It is hereby found and determined that it is in the best interest of the state to encourage, promote, develop and assist the growth or establishment of high technology products and programs which are necessary to provide and maintain employment and tax revenues and that financial assistance to encourage, promote, develop and assist high technology products, techniques, processes and programs, including higher educational and vocational education programs is an important function of the state. It is a matter of legislative determination that state financial assistance in the high technology area is necessary to increase employment and public revenues and therefore the provisions of sections 10a-25b to 10a-25g, inclusive, are in the public interest and for the public benefit and good.