At present, Zhongkechuangxing and its angel investment institutions have successfully hatched more than 230 high-tech companies, many of which have achieved good growth and efficiency.
Turn scientific research into a moat
In 2012, one day, Mi Lei’s daughter was sick and drowned. The nurse could not find any blood vessels for a long time. She even failed to complete 4 needles. She witnessed the suffering of her daughter. He was very distressed. The researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was also a Ph.D. Mi Lei immediately produced the idea that optical technology could be used to solve the problem of 'difficult needles'.
After about eight months of research and development, Mi Lei and Zhonghe Microlight, a hatchery company in the company, jointly developed a needle-stick artifact - a blood vessel imager. This product can identify the position and depth of blood vessels at the same time. Underneath the vascular imager, when the switch is turned on, the blood vessels can be seen clearly. This effectively solves the difficulty of needle sticking for special groups such as the elderly and children.
In Mi Lei's eyes, many technological means have matured. The key is how to assemble it into a commodity, so that scientific research results can no longer be shelved and can be used by humans. This time he found a partner of “same cooperation”, a professional technical team, and Perfect business model. At present, the vascular imager has been purchased by more than 200 hospitals and has signed agents in many regions abroad. It has tens of millions of annual profits. Now, this product is applied to major hospitals in China and far away. Sales in South America, the Middle East and other overseas markets.
Originally intended to solve the problem of their children's injection problems, after the industrialization of scientific research technology in the laboratory, it finally brought a huge change to the entire medical industry. This matter gave Mi Lei a great inspiration: If the research institute More technologies can be applied to people's lives. The future will surely solve more pain points in human life and create more social benefits.
Based on this, Mi Lei has strengthened his confidence in the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements. He realized that if researchers want to start a business successfully, they must use their own advantages to establish a unique business model for the company. For R&D personnel, it is long. 3. The research results of the year of research are the best moats and barriers for entrepreneurship.
Incubation technology company
In 2013, Xiguang Institute initiated the establishment of Zhongke Chuangxing Technology Enterprise Incubator with the joint venture of social capital. The following year was identified by the Ministry of Science and Technology as 'National Technology Enterprise Incubator'. Mi Lei served as the founding partner. Through talents, technology, With the deep integration of capital and services, Zhongke Chuangxing has explored a successful road to the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, and formed a scientific and technological innovation ecological rain forest integrating research institutions + angel funds + incubators + entrepreneurship training. Technology' entrepreneurs provide a one-stop full-service startup incubation service.
At present, Xi’an has more than 590 scientific research institutes and 64 colleges and universities. There are nearly 500,000 professional scientific and technical personnel, and the number of researchers is the highest in the country. Many international companies’ research and development departments are also located in Xi’an. However, due to the Xi’an market, Insufficient economic climate, the most common problem is the low conversion rate of industrialization of scientific research products. Many products exist only in laboratories and cannot be put into mass production on the market. The accumulated productivity of scientific research institutes over the years has not been liberated. This is also the whole of Xi’an. The difficulty of 'chasing beyond'.
It was in this situation that Mi Lei, the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Xi'an Opto-mechanics Institute’s “Zhongkechuangxing” team came into being. The initial stage of the venture was a difficult one. The collision of scientific research thinking and industrialization thinking made Mi Lei aware of the breakthrough. Difficulties, the evaluation system in the laboratory is not suitable for industrialization. When Zhongke Chuangxing started its own business, one team that was favored by investors had always been at the forefront of research and development, but in the process of mass production, However, they encountered problems in which quality cannot be controlled and large-scale production costs are too high. The team has been plagued with problems. Until the team changes its thinking, R&D results are closer to the market demand, gradually transformed into user thinking, and the industrialization road began to take the fast track. .
On February 15, 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a special trip to the Xi'an Opto-Electronics Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Xi'an High-tech Zone. This was the top national leader who visited the Guangji Institute for the first time in 50 years. Mi Lei served as an escort. He introduced several hard technology products hatched by Zhong Ke Chuang Xing to the general secretary, including the blood vessel imager he personally participated in the research and development. At the scene of the investigation, General Secretary Xi also put his hands under the vascular imager with great interest to experience it. After the visit, the secretary said: 'After reading Xi'an Optics & Mechanics' Institute, I repeatedly stressed that there is a basis for innovation-driven development.'
In order to solve the problem of Chinese companies lacking 'core', Zhongke Chuangxing united with Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics, local governments, universities, institutions and enterprises to initiate the establishment of China's first optoelectronic integrated professional space - Shaanxi Optoelectronics IC The Pilot Research Institute is committed to achieving close integration of technology, market, capital, and industry, and one-stop solution to the challenges of optoelectronic integrated chip startups. As of now, Shaanxi Lead Institute has accumulated investment in incubation of more than 30 domestic and foreign high-end chip startups. The team has 23 enterprises and more than 300 reserve projects. It has successfully broken through a series of core key technologies and developed a group of products with completely independent intellectual property rights.
'The rise of science and technology is national prosperity, and the strong science and technology are strong in the country. ' Zhongkechuangxing uses the research advantages of the Institute of Optics and Opticals to focus on the two major investment priorities of 'photovoltaic industry' and 'military-military integration', taking a 'small-scale start' and making side-shots. The principle of ', has already hatched more than 230 hard technology companies.
Hard technology
Translate into economic drivers
Mi Lei was the proponent of the concept of hard technology. At the time, he was working on transformation of scientific and technological achievements in Xi'an Opto-Electronics Institute. In the daily practice of transforming achievements, he realized that 'China will have to move toward innovation after the disappearance of the demographic dividend. It is necessary to release the productivity of scientific research. In addition, he is also thinking about how to create a new idea, a new idea to give the general public a universal guide to this transformation. In this case, he proposes The concept of "hard technology" is expected to awaken the concern of the broad masses of society to science and technology through this concept, so that everyone can realize that science and technology can truly promote the progress and change of the entire human race and will play a crucial role in the future development of China.
Mi Lei said that hard technology is 'a sophisticated technology represented by artificial intelligence, genetic technology, aerospace, brain science, photonic chips, and new materials'. These technologies are different from the virtual world made up of innovative Internet models. The physical world made up of scientific and technological innovations is an original technology that requires long-term R&D investment and can only be accumulated through continuous accumulation. It has extremely high technical thresholds and technical barriers, and it is difficult to be copied and imitated. It is a revolution that has far-reaching and extensive impact on the human economy and society. Sexual technology is the driving force and source of world progress.
Today, the concept of 'hard technology' has been widely recognized by the venture capital circle and the whole society. At present, the investment incubation model of Zhongke Chuangxing has become the benchmark of the industry. The world's first 'hard technology town' has also been built. Capping. In 2017, Zhongkechuangxing won the honor of CCTV “Science and Technology Ceremony” annual science and technology innovation team. In the same year, Zhongke Chuangxing planned and held the first 'Global Hard Technology Innovation Conference', which helped Xi’an become a global hard technology company. All' .
China’s research investment is 1.4 trillion yuan each year, ranking second in the world. In another 10 years, this investment will reach the top in the world, but the gap with the developed countries lies in the conversion rate. Mi Lei pointed out, 'At present, developed countries’ technology The industrialization rate of achievements is 25%, and we only have 5%. The number of our researchers has actually become the world's first, so we can only increase the conversion rate of scientific and technological achievements to exceed the United States.
'There is still a long way to go for the transformation of scientific research achievements.' Mi Lei said that many domestic research institutes and universities, a large number of scientific researchers are also tightly bound in the laboratory, 'research' to 'market' still exists It's a long way to go.
Mi Lei said that he hopes that these efforts and explorations by Zhongke Chuangxing can transform the entire nation’s scientific research system, promote the entire national economy, and play a role in promoting science and technology as a powerful country. At the same time, he also called for more. Social capital and successful social experience. Management experience is used to help scientists start their own business. This is a win-win for society and individuals.