Dagong.com (reporter Ni Mengjing) October 31, 2018 Pujiang Innovation Forum - Technology Service Industry Forum - Global Technology Transfer Conference was held in Shanghai, this, the national technology transfer eastern center of the French branch was officially inaugurated, will provide a good foundation and channel for Sino-French technology exchange and cooperation. The journalist was informed that in the future, the center will take the New Aquitaine Region (NA) as the core, and through in-depth cooperation with the A2P France-China Association, to build a Sino-French science and technology innovation and technology transfer core area, so that Shanghai will gradually become a major player in the French technological innovation ecosystem. At the forum, Yang Xianwu, deputy director of the Department of Transformation of Achievements and Regional Innovation of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that China has initially formed a policy and legal system with Chinese characteristics to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, from amending the Law on Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements, to issuing and implementing several regulations to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, to issuing an action plan to promote the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements. According to the data, in 2017, China's technology market concluded more than 360,000 technology contracts with a total transaction value of 1.34 trillion yuan. Mr. Xie Jihua, President of the National Center for Technology Transfer East (NCTE), said that since its inception three years ago, NCTE has made a number of international arrangements. At present, the center has made layouts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Canada, and has also thought more about Europe, and the establishment of the French branch of the Eastern National Technology Transfer Center is one of the links. According to the introduction, the center will focus on the core strengths of the new Aquitaine region industries, including electronic health, solar photovoltaic, agro-food, laser technology, green ecological technology, composite materials and earth science, etc., and a combination of "bring in" and "go out". Exchange and cooperation methods, through summit forums, project roadshows, bilateral visits and exchanges and other forms, to promote in-depth docking of enterprises and institutions in the relevant industries of China and France. In this year's construction plan, the French branch center will take the China Innovation Achievement Challenge as an entry point, and through organizing or participating in various Sino-French science and technology innovation exchange activities, explore and optimize the science and technology cooperation mode between the two countries, gradually create a platform for exchange and cooperation between Chinese and French research institutions, enterprises and capital, and promote the international development of Chinese enterprises and cooperation between Chinese and French companies.

(Source: Dagong.com)