On the afternoon of 26 October 2017, the Shanghai Technology Advocacy Group, in partnership with the BritishConsulate-General Shanghai, the Department for International Trade (DIT), the London & The event was organized by the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC), CocoonNetworks, GCL Financial Holdings and other global partners. The TechShanghai Advocates Group was officially launched in Shanghai. The event attracted more than 300 entrepreneurs and investors from different industries and sectors.

The event was hosted by Zhang Zhang, independent moderator and partner of Lecktor Unicorn, Tony Clemson, Deputy Consul General of the British Consulate General in Shanghai, Tracy Cheng, Vice President of Greater China, London Development Agency, Hou Jin, Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, Ye Guobiao, Party Secretary and Chairman of the China Financial Information Center, Xinhua News Agency, and President of the National Center for Technology Transfer East. Russ Shaw, Founder of Global Technology Advocacy (GTA) and London Technology Advocacy Group (TLA), and Zai Chengfeng, Founder and CEO of Cocoon Networks and Founder and Chairman of Shanghai Technology Advocacy Group (TSA). They made speeches for the opening of the event and participated in the launch of Tech Shanghai Advocates at the event.

Tony Clemson, Deputy Consul General of the British Consulate General in Shanghai, said in his speech that the innovation exchange between China and the UK will promote the sustainable development of the technology ecosystem of the two countries. Hou Jin, Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, said that Zhangjiang, as the industrial innovation integration center of Shanghai and even the whole country, hopes that in the future, Sino-British cooperation can take the opportunity of the establishment of TSA to be grafted onto the Zhangjiang platform, share resources and open up more opportunities for cooperation between the two countries. Mr. Xie Jihua, President of the National Technology Transfer East Centre and General Manager of Shanghai Yangpu Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Centre, mentioned in his speech that London is the most developed city in the world in terms of financial capital investment, while Shanghai is the most rapidly developing city in China, so it is inevitable for the two cities to explore the path of collaboration and innovation.

Tony Clemson, Deputy Consul General, British Consulate General in Shanghai

Tracy Cheng, Vice President, Greater China, London Development Agency

Hou Jin, Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of Shanghai Zhangjiang High-tech Industrial Development Zone

Ye Guobiao, Party Secretary and Chairman, China Financial Information Center, Xinhua News Agency

Xie Jihua, President of the National Technology Transfer Eastern Center and General Manager of Shanghai Yangpu Technology Innovation Center

GCL Financial (Group) Holdings Ltd.

Russ Shaw, founder of Global Technology Advocacy (GTA) and the London Technology Advocacy Group (TLA)

Founder and CEO of Cocoon Networks, and Founder and Chairman of the Technology Shanghai Advocacy Group (TSA), Seifeng Jae.

Tech Shanghai Advocates Launch Event

The establishment of the Tech Shanghai Advocates Group not only means that GTA, a unique and advanced international technology network that brings together tens of thousands of technology practitioners, investors, government agencies and industry experts from more than 50 countries around the world to connect technology-related industry advocates in different regions of the world, has extended its platform to Shanghai. The UK partner of the National Technology Transfer East Centre, Cocoon Networks, is a comprehensive international investment and financial services platform linking Chinese and British enterprises to promote the expansion of channels, technology and capital between China and the UK, and to establish a "fast lane" for bilateral innovation cooperation between China and the UK. This will be a good attempt to promote the development and improvement of the global technology ecosystem and to build a global technology, entrepreneurship and investment ecosystem.

Focusing on the theme of "Connectivity, Exploration, Transformation and Cooperation", the "Sino-British Technology Investment Dialogue" carried out the "Technology Dialogue Capital", "Science and Technology Dialogue Capital", "Science and Technology Dialogue Capital", "Science and Technology Dialogue Capital" and "Science and Technology Dialogue Capital". The three roundtable dialogues themed "Technology Dialogue on Entrepreneurial Ecology" and "Technology Dialogue on Industry" invited elites from all walks of life, as well as academic experts to participate in the discussions, and attracted technology entrepreneurs from China and the UK to discuss the future of science and technology in China and the UK. Developing Trends.