On October 11th, the Press Conference of 2019 ZGC Forum was held in Beijing. The relative principals from the Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park, the Haidian District Government and ZGC Group introduced the information concerning the Forum. It is reported that the 2019 ZGC Forum, 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 Government, will be held in Beijing from October 16th to 18th. Representatives from more than 50 countries and regions will discuss the theme of “Cutting-Edge Technology and Future Industries”.

Zhai Lixin, director of the Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park, said that innovation has become the current hot topic in the world. Beijing is the national science and technology innovation center and the region with the most intensive resources of science, education and intelligence. Zhongguancun has become a banner for China’s innovation and development. 2019 ZGC Forum will gather global resources, jointly study and judge the future trend of global science and technology, seize the opportunities for the development of emerging industries, and strive to promote the cultivation of new economy.

According to reports, the Forum will take the form of “Conference + Exhibition + Release” and will hold the opening ceremony, 18 parallel forums, Zhongguancun International Cutting-Edge Technology Achievements Exhibition, Major Achievements Release and other activities. The topics of parallel forums will cover 5G, AI, industrial Internet, brain science and many other hot topics.

The Zhongguancun International Cutting-Edge Technology Achievements Exhibition, to be held simultaneously during the Forum, has five sections, namely AI and information technology, bioscience and biotechnology, intelligent manufacturing and high-end equipment, new materials and new energy, and Cutting-Edge technology exploration zone. 167 advanced science and technology achievements from 116 entities at home and abroad, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University and Peking University, etc., will be displayed.

It is reported that the ZGC Forum was founded in 2007 with “Innovation and Development” as its permanent theme. The Forum is oriented at serving the innovation-driven development strategy, focusing on revolution, innovation and cooperation of science and technology. It has developed into a global, comprehensive and open international forum on scientific and technological innovation oriented to innovation and entrepreneurship.

Facing the future, the ZGC Forum will devote itself to creating a platform for global exchange of innovative ideas and development concepts, a leading platform for new technologies and industries, and a platform for the release and trading of new technologies and products at home and abroad, with efforts to become a weather vane in the world’s scientific and technological innovation field.