Several measures to foster the development of the integrated circuit industry in Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone were issued

Recently, the Management Committee of Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone issued the "Several Measures for Cultivating the Development of Integrated Circuit Industry in Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone" (hereinafter referred to as "Several Measures"), which provided strong support in social capital investment, enterprise R&D expenditure, and college student settlement subsidies.

The following are the specific contents of the measures:

Article 1 Provide necessary office and R&D space for integrated circuit design, manufacturing, packaging and testing enterprises, industrial promotion centers (ICC bases) and scientific research institutions registered in the experimental zone, with rent exemption for the first three years and 50% rent subsidy for the next two years. The rent subsidy (exemption) building area of ​​each enterprise or scientific research institution shall be within 1,000 square meters. Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Yangtze River Scholars, etc. who set up academician workstations, laboratories and build research production lines in the experimental zone shall be within 5,000 square meters. The subsidy is in the form of "pay first and then subsidize". Enterprises shall first pay the site rent according to the prescribed standards, and a one-time rent subsidy shall be given every quarter.

Article 2 Encourage social capital to invest in the integrated circuit industry. Relying on various funds such as the "Pingtan Industrial Development Guidance Fund", "Young Eagle Fund" and "Eagle Fund", direct investment, joint mergers and other forms of support for the rolling development of enterprises are given priority.

Article 3 Financial institutions are encouraged to give credit preference to integrated circuit enterprises. For integrated circuit enterprises that have already taken bank loans, a 50% subsidy will be given based on the benchmark LPR loan interest rate for the same period. Various credit guarantee institutions are supported to provide guarantees for financing of integrated circuit enterprises, and guarantee institutions that provide financing guarantees for integrated circuit enterprises will be uniformly compensated for risks at 2% of the guarantee amount.

Article 4 For newly built integrated circuit fixed asset investment projects, subsidies will be granted according to the equipment purchase amount (based on the tax-paid invoice, the same below). For fixed asset investment of less than RMB 5 million, subsidies will be granted at 5% of the equipment purchase amount; for fixed asset investment of more than RMB 5 million but less than RMB 20 million, subsidies will be granted at 3% of the equipment purchase amount; for fixed asset investment of more than RMB 20 million, subsidies will be granted at 2% of the equipment purchase amount. The maximum subsidy shall not exceed RMB 10 million.

Article 5 Annual R&D expenditure subsidy for integrated circuit enterprises. For the annual R&D expenditure of RMB 1 million (inclusive) or less, a subsidy of 15% of the annual R&D expenditure will be given; for R&D personnel reaching 20, a subsidy of 12% will be given for the annual R&D expenditure of RMB 1 million to RMB 3 million (inclusive); for R&D personnel reaching 30, a subsidy of 10% will be given for the annual R&D expenditure exceeding RMB 3 million. The annual reward amount for a single enterprise shall not exceed RMB 3 million. This item can be enjoyed in conjunction with various R&D funding subsidy policies formulated by the provincial government.

Article 6: For integrated circuit enterprises and scientific research institutions that settle in the experimental zone and purchase or transplant domestic EDA (automated design) tools, a subsidy of 80% of their actual purchase or transplant costs will be given, with a maximum of 3 million yuan; for enterprises that purchase IP (intellectual property module) to carry out high-end chip research and development, a subsidy of 50% of their actual purchase costs will be given, among which: for those using a process technology of 45nm or above, the annual maximum subsidy is 3 million yuan, and for those using a process technology of less than 45nm, the annual maximum subsidy is 6 million yuan.

Article 7 Supports research on integrated circuit design and application technology, and provides subsidies for the initial trial tape-out of new chip products developed by the company at the rate of 80% of the multi-project wafer (MPW) tape-out processing fee, 50% of the first round of full mask production fees, or 30% of the chip engineering wafer processing fee (including photolithography fees). The total annual subsidy for a single company is up to RMB 1 million, and the subsidy can be provided for up to three years.

Article 8 Support the collaborative development of the industrial chain. Encourage integrated circuit design enterprises in the zone to purchase manufacturing, packaging, testing, and EDA/IP technical services from integrated circuit enterprises in the zone (excluding affiliated enterprises), and provide subsidies to the purchasers of collaborative contracts at a rate of 5% of the manufacturing, packaging, testing, and EDA/IP technical service costs, with the total annual subsidy for a single enterprise not exceeding 1 million yuan. Financial institutions are encouraged to issue loans to high-quality sellers of collaborative contracts, and for the newly added loans (not exceeding the amount of the collaborative contract), the sellers of the collaborative contracts will be given a superimposed subsidy at 30% of the benchmark LPR loan interest rate for the same period.

Article 9: Subsidies for attracting college students to work and settle down in Lanzhou. For employees with a college degree or above who have signed employment contracts with integrated circuit enterprises in the same district and are engaged in R&D positions within three years of graduation, a settlement subsidy of RMB 30,000 per person for college graduates, RMB 40,000 per person for undergraduates, RMB 50,000 per person for master's students, and RMB 100,000 per person for doctoral students will be provided, which will be paid in three years. Employees of integrated circuit enterprises who meet the current talent policies of the experimental zone can apply for recognition as talents in accordance with the policies and enjoy talent benefits in addition to monetary policy benefits such as living allowances and settlement subsidies.

Article 10 Integrated circuit enterprises in the experimental zone are encouraged to recruit graduates from various universities to work in Lanzhou. Integrated circuit enterprises in the zone can enjoy wage subsidies based on the situation of their formal employees (medical and social security payment place is in the experimental zone, and the working time is 6 months or more). The wage subsidy standard is 70% of the pre-tax monthly salary paid by the integrated circuit enterprise to the employees, and the maximum monthly subsidy is 1,500 yuan per person for college degree, 2,500 yuan per person for bachelor degree, 3,500 yuan per person for master degree, and 4,500 yuan per person for doctoral degree. The maximum subsidy period for the same person is 3 years. Foreign employees who have signed employment contracts with integrated circuit enterprises in the experimental zone and work in the experimental zone for no less than 6 months each year (based on the time of entry and exit) can enjoy the same subsidy.

Article 11 Support integrated circuit enterprises (units) to jointly build microelectronics talent training bases with key domestic and foreign universities and research institutes in the experimental zone, carry out practical training or skills training in the fields of integrated circuit design, manufacturing, equipment, packaging and testing, etc., and provide training institutions settled in Pingtan and approved by relevant state ministries and commissions with a fixed-rate training support of 1,500 yuan per person per year. The total annual subsidy for a single enterprise shall not exceed 150,000 yuan, and the subsidy period shall be 3 years. For (integrated circuit) industrial enterprises that cooperate with research institutes and universities to establish education practice and training bases, if approved by the competent department of the district, they shall be given training subsidies, and the total annual subsidy for a single enterprise shall not exceed 100,000 yuan, and the subsidy period shall be 3 years.

Article 12 Supporting the large-scale development of enterprises. If the annual operating income of an integrated circuit enterprise reaches 20 million yuan for the first time, a reward of 200,000 yuan will be given; for the part of annual operating income exceeding 20 million yuan but not exceeding 100 million yuan, an additional reward of 100,000 yuan will be given for every 10 million yuan exceeding the limit; for the part of annual operating income exceeding 100 million yuan, an additional reward of 250,000 yuan will be given for every 50 million yuan exceeding the limit. A single enterprise will be rewarded once for each first step up, and the difference will be compensated for the promotion, with the maximum cumulative reward amount not exceeding 5 million yuan.