ARTICLE 8 / Create Entrepreneurship Platforms

For technological enterprises founded by upper-municipal level talents, rent subsidies will be offered according to the tenancy space of research and development venues. The subsidy is 10 yuan per m2 for areas less than 200 m2 which will last three years.

For start-up enterprises settling in maker spaces, office facilities including computer network and roadshow areas, and services including entrepreneurship guidance, management training and financing will be provided for free.

For market-oriented upper-municipal level maker spaces and maker service centers, supportive funds worth 500,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan will be rewarded by the financial department of local government.

ARTICLE 9 / Build Postdoctoral Scientific Research Platform

For industrial parks and enterprises newly appointed as innovative training bases for postdoctoral scientific research, supportive funds worth 200,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan will be rewarded by the financial department of local government.

For postdoctors newly entering a postdoctoral scientific research institute, a life subsidy of 2,000 yuan will be offered every month by the financial department of local government.

ARTICLE 10 / Encourage University Entrepreneurship

Weifang National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone will annually organize university entrepreneurship contests to select ten excellent industrial projects and help them run into operation. Project owners will be rewarded with ranging from 50,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan provided by the financial department of local government.

ARTICLE 11 / Solve Housing Problems for High-end Talents

The tenancy term for special apartments feely lend to high-end talents should be no more than three years.

For graduates who start their own businesses without living into apartments specially provided for high-end talents, a subsidy of 200 yuan will be given every month by the financial department of local government.

For start-ups, a house purchasing subsidy ranging from 50,000 yuan to 250,000 yuan will be rewarded by the financial department of local government.

For doctors, postgraduates and graduates that have their first work in Weifang National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone and managed to buy houses within three years, a subsidy of 10,000 yuan, 5,000 yuan and 3,000 yuan will be rewarded by the financial department of local government.

ARTICLE 12 / Supplementary Articles

1.  If the state or Shandong promulgates new policies during the implementing of these opinions, the preferential clauses in the provisions shall be implemented.

2.  The talent work office of Weifang National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone shall make timely adjustments on the supportive policies in accordance with the key supportive points of the talent policies at each stage.

3.  The range of distribution of the special development funds to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in Weifang National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone in these opinions shall be consistent with the range of application of the special development funds specified in the Measures on Management of Special Development Funds in Weifang National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone.

4.  These opinions shall be implemented from the date of publication and be terminated on Feb 26, 2017.