Beijing and Tianjin are dense with scientific and technological innovation elements, representing a rich vein of innovation. Delegates and members participating in the provincial Two Sessions unanimously expressed that Hebei should deeply integrate into the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei International Science and Technology Innovation Center. They emphasized the need to continuously innovate application scenarios, build platforms, and optimize services to broaden the channels for research and development in Beijing-Tianjin and commercialization in Hebei. This aims to transform the innovation advantages of core cities into radiating momentum that drives regional common development, thereby seizing the strategic high ground for future growth.
Application scenarios serve as testing grounds for the landing and transformation of new technologies and products, and also act as accelerators for promoting the development of emerging industries. "To better undertake the relocation of non-capital functions from Beijing and promote the incubation and transformation of scientific and technological innovation products from Beijing and Tianjin in Xiong'an and even across the province, the Xiong'an Future City Scenario Gathering is an important vehicle," said Yu Guoyi, a member of the Provincial CPPCC Committee and Deputy Director of the Xiong'an New Area Party Working Committee and Management Committee.
The Scenario Gathering activity has been successfully held twice, with significant results achieved. So far, 51 participating companies have taken root in Xiong'an, over 110 companies have been established across the province, and more than 30 industrial projects with investments exceeding ten million yuan have been catalyzed.
Guided by scenario innovation to drive industrial innovation, the third Xiong'an Future City Scenario Gathering will place greater emphasis on the opening and creation of scenarios across the entire domain. Committee Member Yu Guoyi stated that they will leverage the opportunity of the modern urban construction in Xiong'an New Area, focusing on cutting-edge fields such as space-air-ground information, artificial intelligence, and digital governance. They will promote a greater opening of application scenarios by relocated units in the new area and urban construction/operation projects, and organize regular supply-demand matchmaking between participating enterprises and scenario-requiring units to better stimulate innovation vitality and expand development space.
"Providing scenarios" involves not only opening up various scenario resources but also striving to cultivate and create more new scenarios. In recent years, combining their respective industrial strengths, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei has jointly mapped out industrial chain diagrams for six sectors, with Hebei leading the new energy and intelligent connected vehicles and robotics chains. How can the co-construction of industrial chains be leveraged to accelerate the cultivation of application scenarios in key areas?
The Tangshan High-tech Industrial Development Zone is the main carrier for the development of the robotics industrial chain within the "Six Chains, Five Clusters" framework for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development. Dong Xuezhong, a delegate to the Provincial People's Congress and Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of Tangshan High-tech Zone, introduced that in 2025, using the "Beijing creativity, Tangshan transformation" model as a key approach, the zone systematically identified 110 typical application scenarios—such as police robots and "robots + ports"—and 83 mature robotic solutions. This links Beijing's scientific and technological innovation capabilities into Tangshan and channels Tangshan's intelligent manufacturing capabilities into Beijing and Tianjin.
"Facts prove that using scenarios as a guide and technology as support can inject new momentum into industrial development," Delegate Dong Xuezhong stated. The next step involves continuously tapping potential within the robotics industry, focusing on creating a batch of new scenarios that are targeted, high-value, and have demonstrative effects. They will actively undertake the technology transfer needs of universities and research institutes from Beijing and Tianjin to enhance industrial competitiveness.
On one side lies Hebei's advantage in industrial scenarios, and on the other, the scientific and technological innovation strengths of Beijing and Tianjin. How to deeply integrate these two aspects is a key focus for Chen Ailing, a member of the Provincial CPPCC Committee and Chairman of Baoding Yima Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Committee Member Chen Ailing suggested further establishing a market-oriented allocation mechanism for scenario resources, smoothing channels for the cross-domain and cross-regional flow of factors, and building a regular对接 platform involving government, enterprises, universities, and research institutes. This would achieve effective linkage for demand release, technology对接,成果展示, and factor matching, facilitating more new technologies and products from Beijing and Tianjin to be first tested and used in Hebei.
Key technological bottlenecks constrain industrial progress, and breaking through these technical "sticking points" urgently requires scientific and technological innovation support. How Hebei can use platforms as carriers to jointly tackle core technology challenges with Beijing and Tianjin has attracted the attention of delegates and members. "Pilot testing is a critical link closely connecting the innovation chain, technology chain, and industrial chain. Pilot testing platforms are important supports for transforming scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces," said Zhang Jie, a member of the Provincial CPPCC Committee and Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology. In 2025, Hebei accelerated the construction of 15 pilot testing demonstration platforms, jointly with Beijing and Tianjin issued a list of concept verification platforms and pilot scale-up bases from the three regions, and cumulatively provided services such as pilot scale-up and inspection testing for over 130 scientific and technological achievements.
Using pilot testing resources to attract technological achievements from Beijing and Tianjin for pilot testing in Hebei has become an important method for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to conduct joint research targeting technical "sticking points." Committee Member Zhang Jie suggested that the province should support a number of pilot testing platforms with outstanding public open service capabilities, and build an innovation ecosystem platform integrating "Pilot Testing + R&D + Fund + Insurance + Incubation" to provide one-stop transformation services for scientific and technological achievements from Beijing and Tianjin, from "prototype" to "product."
Provincial laboratories are also important platforms for collaborative innovation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. In early 2026, the preparatory work for the Yan Zhao Biomedical Laboratory, led by the Hebei Tsinghua Development Research Institute, received approval from the Provincial Department of Science and Technology. Previously, four Yan Zhao Laboratories, including the Yan Zhao Iron and Steel Laboratory, became operational, having overcome 59 key core technical challenges, with 25 scientific and technological achievements industrialized.
"The Yan Zhao series laboratories serve as 'reform experimental fields' for serving enterprise innovation," said Shi Yonggui, a delegate to the Provincial People's Congress and President of Hebei Zhengding Normal College. He believes that the province should, based on the research needs of advantageous industries like steel and green chemicals, leverage the scientific and innovation resources of Beijing and Tianjin, utilize the role of the laboratories, and create sources of original innovation for the industries.
Currently, blockages and sticking points still exist in the process of integrating the innovation chain and the industrial chain. In this regard, many delegates and members stated that reform and innovative methods should be used to further remove institutional and mechanism obstacles, improve the scientific and technological innovation service system, and promote the integration of the innovation chain and industrial chain so they "see and meet each other." In the view of Shi Weili, a member of the Provincial CPPCC Committee and researcher at the Technology Transfer Center of Hebei University of Science and Technology, smoothing the "last mile" of integration between the innovation chain and the industrial chain is often also the "most difficult mile." She suggested further leveraging mechanisms like "horse racing" and "unveiling the list and appointing the best" in the coordinated innovation of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. Through innovative mechanisms, enterprises pose challenges, the government posts the list, and the capable step forward to provide practical solutions, promoting the seamless对接 of the Beijing-Tianjin innovation chain with Hebei's industrial chain and accelerating the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces.
Whether enterprises are motivated to innovate depends both on whether innovation mechanisms can be implemented and on whether innovation costs can be reduced, allowing enterprises to spend money on the "cutting edge" of innovation. "Last year, our province vigorously promoted the full enjoyment of policies like the additional deduction of R&D expenses, further expanded the pilot scope for pre-identification of R&D projects, and introduced multiple service measures such as intelligent policy interpretation and automated cost allocation to help enterprises enjoy policies more安心ly and conveniently," introduced Cao Jiefeng, a delegate to the Provincial People's Congress, and Secretary of the Party Committee and Director-General of the Provincial Taxation Bureau. He stated that this series of policy measures brings enterprises not only real monetary benefits but also confidence in future development.
Delegate Cao Jiefeng stated that this year, the Provincial Taxation Bureau will continue to work closely with the science and technology department to achieve greater results in the pre-identification service work for R&D projects, providing practical and powerful support for enterprise scientific and technological innovation.
Scientific and technological innovation involves high costs, long cycles, and significant risks. Each stage, from the spark of an idea to technology R&D, and then to the transformation and industrialization of科技成果, requires substantial funding. Liu Chuncheng, a delegate to the Provincial People's Congress and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Hebei Academy of Sciences, noted that within the lifecycle of sci-tech enterprises in the province, funding used to support early-stage technology projects is relatively scarce. This necessitates innovating the ways of investing in science and technology and exploring new mechanisms for the integration of science and technology with finance and industry.
Last year, the Cangzhou Membrane Advanced Materials Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Venture Investment Fund, the nation's first sci-tech innovation fund in the membrane materials field initiated and established by the Provincial Academy of Sciences jointly with the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, completed its first investment of 135 million yuan, effectively promoting the industrialization process of key membrane material equipment in Cangzhou. This year, the Provincial Academy of Sciences will also participate in establishing one to two more sci-tech innovation funds, linking with local governments to empower the innovative development of characteristic industrial clusters in counties through the "fund + sci-tech platform" model.
Delegate Liu Chuncheng suggested that the province should continue to leverage the role of the sci-tech investment guidance fund, increase the scale of sci-tech innovation funds, and direct financial resources towards characteristic industries in counties and leading industries in prefecture-level cities. Funds should be developed into more committed patient capital, precisely "dripping" into actual projects. This should be accompanied by optimizing the investment environment and providing secondary R&D services alongside the development of enterprise entities, thereby providing a more solid and smooth financial支撑 for "Beijing-Tianjin R&D, Hebei transformation."
