Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 11

More than 2,600 guests from 40 countries and regions around the world, more than 5,000 projects to be traded, and more than 200 domestic science and technology projects made public to the society for the first time... The Press Office of the Beijing Municipal People’s Government held a press conference for the ZGC Forum on September 11, introducing the preparations and highlights of the Forum.

With the approval of the State Council, the 2020 ZGC Forum will be held in Beijing from September 17 to 20. This is also another international event held in Beijing after the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services.

It is understood that the 2020 ZGC Forum is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Association for Science and Technology, and the Beijing Municipal People’s Government. The annual theme of the Forum is “Meet Challenge with Cooperation and Innovation”. It consists of 4 major sections of “Conference + Exhibition + Trade + Release”. More than 50 events are under planning.

Highlight 1: Gathering of eminent guests

At the opening assembly, top scientists such as Nobel Prize winners and Fields Medal winners and representatives of well-known multinational companies, industry leading companies, and start-up companies will share their insights on “People’s Livelihood and Well-being under the Global Pandemic Context”. At parallel forums, discussions and exchanges will be held around on life and health, AI, and creative cities. So far, important guests who are sure to attend the Forum include more than 200 renowned experts and scholars from around the world, more than 400 famous entrepreneurs and investors, nearly 40 heads of international organizations and top academic institutions, and more than 150 domestic and foreign government officials and diplomatic envoys in China.

Highlight 2: Collective debut of “black technologies”

This year marks the first integration of the ZGC Forum and the China Beijing International High-tech Expo (hereinafter referred to as “CHITEC”). Concurrent to the Forum are more than 10 activities such as exhibitions, promotion and trading of the 23rd CHITEC. CHITEC will focus on displaying cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements such as 5G communications, industrial interconnection, intelligent connected vehicles, bio-medicine, AI, and network security.

Highlight 3: Deep promotion of technology trade

A technology trading section is set up for this FGC Forum. An international alliance for technology trading will be initiated and established. More than 100 well-known technology transfer institutions and service organizations at home and abroad will join to found the international alliance for technology trading, and the Consensus on International Technology Trading Rules and Construction of Ecological Environment for Technology Trading will be released. Meanwhile, a batch of first products will be launched and a series of activities under the theme of key country-specific technology trading will be carried out. A list of top 100 leading industrial innovation technologies will also be published and dialogues on innovation cooperation among top ten Chinese and foreign universities of science and technology will be held.

Highlight 4: Collective release of technological innovation.

During the Forum, a special event for the release of major achievements will be held, and relevant achievements will also be released on parallel forums. At the press conference of major achievements, semiconductors, innovative drugs, blockchain, quantum technology and other latest achievements will be released, along with research reports like the 2020 Global Science and Technology Innovation Center Index, the Zhongguancun Innovation Development Index for Global Science Park, and the construction plan for big data standard system of Beijing. Also, a number of innovative policies such as conversion of high-value patents and the market access of pioneering products

The ZGC Forum, founded in 2007, has become an important platform for global exchanges and cooperation in scientific and technological innovation after years of development.

Source: Xinhuanet