On the morning of August 11, the Yangpu District-Fudan University Strategic Cooperation Forum was held in Fudan University. The two sides held in-depth discussions on the “Fudan Innovation Corridor Strategic Development Plan (draft)”. Based on the goal of “Develop the Fudan Innovation Corridor into a core carrier for Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Center with global influence”,the two sides set out specific implementation plans, marking a major breakthrough in strengthening the linkage between Yangpu District and Fudan University, deepening the cooperation between production and research, and speeding up the development of national innovation pilot city.
The "Fudan Innovation Corridor Strategic Development Plan" covers the area between Handan Road and Songhu Road and nearby, mainly including the Fudan University Hi-tech Park, Fudan University Handan Campus, World of Wisdom Building, and Fudan University Jiangwan Campus. Numerous universities and research institutes are located in this area, which is the only large ecological residential area in downtown Shanghai, with integrated functions of production, lifestyle and ecology. With a total area of 1.77 million square meters of (proposed) office buildings, this area serves as an important hardware foundation for the innovation corridor, enjoying great potential and flexibility.
After several rounds of discussion, the two sides decided on the functions of the innovation corridor: knowledge dissemination, research achievement transfer, entrepreneurship application, innovative service, and factor concentration. The goal is to build this area into a core carrier of the Shanghai Science and Technology Center, a core upgrading axis for the national innovative pilot city, an important carrier for Fudan University to serve Shanghai, and the starting point for speeding up the transformation of Yanpu District, and to improve the transfer of science and technology into productivity, increase the income of this area, and enhance investment in science and technology research. It also aims to strengthen the strategic cooperation between Fudan University and Yangpu District, build platforms to attract resources, and develop policies on preferential funding, land use transformation and talents attraction, creating a good entrepreneurship environment and speeding up the implementation of phase 1 of the project.
Yanpu District is the only national innovation pilot urban district in Shanghai. Fudan University Innovation Corridor serves as a higher platform for the new round of cooperation between Fudan University and Yangpu District. Next, we should expand the range of the “corridor”, creating more carriers and platforms for high-tech SMEs in a broader range. Meanwhile, we should continue to explore mechanism innovation and strengthen cooperation on talent policy service, sharing of educational resource, and improvement of urban management, prompting the implementation of projects like industry research institute and urban development research institute.
The Fudan Innovation Corridor will further optimize the industry layout of Yangpu District. When implementing the plan, we should strengthen the interfacing with national science & technology industry transfer policy, as well as the development of traffic facilities for the Wujiaochang Business Circle and the World of Wisdom Building.