encourage well-known foreign scientific and technological service institutions to set up branches or carry out scientific and technological service cooperation in China. (7) Promote demonstration applications. Carry out regional and industry pilot demonstrations of science and technology service industry, build a number of science and technology service industry clusters with distinctive characteristics, perfect functions and reasonable layout, and form a number of internationally competitive science and technology service industry clusters. We will further promote the application of science and technology services in key industries, and build a public science and technology service platform around the innovative needs of strategic emerging industries and modern manufacturing industries. Encourage the development of agricultural technology popularization, agricultural industrialization, population health, ecological environment, social governance, public safety, disaster prevention and mitigation and other scientific and technological services that benefit the people. All regions and departments should fully understand the great significance of accelerating the development of science and technology service industry, strengthen organizational leadership, improve working mechanism, strengthen departmental coordination and linkage, and coordinate and promote the reform and development of science and technology service industry. All regions should formulate specific implementation plans based on this opinion and local actual research, and refine policies and measures to ensure that all tasks are implemented. All relevant departments should promptly study and formulate supporting policies and specific measures, implement the division of tasks, and create a good environment for the development of science and technology service industry. The Ministry of Science and Technology will, jointly with relevant departments, track, analyze, supervise and guide the implementation of this opinion, and report major issues to the State Council in a timely manner.