At the Meeting of Key Leaders of Three Provinces and One Municipality in the Yangtze River Delta on June 1, 2018, SIG initiated Yangtze River Delta Collaborative Advantageous Industry Fund in association with leading enterprises in three provinces and one municipality, and the two sides signed the cooperation intent on fund cooperation in the presence of leaders. On the eve of the meeting this year, regarding the issue of fund setup and operation drawing wide attention from all walks of life, Yu Beihua, Chairman of SIG answered relevant questions from the Xinhua News Agency and CCTV on the afternoon of May 17.
The setup of the fund shows the power of capital integration in the Yangtze River Delta; the fund promotes industry integration through capital integration to build globally competitive advantageous industries
After the cooperation intent on fund cooperation was signed on June 1, 2018, as the fund sponsor, SIG has promoted cooperation through communication, facilitated the cooperation among state-owned enterprises, financial institutions and social capital in serving the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, completed the first-round closure of a fund of 7.7 billion yuan on December 29, 2018, and took the lead in opening up an innovation path for the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta in capital cooperation.
The capital integration and marketization of the Yangtze River Delta will push for the formation of future-orientated global advantageous industries and world-class enterprise clusters in the Yangtze River Delta, promote the integrated and collaborative development of metropolitan areas, industries and enterprises in the region, drive the development of the Yangtze Economic Belt and East China, and create regional clusters for high-quality development.
With focus on "integration" and "high quality", the fund supports enterprise innovation through marketization, and features the integration and high-quality development of industries
Fund marketization. Based on the professional team of Shanghai Growth FOF Fund Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd., with "FOF + sub-fund" as the operation model, the fund has given full play to FOF's function of capital amplification and capability of element integration, and deployed in innovative industries driven by AI, IoT and biotechnology. Through assets allocation and resources collaboration of hard technology sub-funds, industry chain sub-funds and independent innovation projects, the fund will leverage a first-tranche social capital of over 50 billion yuan and continuously inject innovation power for the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.
Industry integration. The fund will coordinate the industrial development of the Yangtze River Delta, give full play to the leading role of Shanghai in the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, the radiating effect of Shanghai as a technology innovation center and the factor market function of Shanghai as a financial center, further expand the spatial layout of the industry chain, optimize the spatial layout of resources space and promote the collaborative innovation of regions through trans-regional industry chain cooperation. With the constant catalysis of collaborative collaboration, advantageous industries in the Yangtze River Delta will be extended constantly and effectively, new enterprises on the industry chain will emerge constantly and advantageous enterprises will grow rapidly, thus creating a globally competitive advantageous industry cluster in the Yangtze River Delta.
High-quality development of projects. With the fund as the operation carrier, we will effectively allocate, pool and coordinate high-end talents, advanced technologies, innovative products and other innovation elements in the Yangtze River Delta, foster new power through innovation, cultivate more world leading enterprises among Fortune Global 500 and in industrial segments, and speed up the formation of a globally influential advantageous industry cluster in the Yangtze River Delta with key independent core technologies. Among the projects covered by the fund, many have been listed on the Science & Technology Innovation Board or are applying for listing, such as Suzhou-based BrightGene and Wuhu-based Effort. The fund will endlessly transfer innovation-driven projects in the Yangtze River Delta to the board.
The fund has over 30 professional sub-funds meeting launch conditions. The first investment decision making meeting of the fund took place on May 5, marking the steady launch of the fund. At the next stage, the fund will work with renowned domestic core AI, CRO and robot enterprises to build advantageous industry funds, promote the fast agglomeration of industry ecology in the Yangtze River Delta, and extend to the whole country and world.