The 2019 ZGC Forum will be held at the Exhibition Center of Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone from October 16th to 18th. According to the organizers, compared with the previous sessions, the Forum of this year will be upgraded in all aspects.

Zhai Lixin, director of the Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park, gave a detailed introduction to the overall situation of the ZGC Forum. Compared with the previous sessions, the Forum of this year will be upgraded in all aspects. First, the scale and level will be greatly promoted. This Forum has been 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 World Intellectual Property Organization and the magazine Science provide support to the event, which will be specifically undertaken by Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park, the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Committee, the Foreign Affairs Office of Beijing Municipal Government, the Haidian District Government, Zhongguancun Development Group and the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology. In terms of scale, the duration of this Forum will be extended to 3 days, and more than 30 activities including forums, exhibitions and release will be held. The scale of the participants will also be greatly expanded compared with the previous sessions.

It is known that, as one of the organizers, Zhongguancun Development Group has specially organized a ZGC Forum operating company to continuously improve the quality and influence of the Forum, and has actively explored the establishment of a market-oriented, professional and international organization mechanism.

Zeng Jin, acting director of the People’s Government of Haidian District , said that the upgrading of the Zhongguancun Forum was a major plan made by the Beijing Municipal Committee and the Municipal Government focusing on the strategic goal of “Building a Science and Technology Innovation Center with Global Influence”. Locating the Forum in Haidian District is the reliance and great trust of the Beijing Municipal Committee and the Municipal Government to Haidian District. In order to better serve the ZGC Forum, the Haidian District Government will upgrade the venues related to the Exhibition Center of ZGC National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone.