Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 In order to vigorously implement the innovation-driven development strategy, accelerate the improvement of the innovation ecosystem, and further deepen the integration of science and technology and financial innovation in Suzhou New District, and to promote the financial, capital and other types of innovative elements to science and technology-based enterprises and emerging industries to gather, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and promote the regional economy of high quality to take off, the formulation of the present measures.

Second Article The financial support for science and technology-based enterprises referred to in these measures refers to the financial subsidies given to optimize the access of science and technology-based enterprises and emerging industries to the support of social and financial resources for the purpose of playing a guiding role in the financial and scientific and technological funds.

Article 3 The financial subsidies for science and technology-based enterprises include subsidies for interest on science and technology loans, subsidies for science and technology insurance premiums, etc., which adopt the post-subsidized support mode, and implement the total amount of control and categorization of subsidies.

Article 4 The science and technology-based enterprises referred to in these measures refer to the enterprises registered, producing and operating and paying taxes in Suzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Park, with independent legal personality, good reputation, and no record of major violations in the past three years, and meeting one of the following conditions:

1. Science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises recognized by the National Science and Technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Evaluation System;

2. Private science and technology enterprises in Jiangsu Province recognized by the Private Science and Technology Enterprise Association of Jiangsu Province for the record;

3. National high-tech enterprises or high-tech cultivation enterprises at all levels;

4. Gazelle enterprises at or above the municipal level (including the municipal level);

5. Unicorns or unicorn cultivation enterprises at or above the municipal level (including the municipal level);

6. Leading talent enterprises that have received funding from the scientific and technological talent program at all levels;

7. Leading talent enterprises;

7. Science and technology enterprises recognized by science and technology departments at all levels.

Chapter 2: Interest Subsidy for Technology Loans

Article 5: Interest subsidy for technology loans refers to the interest subsidy for short-term working capital loans approved by banks or technology microfinance institutions registered in the Hi-Tech Zone, or participation in the district-level technology financial products recognized by the Suzhou Hi-Tech Zone.

(1) Scope of Support

Science and technology enterprises within the administrative area of Suzhou Hi-Tech New District that have obtained short-term working capital loans from financial institutions for scientific and technological innovation, product development, production and sales for not more than one year (including one year).

(2) Support mode

The credit loan products of financial institutions acquired by science and technology-based enterprises, in accordance with the enterprise's previous year's revenue and the type of credit products, according to the enterprise's previous year's actual interest payments (including guarantee fees) for the corresponding proportion of subsidies, the actual lending interest rate exceeds the base rate of the same period of time by the bank to the bank's base rate of the same period of time (LPR), the interest subsidy for a single enterprise credit products The interest subsidy for annual financing shall not exceed 500,000 yuan.

Enterprises using district-level science and technology financial credit products for loans:

1. For enterprises with sales of up to $30 million in the previous year, the maximum subsidy for interest is 50%;

2. For enterprises with sales of more than $30 million (inclusive) and less than $100 million in the previous year, the maximum subsidy for interest is 40%;

3. For enterprises with sales of more than $100 million in the previous year (inclusive), the maximum subsidized interest is 20%.

Enterprises using non-district-level science and technology financial credit products for loans:

1. For enterprises with last year's sales of up to 30 million (inclusive), the maximum subsidized interest rate is 40%;

2. For enterprises with last year's sales of more than 30 million (inclusive) and less than 100 million (inclusive), the maximum subsidized interest rate is 30%.

Chapter III Subsidies for Premiums of Science and Technology Insurance

Article 6 Subsidies for premiums of science and technology insurance refers to the subsidies for the insurance costs incurred by science and technology enterprises participating in science and technology insurance insurance policies, in order to guide the science and technology enterprises to diversify the risks of technological innovation activities for the enterprises through the insurance tools, and to promote the research and development of high and new-technology innovative products, transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and the development of the market.

(I) Scope of Support

Science and technology-based enterprises within the administrative area of Suzhou Hi-Tech New District that have taken out science and technology insurance policies determined by the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration and currently in force.

(2) Support Methods

Science and technology-based enterprises to obtain the science and technology insurance of the insurance agency, according to the declared enterprises in the previous year, the actual premiums paid for the final policy, in accordance with the types of insurance to give a maximum of 50% premium subsidies, a single enterprise science and technology insurance premium subsidies do not exceed 300,000 yuan.

Science and technology insurance subsidy rate:

*Referring to the specific types of insurance of the Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology Innovation (MOSTI), the Suzhou Branch of the State Supervision and Administration of Finance (SSAF), the State Administration of Finance (SAFE), the State Administration of Finance (SAS) and the State Administration of Finance (SAS). Supervision and Administration Bureau of Suzhou, the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau of Science and Technology Insurance Insurance Table.

Chapter IV Application and Management

Article 7 The application for loan interest subsidy and science and technology insurance premium subsidy in these measures will be carried out specifically according to the annual notification of district-level declaration. Reviewed and approved applications will be disbursed uniformly in accordance with the process of funds disbursement related regulations. The subsidy funds involved in these measures are implemented in accordance with the annual budget, which is borne by the district and the board in accordance with 1:1 respectively.

Article 8 Units receiving financial support shall be subject to the supervision, inspection and audit of the District Science and Innovation Bureau and the Finance Bureau at any time. If there is any falsehood, fraudulent subsidies and other behaviors, once verified, all subsidies will be recovered, and in serious cases, they will be held legally responsible.

Chapter V Supplementary Provisions

Article 9 These Measures shall be implemented for a period of five years from the date of issuance. The original document "Suzhou New District to further optimize the combination of science and technology and financial innovation implementation measures" (Suzhou High-tech Management [2020] No. 55), "Suzhou High-tech Zone Science and Technology Enterprises Science and Technology Loan Subsidy Implementation Rules" (Suzhou High-tech Office [2020] No. 99) and "Suzhou High-tech Zone Science and Technology Enterprises Science and Technology Insurance Premium Subsidies Implementation Rules" (Suzhou High-tech Office [2020] No. 102) are repealed.

Article 10 If there are other preferential policies of the same kind other than these Measures, they shall be applied in accordance with the principle of non-repeated enjoyment from the highest.

Article 11 These Measures shall be interpreted by the District Science and Innovation Bureau.