Relevant entities,

The Measures is formulated in accordance with the spirit of the relevant documents of the State and Beijing Municipality and in combination with the actual conditions of Fengtai District to implement the innovation-driven development strategies, promote the mass entrepreneurship and innovation, accelerate the development of new entrepreneurship service platforms of crowd-making spaces, and create a good ecological environment for innovation and entrepreneurship. The Measures is issued for your implementation.

 Fengtai District Commission of Science and Technology of Beijing Municipality

July 7, 2016

Measures for the Identification of Crowd-making Spaces in Fengtai District (Trial)

Chapter 1 General Provisions

1. The Measures is formulated in accordance with the requirements of the Guiding Opinions on Developing Crowd-making Spaces and Promoting Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Guo Ban Fa [2015] No.9), the Opinions on Several Policy Measures for Vigorously Promoting Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Guo Fa [ 2015] No.32), the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Crowd-making Spaces to Serve the Transformation and Upgrade of Real Economy (Guo Ban Fa [2016] No.7), the Guidelines for the Development of Crowd-making Spaces (Guo Ke Fa Huo [2015] No.297), and the Implementing Opinions on Vigorously Promoting Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Jing Zheng Fa [2015] No.49), and in combination with the actual conditions of Fengtai District.

2. For the purpose of the Measures, crowd-making spaces refer to the low-cost, convenient, all-element, and open new entrepreneurial service platforms which are constructed through the market-oriented mechanism, specialized services and capitalization ways within our District, and closely combined with industry-university-research-application. The establishment of professional platforms in high-end industry fields such as new energy, new materials, and smart technologies is also encouraged to attract more scientific and technological personnel to devote in scientific and technological innovation and entrepreneurship, promote the efficient allocation and effective integration of innovative elements such as talents, technologies, and capital, push forward the in-depth integration of the industry chains and the innovation chains, and continuously improve the abilities and levels of serving innovation and entrepreneurship through collaboration with leading enterprises, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, scientific research institutes, institutions of higher learning, makers, etc.

Chapter 2 Identification and Procedures of Crowd-making Spaces

3. The Fengtai District Commission of Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”) is responsible for the identification of crowd-making spaces in Fengtai District, with identification results made public.

4. The crowd-making space shall meet the following conditions:

(I) The crowd-making space shall have clear development direction and distinct characteristics of scientific and technological innovation and entrepreneurship services. The operation and management institution industrial and commercial registration, tax registration, and operation entity are located in Fengtai District. The initiators and operators must have the capabilities of operational management and professional services, and own a professional team with innovative and entrepreneurial service capabilities;

(II) The crowd-making space shall have the venue that can be independently controlled with area of over 200 square meters (inclusive). If it is a leased venue, the lease term shall be 3 years or longer. Specifically, the area of public office and service venues shall not be less than 90% of the total area, and basic service facilities such as open and shared office venues, broadband access, and Internet resources shall be provided;

(III) The crowd-making space shall gather Angel investors and venture capital institutions provide financial support and financing services for entrepreneurs, and enable the entrepreneurs to continue their entrepreneurship through provision of loans, acquisition of start-up results, angel investments, etc.;

(IV) The crowd-making space shall establish the entrepreneurial mentor working mechanism and service system, gather a batch of entrepreneurial mentors and training institutions that are familiar with the industrial fields, develop the daily entrepreneurship training such as entrepreneurship salons and lectures, hold various entrepreneurship activities, provide the innovators and entrepreneurs with entrepreneurship counseling services that are more suitable for industrial characteristics, improve the professional quality and capabilities of innovators and entrepreneurs, and cultivate more innovative talents who adapt to economic transformation and upgrading;

(V) The crowd-making space shall establish the new market-oriented sustainable development business modes, provide the entrepreneurs with flexible, free or low-cost daily services by reducing costs through opening and sharing on basis of using the stock facilities, make profits through investment and high value-added professional services, and explore the sustainable development operation modes.

5. The operation entities of the crowd-making spaces shall file the written application with the Commission, fill in the crowd-making space declaration form, and provide the relevant attached materials.

6. Upon request, the Commission shall conduct the review of written materials and field investigation of the operation entities filing the application, form the crowd-making space qualification review opinions, and grant the title of crowd-making space of Fengtai District for those who are approved upon study.

7. The Commission shall review the crowd-making spaces every year according to the conditions consistent with those for identification. The Commission shall cancel the qualifications of crowd-making spaces that fail to pass the review; the crowd-making spaces which have met the conditions through rectification may propose the application for re-identification.

8. The identified crowd-making spaces and their operation and management institutions shall consciously accept the supervision and inspection by the relevant departments, and actively provide high-quality innovative and entrepreneurial services for entrepreneurs.

9. A crowd-making space whose industrial and commercial registration, tax registration, or business premises are transferred out of Fengtai District shall be canceled the qualification of District-level crowd-making space from the date of transfer. For a crowd-making space which has problems such as false declaration or review, or violation of rules and regulations, the Commission will verify the problems on a factual basis, upon confirmation for such problems cancel its qualification of District-level crowd-making space, and no longer identify such crowd-making space.

Chapter 3 Supplementary Provisions

10. The specific issues in the implementation of the Measures shall be interpreted by the Fengtai District Commission of Science and Technology.

11. The Measures shall come into force 30 days after the date of promulgation.