The Beijing Economic and Technological Development Area (BDA), also known as Yizhuang, has been promoting reform and innovation and optimizing the business environment, offering bespoke "butler" support to help companies in the BDA prosper.
The initiatives have helped solved practical problems for enterprises and set a benchmark for local governmental departments to further deepen reform through similar approaches.
Since the establishment of the "butler" service mechanism in 2021, government staff working for the BDA have been given more power to provide "one-on-one" solutions to companies that request assistance.
It has also set up funding streams for early-stage start-ups and small-sized firms which promise long-term stability, with many business owners saying the funding system has met their urgent needs for investment capital.
Enterprises in the BDA are receiving more and more investments, and their shareholder equity structures are being fine-tuned constantly.
"Since our business started operation here in Yizhuang last year, I feel like we started from scratch, and are growing up little by little after overcoming one challenge after another, all with the strong support and assistance from Yizhuang. We are now fully confident in our innovation and R and D work in future," said Xu Ningyi, founder and CEO of an autonomous driving computing platform company.
"We will earnestly study and implement the guiding principles of the third plenum of the 20th CPC Central Committee, take the development of the capital in the new era as the overarching principle, comprehensively deepen reform, and promote the integrated development of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation," said Yi Yuanjia, deputy head of the administrative committee of the BDA.
Beijing business zone’s "butler" services help firms prosper
Members of the Shenzhou-19 crew aboard China's Tiangong Space Station successfully completed their second series of extravehicular activities (EVAs) at 01:12 (Beijing Time) on Tuesday, after performing multiple tasks including the installation of space debris protection devices and an extravehicular inspection.
Astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze worked for over eight hours to complete the tasks, with Cai and Song undertaking spacewalk duties. They were assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth.
Song stepped out of Tiangong's Wentian lab module at 16:55 on Monday. Cai exited the module about two hours later to join Song on device installation tasks. Meanwhile, Wang stayed in the station's core module to provide support.
"The primary task is to install debris protection devices outside the module to safeguard its external cables from debris impact. Given the increasingly severe risk of space debris collisions in the orbital environment, we have carefully selected appropriate materials and made specialized designs. Additionally, the protection devices are designed to be easily and securely installed on the exterior of the space station, ensuring effective protection," said Li Zhihai, an aerospace engineer with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
During their previous extravehicular mission in December, the Shenzhou-19 crew primarily installed protective devices for the external pipelines and cables of the Tianhe core module. Their second spacewalk put a focus on strengthening the Wentian lab module.
"Since the operational area for this mission differs from the previous one, the entire path planning process for the robotic arm must take into account the specific conditions around the Wentian module. It is essential to avoid any interference or collisions with the module itself or its solar panels. This requires maintaining a safe distance, which necessitates optimization in the design phase on the ground, along with extensive testing and validation," Li said.
The crew has completed all tasks smoothly and the two astronauts conducting the EVAs have returned to the Wentian lab module safely.
"The astronauts showed exceptional efficiency and speed throughout the entire process, and all installations were done perfectly," Li said.
The Shenzhou-19 crew have completed nearly half of their space journey and are scheduled to carry out a significant number of in-orbit scientific experiments and technological tests, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Shenzhou-19 crew strengthens Tiangong station's debris protection in second spacewalk