To thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Second Plenary Session of the 13th Provincial Party Committee, and the Fifth Plenary Session of the 15th Municipal Party Committee, we will prioritize manufacturing as the cornerstone of our economy and focus on “scientific and technological innovation + advanced manufacturing.” By the end of 2025, we aim to have no fewer than 25 manufacturing enterprises with annual revenue exceeding 10 billion yuan, no fewer than 7 manufacturing industrial clusters with an output value exceeding 100 billion yuan, and advanced manufacturing value-added accounting for no less than 50% of the value-added of large-scale industrial enterprises.the proportion of value added by high-tech manufacturing in the value added of large-scale industrial enterprises will be no less than 42%, the proportion of foreign direct investment absorbed by high-tech manufacturing will reach 36.5%, the proportion of manufacturing employees in the total workforce will be no less than 50%, and the ratio of social R&D expenditure to GDP will be stabilized at around 4%. We aim to elevate the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the manufacturing sector to a new level, thereby providing strong support for building a scientifically and technologically innovative manufacturing powerhouse with international competitiveness.In light of our city’s actual conditions, the following policy measures are hereby formulated:
I. Adhering to the principle of reshaping the industrial structure through major industries to enhance core industrial competitiveness
1. Promote the upgrading of strategic emerging industries. Foster the integrated cluster development of strategic emerging industries and accelerate the establishment of new industrial pillars such as new energy storage, core components for new energy vehicles, semiconductors and integrated circuits, and new materials. By the end of 2025, the new energy and semiconductor/integrated circuit industrial clusters will be the first to exceed 100 billion yuan in scale.We will compile Version 3.0 of the Strategic Emerging Industries Investment Promotion Map and establish a development support system for strategic emerging industries featuring “one industrial cluster, one special fund, one industrial technology center, and one scientific and technological innovation team.” By the end of 2025, new investment in strategic emerging industries across the city will reach no less than 200 billion yuan. We will focus on emerging industrial trends and cumulatively attract 2–3 teams of strategic scientists to pioneer new fields and sectors, providing phased funding of up to 150 million yuan based on task objectives.
2. Establish a “comprehensive investment promotion” framework. The top leaders of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, along with municipal leaders in charge of investment promotion, will lead visits and negotiations for at least one project with an investment of 5–10 billion yuan or more. Other relevant leaders from the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, as well as the principal leaders of towns, streets (industrial parks), and the coordinating departments of strategic emerging industry bases, will lead visits and negotiations for at least one project with an investment of 3 billion yuan or more.Vigorously implement the “Invest in Dongguan” global promotion campaign, with a focus in 2023 on attracting a batch of projects with investments of 3 billion yuan or more. Conduct targeted investment promotion around industrial chains, and establish differentiated standards for evaluating the benefits of investment attraction based on different industries and enterprises.Support municipal state-owned enterprises in establishing dedicated industrial investment promotion entities, and encourage the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce (General Chamber of Commerce) and the Dongguan World Wan Shang Federation to leverage their roles in “attracting investment through business networks” and “attracting investment through associations.” Award up to 3 million yuan in incentives to individuals, teams, or legal entities that play a substantive facilitating role in project attraction.
3. Support technological innovation in manufacturing. Accelerate the development of a comprehensive innovation ecosystem encompassing “source innovation + technological breakthroughs + commercialization of results + tech finance + talent support.” Establish a “Municipal Major Science and Technology Project Database” to support the accelerated commercialization of major municipal science and technology projects, with rewards of up to 5 million yuan granted for outstanding industrialization performance.Establish a mechanism where “industry poses the questions and the scientific community provides the answers,” assisting “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” enterprises and high-tech enterprises in connecting with innovation resources both within and outside the city. Support enterprises in enhancing their technological innovation capabilities; in 2023, designate 30 municipal-level or higher key laboratories and 200 municipal-level or higher engineering technology research centers.
4. Support the digital transformation of manufacturing. Support key enterprises in upgrading and transforming their operations in line with the World Economic Forum’s “Lighthouse Factory” standards. In 2023, designate no fewer than 20 smart factories (workshops), providing subsidies of up to 10 million yuan, and drive at least 1,000 industrial enterprises above designated size to implement transformations. Guide digital empowerment centers to transition into public service platforms.In 2023, create 1–2 landmark application scenarios with national influence in industries such as smartphones, furniture, and molds. Accelerate the promotion and application of operating systems and industrial software with independent core intellectual property rights. Provide a certain percentage of fiscal subsidies for production line informatization upgrades based on core operating systems, and grant subsidies of up to 2 million yuan to enterprises piloting eligible domestic industrial software.
5. Support the development of quality standards and brands in the manufacturing sector. Accelerate the construction of demonstration cities for the “Three Initiatives” strategy in the consumer goods industry. Strengthen the promotion of “Dongguan Enterprises and Dongguan Products” through offline exhibitions, e-commerce platforms, independent websites, and overseas warehouses to ensure that “Made in Dongguan” products reach global markets. Support enterprises in adopting the Excellence Performance Management Model, and recommend outstanding candidates for national, provincial, and municipal government quality awards. Enterprises receiving the China Quality Award for the first time will be awarded 3 million yuan.Promote the development of quality infrastructure service platforms, integrating services such as certification and accreditation, inspection and testing, and brand cultivation to provide enterprises with “one-stop” comprehensive solutions. Actively advance patent standardization efforts, guiding more than 30 enterprises in 2023 to simultaneously advance technological innovation, patent applications, and standard development. Award up to 500,000 yuan to enterprises that win domestic and international design awards, as well as to high-quality projects involving industrial integration such as “Culture + Manufacturing.”
II. Enhance Carrying Capacity Through Major Platforms to Boost the Comprehensive Benefits of Industrial Spaces
6. Focus on expanding contiguous industrial spaces. Ensure that more than 70% of land allocation quotas are allocated to industrial projects, and promote the concentration of land resources toward the city’s four major strategic platforms and seven strategic emerging industrial bases.Strengthen market expectation guidance for land consolidation by establishing citywide unified guidelines and settlement standards for land consolidation compensation, categorized by district and type. Within strategic emerging industry bases, implement a “single vote” process covering the stages of “land consolidation—cluster development plan—land expropriation approval.” By 2023, complete the consolidation of 5,000 mu of land in strategic emerging industry bases and standardized industrial zones, including no fewer than three contiguous land parcels of 300 mu or more.
7. Advance the renovation and upgrading of town and village industrial parks. Implement a three-year action plan to enhance the quality and efficiency of town and village industrial parks, and establish a classification and grading system for these parks. In 2023, initiate the upgrading of no fewer than 10 parks, and provide incentives in terms of spatial resources, energy consumption quotas, and emission quotas to parks that achieve a 25% or higher increase in output efficiency.Issue guidelines for standardized safety management in town and village industrial parks, and pilot the creation of no fewer than five “Six-Haves” parks in 2023. Each town, subdistrict, and industrial park shall plan at least one “industry-to-industry” zone of 500 mu or more, with the government leading the preliminary work. The first phase of demolition and land preparation shall be completed within 2023, and the entire project shall be completed by the end of 2025.Explore innovative mechanisms for the integrated renovation of industrial and logistics parks spanning multiple villages (communities). For “industrial-to-industrial” projects with a renovation unit area of 75 mu or more, where newly constructed industrial buildings meet relevant construction standards, the renovation entity will receive a subsidy of up to 200 yuan per square meter for the building portion.
8. Expand the coordinated supply of low-cost industrial space. Improve diverse methods for securing low-cost industrial space, including state-owned enterprise construction and operation, “industry-to-industry” conversion, revitalization of idle properties, and centralized leasing and management. In 2023, create no less than 10 million square meters of high-quality, low-cost industrial space.Guide the thematic development of low-cost industrial spaces, appropriately increase the proportion of supporting industrial facilities and public interaction spaces, attract innovation, entrepreneurship, and venture capital resources to accelerate their introduction, and promote the transformation of low-cost industrial spaces from single-purpose production parks to comprehensive production-service parks.Support Songshan Lake’s research and development facilities in expanding their multifunctional capabilities, such as R&D design, technology services, and pilot production support, and permit the subdivision and transfer of eligible industrial premises. Encourage towns, sub-districts, and industrial parks to utilize “three old” sites (old urban areas, old industrial sites, and old residential areas), idle land, and newly acquired land to centrally construct a batch of industrial resettlement housing.
9. Implement the “Output per Mu” Reform.Establish and improve a comprehensive evaluation system for high-quality manufacturing development. Pilot enterprise evaluations in 2023 and gradually expand coverage to all industrial enterprises above designated size citywide. Explore the implementation of the “Output Per Mu” Leader Action Plan, utilizing differentiated fiscal special fund support policies to provide preferential treatment to high-quality enterprises in terms of spatial resources, energy consumption quotas, emission quotas, talent housing, educational enrollment, and other resource factors, as well as in government awards, honors, and applications for pilot demonstration projects.
III. Harness Major Projects to Drive Growth and Create Engines for High-Quality Development
10. Innovate the full-chain service mechanism for industrial projects. Establish a comprehensive, full-ecosystem service system covering the entire industrial project lifecycle: “negotiation—signing—landing—construction—commissioning—full-scale production.” For industrial projects under negotiation with an investment of 3 billion yuan or more, municipal leaders will take the lead in coordinating and facilitating their implementation.Implement the “construction begins upon land acquisition” policy and support the “land transfer with development plans” approach. By 2023, the proportion of “standard land” supplied for new industrial land use within the city’s four major strategic platforms and seven strategic emerging industrial bases will reach 30%. Implement the “commissioning upon completion” policy by comprehensively utilizing methods such as early interior finishing and equipment installation to accelerate the acceptance process for eligible industrial projects.Implement the “Early Production, Early Results” initiative by piloting a 2–3-year “service support period” following project completion to ensure smooth production ramp-up and achievement of operational targets.
11. Innovate mechanisms for capital increases and expansion of industrial projects. Improve the benefit review mechanism for capital increase and expansion projects; for projects requiring less than 50 mu of new land, towns, sub-districts, and industrial parks shall conduct economic benefit reviews and report to the city for record-filing; fundraising projects of listed companies shall be exempt from review and may proceed directly.Encourage enterprises to increase capital without acquiring new land or to expand capacity on existing sites. For projects that genuinely require new land but cannot be accommodated within the original town, subdistrict, or industrial park, solutions will be coordinated at the municipal level. Comprehensive support for enterprise capital increases and expansion will be provided through measures such as loan interest subsidies and post-project grants, with a maximum subsidy of 10 million yuan per project.
12. Innovate the investment leverage mechanism for industrial projects. Guide manufacturing enterprises to expand investment in technological upgrades; for individual projects, provide a subsidy of up to 10 million yuan, not exceeding 10% of the cost of new equipment purchases. Encourage foreign-invested enterprises to increase investment through profit reinvestment and other means, offering a reward of up to 100 million yuan per enterprise.Innovate fiscal support methods for industrial projects, breaking away from the traditional departmental allocation model of fiscal budget funds. Focus on key areas such as investment promotion, technological innovation, advanced manufacturing, and financing leverage to enhance the multiplier effect of fiscal funds.
IV. Empowering the Industrial Ecosystem Through Large Enterprises and Optimizing the Development Ladder of Manufacturing Enterprises
13. Support “chain-leading” enterprises in steering development.Implement a “chain leader” system for key industrial chains, selecting 2–3 “chain leader” enterprises per chain to receive priority support. Center efforts on building, supplementing, and strengthening industrial chains around these “chain leader” enterprises, and precisely attract “gap-filling” enterprises and “supplementary” projects. Establish a financing matching mechanism involving “chain leader enterprises + partner banks + clusters of small, medium, and micro enterprises,” promote the “whole-chain credit facility” model, and encourage “chain leader” enterprises to provide credit enhancement for upstream and downstream enterprises.Support “chain-leading” enterprises in participating in the development and construction of new industrial land (M0) and “industrial-to-M1 conversion” projects, and allow them to subdivide and transfer industrial space to upstream and downstream enterprises. Support “chain-leading” enterprises in taking the lead to form technology innovation consortia, with government-enterprise collaboration to jointly accelerate breakthroughs in a batch of key common industrial technologies.
14. Support the growth and expansion of leading manufacturing enterprises. Support enterprises in accelerating their use of capital markets, and collaborate with stock exchanges and corporate listing intermediary service providers to optimize the corporate listing service mechanism. By 2023, aim to add at least 10 new domestic and overseas listed companies and companies that have passed the listing review, achieving a total market capitalization of listed companies exceeding 500 billion yuan.Improve the “national-provincial-municipal” tiered cultivation system for “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” enterprises. Support these enterprises in jointly applying for industrial land. By the end of 2023, the city will have no fewer than 130 national-level “Little Giant” enterprises and no fewer than 2,000 provincial-level “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” enterprises, with a cumulative total of more than 50 manufacturing single-champions at all levels.Guide high-tech enterprises and enterprises in the cultivation pool to strengthen intellectual property management and foster high-value patents. By the end of 2023, the city will have no fewer than 9,500 high-tech enterprises, and the "Gazelle Enterprise" cultivation pool will reach 400 enterprises.
15. Support manufacturing enterprises in transitioning from individual businesses to corporate entities, splitting into subsidiaries, and upgrading from small-scale to large-scale enterprises. Each town, subdistrict, and industrial park shall establish a dedicated task force to provide “one-stop” services for registration changes to eligible high-quality market entities. By 2023, the city will complete the transition of no fewer than 1,500 individual businesses to corporate entities and the splitting of enterprises into subsidiaries.Establish a dynamic cultivation pool for enterprises upgrading to meet scale criteria. In 2023, facilitate the inclusion of more than 1,500 industrial enterprises into the scale-meeting pool, and provide a reward of up to 100,000 yuan to newly qualified industrial enterprises. Improve the early warning mechanism for the removal of scale-meeting industrial enterprises from the pool and strengthen relief and support for enterprises at risk of being removed.
16. Support manufacturing enterprises in securing orders and expanding markets. In 2023, organize enterprises to participate in no fewer than 150 domestic and international exhibitions—such as “Guangdong Trade National” and “Guangdong Trade Global”—as well as trade promotion activities for shifting export products to the domestic market. Provide subsidies of up to 500,000 yuan to industrial enterprises above designated size for hosting new product launches, promotional events, order fairs, and dealer conferences.Optimize customs clearance procedures for manufacturing enterprises’ imports and exports. Fully implement the “factory-port linkage” and “yard-port integration” reforms to improve overall customs clearance efficiency. Strengthen foreign exchange risk hedging services; establish a public margin pool to reduce the burden on enterprises’ capital or credit lines; and provide a subsidy of up to 50,000 yuan per enterprise for the first foreign exchange option transaction.
17. Assist manufacturing enterprises in stabilizing production and reducing costs. Strengthen labor force support for manufacturing enterprises and promptly assign dedicated personnel to assist enterprises facing labor shortages. Develop a citywide directory of priority electricity users to ensure the reliable power supply for key enterprises.Market entities leasing state-owned properties in our city will be granted a three-month rent reduction. We will guide collective and private property owners to allow tenants to defer rent payments for three months without incurring late fees. We will establish a special fund for financing risk compensation for small, medium, and micro enterprises, and guide banking institutions to provide supply chain financing support—such as financing against purchase orders, warehouse receipts, and accounts receivable—to these enterprises. We aim to ensure that the city’s manufacturing loan portfolio exceeds 330 billion yuan in 2023.
V. Cultivating Comparative Advantages Through a Strong Macro-Environment to Create a First-Class Development Environment in the Bay Area
18. Implement the “Top Leader” Initiative for Prioritizing Manufacturing. The city’s top Party and government leaders will serve as co-chairs of the Leading Group for Building a Strong Manufacturing City, coordinating the advancement of key tasks to uphold manufacturing as the city’s priority. Annual hard targets will be set for key resources allocated to manufacturing, including capital, land, energy, and financial support. The entire city will strive to become a National Pilot Zone for High-Quality Manufacturing Development, and towns, sub-districts, and industrial parks are encouraged to formulate new supportive policies for high-quality manufacturing development based on higher-level policies.
19. Build a business environment integrated with Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Formulate regulations to optimize the business environment and launch a major campaign to improve it, comprehensively benchmarking against the advanced practices of Guangzhou and Shenzhen in areas such as approval procedures, administrative processes, and service efficiency. Establish three flagship initiatives—the “Mayor’s Direct Line for Enterprises,” “Qi-Wan-Jia,” and the 12345 Government Service Hotline—and build a city-town coordinated “Wan-Jia” agency service system to provide enterprises with precise and efficient services.Promote “one-stop online” and “one-window” processing for business-friendly policies, and gradually expand the coverage of “automatic eligibility without application.” Optimize regulations on the non-funding of enterprise-related fiscal funds, simplify fund review procedures, and improve disbursement efficiency. Establish and improve a citywide “single network” for public resource transactions to create an open, transparent, and efficient trading environment.
20. Expand the supply of high-quality public services for industrial talent. Implement a new round of the “Ten-Hundred-Thousand-Million” Talent Project to increase the number of talent with bachelor’s degrees or higher by 1 million over the next 3–4 years, with the total number of skilled workers in the city exceeding 1.5 million by the end of 2025.In 2023, we will secure 30,000 units of affordable rental housing, provide 3,000 units of shared-ownership housing, and coordinate more than 10,000 school places to specifically address the housing and school enrollment needs of industrial talent. We will accelerate the construction of the National Institute of Excellence for Engineers and establish more than 50 new Master Craftsman Studios in 2023. We will implement the “Light Up” Science Popularization Education Initiative, deepen vocational education reform, and promote a collaborative talent cultivation model linking secondary and higher vocational schools with enterprises.
