In order to build an artificial intelligence pioneer city, Shenzhen has introduced a series of major measures, covering financial support, resource opening, talent training and other aspects. The policy aims to promote the vigorous development of the artificial intelligence industry in Shenzhen and encourage enterprises and scientific research institutions to actively participate in innovation and application in the field of artificial intelligence through a series of subsidies and incentive measures. Specific measures include: investing large sums of money in basic research and technical research, providing "training vouchers", "corpus vouchers", "model vouchers", etc. to reduce R&D and application costs, and providing high funding for demonstration application projects and benchmark application projects. , and reward excellent artificial intelligence products and software.
Recently, the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology officially issued "Several Measures for Shenzhen to Build an Artificial Intelligence Pioneer City", aiming to promote the application and development of the artificial intelligence industry. Invest up to 300 million yuan every year to carry out basic research and technical research focusing on cutting-edge directions such as mathematical principles, infrastructure, and core algorithms of artificial intelligence and key areas such as embodied intelligence, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence chips.
Among them, for demonstration application projects with promotion value, Shenzhen City will provide no more than 30% funding based on the actual investment of the project construction subject, up to a maximum of 2 million yuan. For benchmark application projects that have obvious leading effects, the funding standards will also be increased accordingly, up to a maximum of 10 million yuan.
In order to reduce the cost of research and development and training of artificial intelligence models, Shenzhen will also issue "training coupons", which can reach up to 500 million yuan per year. Relevant enterprises, universities and scientific research institutions can obtain no more than 50% of the funding based on the service contract amount when renting intelligent computing power for large model training, while for start-ups, this proportion will increase to 60%. In addition, the city government will also issue “corpus coupons” to promote the open sharing and trading of corpus.
Shenzhen also plans to issue “model coupons” of up to 100 million yuan each year to reduce the application cost of artificial intelligence models. At the same time, the municipal government encourages companies to develop intelligent hardware products and provides rewards of up to 3 million yuan to annual hot-selling products whose sales volume reaches a certain scale. For artificial intelligence software that achieves commercial application for the first time, developers can receive up to 10 million yuan in funding.
In terms of basic research and technical research, Shenzhen will invest up to 300 million yuan per year to support research in cutting-edge directions such as the mathematical principles, infrastructure and core algorithms of artificial intelligence. The municipal government encourages universities, research institutes and enterprises to build key artificial intelligence laboratories, providing funding of up to 5 million yuan to promote source innovation of large models.
Several measures for Shenzhen to build an artificial intelligence pioneer city
In order to thoroughly implement the country's strategic deployment of developing a new generation of artificial intelligence, implement the spirit of the "Implementation Opinions of the People's Government of Guangdong Province on Accelerating the Construction of a Leading Place for Innovation in the General Artificial Intelligence Industry" (Guangdong Government [2023] No. 90) and other documents, and actively build the country This measure is formulated as a new generation artificial intelligence innovation and development pilot zone and a national artificial intelligence innovation and application pilot zone to create an artificial intelligence pioneer city.
1. Enrich the supply of ecological elements
(1) Increase the supply of inclusive service resources. Accelerate the construction of advanced computing infrastructure such as Pengcheng Cloud Brain, and encourage major computing infrastructure in the city to provide computing services at preferential prices. Relying on major project resources, we support enterprises in innovative ways to use artificial intelligence service resources such as computing power, models, and corpora at low costs. (Responsible units: Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)
(2) Issue “training coupons”. Each year, up to 500 million yuan of "training vouchers" will be issued to reduce the cost of artificial intelligence model development and training. Enterprises, universities and scientific research institutions that rent intelligent computing power to carry out large-scale model training will be provided with a maximum of 10 million yuan in subsidies, which will not exceed 50% of the service contract amount, and the funding ratio will be increased to 60% for start-ups. (Responsible unit: Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Bureau)
(3) Issuance of “text coupons”. Issue "corpus coupons" of up to 50 million yuan every year to promote the open sharing and trading of corpus and promote the construction of a data element market. For enterprises that purchase corpus from non-related parties through data trading platforms for large-scale model development and application, a maximum subsidy of 2 million yuan will be provided, not exceeding 30% of the contract amount. Support enterprises to open corpora through public data open platforms. For open corpora that meet the requirements of scale, quality, update frequency and application effectiveness, each data source unit will be given a reward of up to 1 million yuan based on the annual sharing and use of the corpora. (Responsible unit: Municipal Affairs and Data Bureau)
2. Deepen the empowerment of artificial intelligence in various industries
(4) Issue “model coupons”. "Model coupons" of up to 100 million yuan are issued every year to reduce the cost of artificial intelligence model application. For enterprises that rely on generative artificial intelligence models registered with the Cyberspace Administration of China to carry out model services, intelligent agent development and application, etc., and reach a certain scale and have good results, they can be given up to 2 million yuan at a rate of no more than 30% of the model purchase cost. funding. (Responsible unit: Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)
(5) Support the application of artificial intelligence industry. Invest up to 100 million yuan every year to promote artificial intelligence to empower thousands of industries around key areas such as advanced manufacturing, modern service industries, and scientific research. For demonstration application projects with promotion value, a maximum subsidy of 2 million yuan will be provided, which shall not exceed 30% of the actual investment of the project construction entity; for benchmark application projects with a leading role, the subsidy standard can be increased, and a maximum subsidy of 10 million yuan can be provided. (Responsible unit: Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)
(6) Accelerate the opening up of government application scenarios. Invest up to 50 million yuan each year to promote the opening of scenarios such as urban governance and public services, and support the development of artificial intelligence applications based on open scenarios. Focusing on key areas such as government services, education, medical health, transportation, meteorology, economic operations, public security, and ecological environmental protection, no less than 50 application scenarios will be opened every year, industry resources and high-quality data will be integrated, and enterprises will be encouraged to carry out artificial intelligence based on scenario needs. Intelligent product development creates solutions that can be replicated and promoted. For artificial intelligence products that have been proven to be feasible and put into use in actual scenarios, the development company will be given a maximum of 5 million yuan in subsidies based on application promotion and other circumstances. (Responsible unit: Municipal Affairs and Data Bureau)
(7) Support the application of artificial intelligence products. Support the research and development and promotion of intelligent hardware products applying large model technology such as AI computers, AI mobile phones, intelligent wearable devices, AI virtual reality equipment, whole-house intelligent products, embodied intelligent robots, etc. For annual hot-selling products whose sales volume reaches a certain scale, companies will be given a reward of up to 3 million yuan. (Responsible unit: Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)
(8) Support the first version application of artificial intelligence software. Encourage the development, application, and promotion of artificial intelligence software, promote the large-scale application of artificial intelligence software, and create productivity tools. For artificial intelligence software that has independent intellectual property rights, advanced technology and has achieved commercial application for the first time, software developers will be given a subsidy of up to 10 million yuan. (Responsible unit: Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)
3. Enhance source innovation capabilities
(9) Increase support for basic research and technical research. Invest up to 300 million yuan every year to carry out basic research and technical research focusing on cutting-edge directions such as mathematical principles, infrastructure, and core algorithms of artificial intelligence and key areas such as embodied intelligence, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence chips. Funding of up to 10 million yuan, 3 million yuan, and 600,000 yuan will be provided for major basic research projects, key projects, and general projects respectively. For major science and technology projects and artificial intelligence "unveiling and leading" projects, a maximum of 30 million yuan will be provided, based on no more than 50% of the project investment. (Responsible units: Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Municipal Development and Reform Commission)
(10) Accelerate the cultivation of domestic artificial intelligence ecosystem. Support the construction of a domestic artificial intelligence ecological source innovation center, provide model application migration and adaptation services to enterprises based on domestic artificial intelligence root technology and tool chains, and cultivate a full-stack independent and controllable artificial intelligence ecosystem. For the part of the costs incurred by qualified innovation centers in implementing model application migration and adaptation services for enterprises, the city and district will jointly provide no more than 50% of the cost, and a maximum of 3 million yuan for a single enterprise. (Responsible unit: Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, relevant district governments)
(11) Encourage the open source of artificial intelligence software. Support enterprises and related institutions to open source artificial intelligence computing platforms, programming models and integrated development tools to form a leading open source artificial intelligence foundation. It supports the construction of third-party operator libraries, pre-trained models, model agents and other open source software, and can reward open source entities with up to 1 million yuan based on download volume, performance, industry influence, etc. (Responsible unit: Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)
(12) Build a public technical service platform. Support the construction of public technical service platforms such as open innovation platforms, open source communities, evaluation adaptation centers, and innovation centers for the field of artificial intelligence, configure upstream and downstream resources in the industry chain such as general model libraries, and openly share them. For qualified new platforms, a maximum subsidy of 20 million yuan will be provided, which shall not exceed 50% of the total approved project investment; for qualified existing platforms, a maximum subsidy of 500 yuan shall be provided, which shall not exceed 30% of its approved operating expenses in the previous year. Thousands of yuan in funding. Those who successfully apply for the National Industrial Innovation Center will be provided with up to 1:1 supporting support in accordance with relevant requirements. (Responsible units: Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Municipal Development and Reform Commission)
(13) Build a key laboratory of artificial intelligence. Encourage universities, scientific research institutes and enterprises to build key laboratories in the field of artificial intelligence, and promote joint research and development of source innovation and application scenarios of large artificial intelligence models. A maximum of RMB 5 million in funding will be provided to approved municipal key laboratories. For established municipal key laboratories, a periodic evaluation will be carried out every three years. If the evaluation results are good or excellent, a reward of up to 3 million yuan will be given. (Responsible unit: Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Bureau)
4. Optimize the industrial development environment
(14) Promote the development of industrial agglomeration. Rely on key areas to build "zero rent" incubators, and provide rent-free discounts ranging from 6 months to 3 years to qualified artificial intelligence small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups, and provide computing power, models, corpus, capital, talents, etc. Innovative resource services. Promote the construction of famous software parks in the direction of artificial intelligence, gather upstream and downstream enterprises in the artificial intelligence industry chain, and award park operators 2 million yuan to recognized parks, and 500,000 yuan to parks rated as outstanding in assessments. (Responsible units: Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Qianhai Administration Bureau, governments of all districts (New District, Shenzhen-Shantou Special Cooperation Zone Management Committee))
(15) Support artificial intelligence innovation and entrepreneurship. Encourage high-level talent teams at home and abroad to come to Shenzhen to innovate and start businesses, and provide financial support to core teams that have been assessed as having significant technical capabilities. For top talents in the field of artificial intelligence, a package of "policy package" support including career platform, scientific research funding, team support and life security will be provided. Support artificial intelligence talents studying abroad to start their own businesses in Shenzhen, and provide one-time start-up subsidies of 1 million yuan, 500,000 yuan, or 300,000 yuan to the best companies that have been registered within 6-48 months. (Responsible units: Municipal Talent Work Bureau, Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, Municipal Human Resources Security Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)
(16) Strengthen the training of artificial intelligence talents. Empower the cross-integration of disciplines with artificial intelligence, support the construction of world-class artificial intelligence superior disciplines with Chinese characteristics, and provide support in discipline construction funds. Cultivate a team of high-quality artificial intelligence teachers and give priority to supporting the recruitment of talents for special artificial intelligence positions in colleges and universities. Implement the "Industry Large Model + Industry, University and Research" Shenzhen-Hong Kong joint training program to focus on cultivating artificial intelligence engineers and product managers. Support enterprises to take the lead in building artificial intelligence talent training bases, and schools and enterprises to jointly cultivate high-quality talents. (Responsible units: Municipal Education Bureau, Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, Municipal Human Resources and Security Bureau)
(17) Expand diversified investment and financing services. Establish an artificial intelligence industry fund, gather diversified capital to build a tens-billion-dollar artificial intelligence fund investment ecology, adhere to "invest early, invest in small, long-term, and invest in hard technology", explore support mechanisms such as investment and subsidy linkage, investment and loan linkage, and create a platform to accompany the growth of enterprises of patient capital. Qualified artificial intelligence companies will be provided with support such as loan interest discounts, guarantee fee subsidies, technology insurance subsidies, and intellectual property financing interest discounts to reduce corporate financing costs. Financial institutions are encouraged to provide low-interest loans to artificial intelligence companies. (Responsible units: Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, Municipal Local Financial Administration Bureau, all district (New District, Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone Management Committee) governments)
(18) Create a high-end platform for industrial exchanges. Focus on the high-quality development of artificial intelligence and create industry exchanges and competitions with international influence. For eligible activities, a maximum subsidy of 3 million yuan will be provided, which shall not exceed 50% of the total approved project investment. (Responsible unit: Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)
5. Supplementary Provisions
This measure and other similar preferential measures at the municipal level in our city cannot be enjoyed repeatedly, and the relevant subsidy amount is controlled by the annual total. For projects that have received national or provincial financial support, the cumulative amount of financial support at all levels in our city for the same project shall not exceed the audited investment amount of the project. Each responsible unit should formulate and issue implementation details or operating procedures in a timely manner to clarify the specific implementation scope and procedures of the reward and subsidy clauses involved in this measure. If relevant national, provincial, and municipal policies and regulations are adjusted during the implementation period, this measure may be adjusted accordingly. This measure will come into effect on December 18, 2024 and will be valid for 2 years.
Highlight:
Funding of up to 100 million yuan per year supports the application of artificial intelligence industry, and demonstration projects can receive up to 2 million yuan in funding.
Shenzhen issues “training vouchers”, “corpus vouchers” and “model vouchers” to reduce the cost of artificial intelligence research and development and application.
Support the construction of key artificial intelligence laboratories and "zero-rent" incubators, optimize the industrial development environment, and attract high-level talents.
All in all, these measures introduced by Shenzhen will provide strong support for the development of the artificial intelligence industry and help Shenzhen become a leading city in the field of artificial intelligence in the world. The implementation of the policy will attract more talents and enterprises to participate, promote the technological innovation and industrialization process of artificial intelligence, and ultimately achieve Shenzhen's overall leadership in the field of artificial intelligence.