Jiading tops in Shanghai with 32 ‘smart manufacturing space’ projects

Haoyuan Smart Manufacturing Industrial Park — Photos by Li Huacheng 

Shanghai Xinggu International Health Industry Park

Li Huacheng and Hu Min

Jiading is speeding upthe construction of a batch of high-level sci-tech innovation and smart manufacturing carriers, promoting the deep integration of technological and industrial innovation with “smart manufactur-ing spaces,” according to the district’s economic commission.

Based on the results of the first three rounds of “smart manufacturing space” evalu-ation, Jiading has so far had 32 ventures recognized as high-quality projects, ranking among the top in Shanghai.

The projects, including Shanghai Xinggu Interna-tional Health Industry Park in Malu Town, the Valeo New Driving Assistance System R&D and Production Base Project in Waigang Town, the Zhengfeng Valve Group Heating Energy-Saving Tech-nology R&D and Production Base Project in Anting Town, and the Fangzhide New Ma-terials R&D and Production Base Project for Special Opti-cal and Electrical Cables in Huating Town, receive a total reward fund of 150 million yuan (US$20.88 million).

In September 2023, Shanghai released sev-eral measures on turning industrial buildings into smart manufacturing spaces.

In order to adapt to the new forms of modern indus-tries, high-end, intelligent and green development should be made a priority, and industrial buildings for enterprises should be de-veloped with an orientation toward light production, low noise and environmental protection, according to the blueprint.

Jiading is continuously expanding the coverage and awareness of the policy, tak-ing the construction demand of enterprises as the priority, and supporting, guiding and coordinating with enterpris-es to further enhance the function of their buildings.

The district has strongly supported enterprises in efficiently utilizing land resources and fully imple-menting the plot ratio.

Not only has it provided “escort” services in project approval, admission and other processes, but has also actively guided enterprises to carry out technological transformation and indus-trial upgrading to optimize the industrial structure.

It has supported the de-velopment of emerging industries with high added value, low energy consump-tion and low pollution.

One of the 32 projects is Haoyuan Smart Manufactur-ing Industrial Park. With a total investment of 400 mil-lion yuan, it covers a building area of 82,810 square meters, consisting of one compre-hensive building and five factory buildings. It provides customized standard facto-ries for enterprises in the fields of intelligent connect-ed vehicles (ICVs), sensors and Internet of Things (IoT), medical devices and new on-line economy.

The industrial park is lo-cated at 155 Beihe Highway, Jiading Industrial Zone. Al-though it has not yet opened, online recruitment work has been launched in advance. The park is close to two large enterprises, Hesai and United Imaging.

From the perspective of Wang Jiajia, vice general manager of Haoyuan proper-ty, a place needs to introduce excellent enterprises and provide high-quality space and services to retain more outstanding enterprises.

“There are many leading enterprises in the Jiading In-dustrial Zone, and we should efficiently seize the spillover effects of these enterprises,” said Wang.

To this end, the park has focused on factory design since the beginning of its construction, providing tailor-made standard facto-ries for enterprises in the fields of ICVs, sensors and IoT, medical devices and new online economy.

Drawing on domestic in-dustrial highrise design experience, the park has fully considered space inten-sification and sustainability. The bottom floor height of the factories is a maximum 9.5 meters, with a single floor area of 4,000 square meters, which can meet the production needs of large equipment.

In addition, the park is equipped with canteen, busi-ness negotiation area, office area, supermarket and other facilities to maximize the coverage of the surround-ing areas.

“In terms of recruitment, we mainly focus on upstream and downstream enter-prises complementary to the integrated circuit, medi-cal device and automotive semiconductor industries to boost the construction of key industrial clusters in the Jiading Industrial Zone,” Wang said.

Construction of the park was completed at the end of May and it will commence operation in the second half of the year. “Currently, five enterprises have expressed their intention to move in. We hope this place will become a ‘fertile land’ for technologi-cal innovation, where more outstanding companies can thrive,” Wang said.