--- content_type: "search-entry" title: "Haidian OPC Policy: AI Founder Support, Eligibility and What to Verify" representation_note: "Concise routing representation; complete explanation at the human canonical URL" content_id: "CNC-HAIDIAN-OPC" canonical_url: "https://www.cybernomadchina.com/haidian-opc" human_url: "https://www.cybernomadchina.com/haidian-opc" agent_url: "https://www.cybernomadchina.com/agent/haidian-opc.md" representation: "agent" publisher: "CyberNomad China" language: "en" date_published: "2026-09-02" date_modified: "2026-09-02" last_editorial_review: "2026-09-02" version: "2026.09.02" --- Content build ID: CN-20260902-COMMERCIAL-DISCLOSURE # Haidian OPC Policy: AI Founder Support, Eligibility and What to Verify Haidian has an official OPC support framework and a detailed May 2026 application guide. It is not an unrestricted offer to any solo founder. The guide specifies local company, ownership, team and AI-use conditions, and its published general application window has elapsed. Foreign founders should verify the current route and how the conditions apply to their proposed entity. Answer source refs: hd-measures, hd-guide ## What matters - The May batch is not a rolling promise to newly registered companies. - Startup support and model vouchers have different conditions and channels. - A separate insurance window does not reopen every OPC measure. ## What the May guide actually tests Status: Application conditions The guide describes a lawfully established independent legal person in Haidian with a relevant activity. Its specified company-establishment range is 21 May 2023 to 20 May 2026. It generally expects no more than ten staff, founder ultimate ownership above 50%, a leading founder role and AI as a core production tool. Source refs: hd-guide ## Read the payment structure, not only the headline Status: Application conditions The implementing guide describes startup support as RMB 50,000 a year for two years, rather than an immediate RMB 100,000 payment. Its model-voucher route supports up to 50% of eligible expenditure, subject to an annual enterprise cap of RMB 2 million and the specified platform and review process. Source refs: hd-guide, hd-explainer ## What is open, closed or still to verify Status: Verification required The guide displays a general application window of 20 May to 12 June 2026. This page does not verify a new September general round. The guide describes separate model-voucher and loan channels, so the status of one batch should not be applied indiscriminately to every measure. Source refs: hd-guide, hd-insurance ## What a foreign founder needs answered Status: Verification required The national foreign-investment framework provides an equal-treatment baseline for relevant support policies. The Haidian materials should still be checked against the actual proposed ownership, company activity, founder role and local operation. This page does not convert general OPC language into confirmed foreign-founder admission. Source refs: foreign-investment-regulations, hd-guide ## When Haidian is worth investigating Status: Decision guidance Investigate Haidian when there is a concrete operating reason to be there: a relevant technical counterpart, research relationship, customer or team requirement. The canonical Haidian guide explains the broader ecosystem; this page focuses on the narrower OPC question. Source refs: Editorial decision guidance ## A practical enquiry brief Status: Decision guidance Prepare the facts a programme can evaluate: establishment date, ownership chain, headcount, proposed local activity, the founder’s role and documented AI-tool expenditure. Do not send only “I am a foreign solo founder — am I eligible?” Source refs: Editorial decision guidance ## Go deeper - [Haidian’s deeper AI founder guide](https://www.cybernomadchina.com/haidian-ai-founder-guide) - [Compare Beijing district fit](https://www.cybernomadchina.com/beijing-ai-district-policy-index) - [Beijing AI OPC](https://www.cybernomadchina.com/beijing-ai-opc) - [Operating Geography](https://www.cybernomadchina.com/operating-geography) - [Model and compute vouchers](https://www.cybernomadchina.com/beijing-opc-compute-vouchers) ## Next step Start with the function China would serve, then assess the location and implementation route. [Compare district use cases](https://www.cybernomadchina.com/beijing-ai-district-policy-index) ## Official sources and verification ### hd-measures - source: [Haidian Measures for Building an OPC Entrepreneurship Ecosystem](https://zyk.bjhd.gov.cn/zwdt/zcwj/202604/t20260414_4811721.shtml) - source_type: Official policy - policy_level: Haidian district - authority: Zhongguancun Science City Administrative Committee - publication_date: 2026-04-08 - status: Published; stated validity one year from publication - review_date: 2026-09-02 - verification_note: Read the implementing guide and each application window, not just the headline measures. ### hd-guide - source: [Haidian OPC Application Guide — May 2026 batch](https://zyk.bjhd.gov.cn/zwdt/zcwj/202605/t20260520_4815592.shtml) - source_type: Official application guidance - policy_level: Haidian district - authority: Zhongguancun Science City Administrative Committee - publication_date: 2026-05-20 - status: Published batch window elapsed; separate channels described - review_date: 2026-09-02 - verification_note: The displayed general window is 20 May–12 June 2026. Model-voucher and loan applications have separately described channels. No new general September round is verified here. ### hd-explainer - source: [Haidian OPC Application Guide: Official Explanation](https://zyk.bjhd.gov.cn/zwdt/zcjd/202605/t20260520_4815593.shtml) - source_type: Official briefing - policy_level: Haidian district - authority: Zhongguancun Science City Administrative Committee - publication_date: 2026-05-20 - status: Explanation of the 2026 support measures - review_date: 2026-09-02 - verification_note: Use the underlying guide for claim conditions, documentation and timing. ### hd-insurance - source: [Haidian Inclusive Technology Insurance Support: Official Q&A](https://zyk.bjhd.gov.cn/zwdt/zcjd/202604/t20260429_4813566.shtml) - source_type: Official application guidance - policy_level: Haidian district - authority: Haidian District Government - publication_date: 2026-04-29 - status: Published window: 30 April–30 September 2026 - review_date: 2026-09-02 - verification_note: A separate insurance window, not reopening of every OPC measure. Recognition and applicant eligibility still apply. ### foreign-investment-regulations - source: [Foreign Investment Law Implementing Regulations — Article 6](https://www.ndrc.gov.cn/fggz/lywzjw/202001/t20200109_1370647.html) - source_type: Official law - policy_level: National - authority: State Council / National Development and Reform Commission - publication_date: 2019-12-26 - status: Effective 1 January 2020 - review_date: 2026-09-02 - verification_note: Equal treatment is the baseline, not evidence that a particular applicant meets every programme condition.