Promoting Industrial Innovation: Hsinchu County Holds Local SBIR Briefing

(Taiwan Business News) The Hsinchu County Government is implementing the "Local Industrial Innovation R&D Promotion Program (Local SBIR)." On the 4th, nearly 100 representatives from industry, government, academia and research gathered, hoping to foster more substantial benefits from cross-industry exchange through discussion, and to spread the core concept of the program, achieving cross-sector shared prosperity and jointly creating industrial innovation value.

At the first briefing at 10 a.m. yesterday, Hsinchu County Magistrate Chiu Ching-chun pointed out that a total of 28 companies were selected last year, and on October 29 last year the companies and the county government held a signing ceremony; the contracted companies received a total of 23.285 million yuan in funding subsidies. Although the subsidy amount received was limited, for the companies it was a form of encouragement, and each year they must schedule plans to develop new products, which for the companies is a driving force for progress.

The Hsinchu County International Industrial Development Department emphasized that for individual enterprise subsidy applications, the county government especially encourages companies established for less than 3 years, companies stationed in incubation centers, green energy LED industry companies, projects with local characteristics, companies derived from and innovating within park clusters, and companies in refined agriculture (with food miles and production traceability).

To help enterprises complete the application process smoothly and increase the success rate, the executing agency present yesterday, the China Productivity Center, specifically explained the application process, key review points and proposal writing, and provided customized family-doctor-style technical guidance and on-site expert consulting for enterprises that are willing, distinctive and have R&D potential, thoroughly implementing the program.

The second briefing of the "Local Industrial Innovation R&D Promotion Program (Local SBIR)" will be held at 2 p.m. on the 9th of this month in the multi-function conference room of the Tai Yuen Technology Park, and the third briefing will be held at 10 a.m. on the 13th in Classroom 101 of the Hsinchu County Vocational Center.