On September 26, the 3rd China Innovation Challenge (Shanghai) and the 1st Yangtze River Delta International Innovation Challenge Global Conference on the Innovation Needs of Enterprises was held at the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. Zhang Satellite, Party Secretary of Torch Center of Ministry of Science and Technology, Luo Dajin, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Chen Hongkai, Director of Innovation Service Department of Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Ren Zhihong, Deputy Director of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Department, Chen Longen, Director of Achievement Department of Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Department, Wang Derun, Director of Foreign Cooperation Department of Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Department, representatives of relevant consulates in Shanghai, representatives from National Technology Transfer Eastern Center, Jiangsu Provincial Technology Transfer Center, and representatives from the Shanghai Municipal Government. More than 100 representatives of the property rights trading market, Zhejiang Science and Technology Market, Anhui Science and Technology Research and Development Center in three provinces and one city, universities and research institutes, science and technology service agencies, international channels, creative spaces, industrial parks and media attended the conference.

The 3rd China Innovation Challenge (Shanghai) and the 1st Yangtze River Delta International Innovation Challenge is directed by the Torch Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, co-sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Anhui Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and invited by the Minhang District People's Government of Shanghai to host the 3rd China Innovation Challenge. "The model is a brand new attempt to combine with the Yangtze River Delta's science and technology innovation and collaboration, aiming to build a platform for openly proposing and solving needs, promote open innovation and cooperation among enterprises, industry, universities and research institutes, develop professional science and technology services, and promote regional innovation capacity and industrial transformation and upgrading. Since the launch of the competition in April, the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, together with the science and technology departments of three provinces, has formulated policies to launch the competition and actively carried out publicity, training and enterprise visits. Shanghai has widely mobilized districts, industrial zones, parks and incubators to explore the innovation needs of enterprises, and organized 8 "Innovation Challenge Special Training Sessions" with the participation of 400 people from nearly 300 enterprises. Through the "carpet-type" enterprise demand research and excavation, we have visited more than ten large enterprises, such as Dongfulong, Kallang Songzhi, Gimei Technology, and Xiaochuan Information Technology, and further explored the market-oriented and enterprise-led technology innovation mode.

The conference selected 500 quality requirements for the global open call for solutions. Among them, 130 are from Shanghai, 100 from Zhejiang, 125 from Jiangsu and 145 from Anhui. In November, each province and city will carry out on-site competitions according to their own characteristics, giving full play to the characteristics of each province and city to strengthen the docking of industry-specific technical requirements.