On April 29, 2019 Nanjing Innovation Week and the Inauguration Ceremony of China-UK Science and Technology Achievement Transfer Center, hosted by Nanjing Gulou High-tech Zone Management Committee and Nanjing Gulou District People's Government, organized by CENTI Group and supported by East China Technology Transfer Center London, was held. ", which was held in the City of London's Financial City. Mr. Jiang Sunan, Minister of Science and Technology of the Embassy of China in the UK, Mr. Wu Wei, Mayor of Gulou District People's Government of Nanjing, China and Mr. Zhou Bing, Deputy Director of Nanjing Gulou Hi-Tech Zone Management Committee of China were invited to attend the promotion event.

Mr. Jiang Sunan, Minister of Science and Technology, Embassy of the United Kingdom

Minister Counsellor Jiang Sunan delivered an opening speech, analyzing the development trend of science and technology in recent years and the resource advantages of both sides. He said that Chinese and British science and technology should innovate and cooperate in a complementary way, taking the landmark cities of Nanjing and London as the starting point and radiating to the European continent. At the same time, the Science and Technology Department of the Chinese Embassy in the UK will give full play to its role as a bridge to promote more in-depth cooperation between the UK and China and China-European Union, such as technological exchanges in advantageous industries.

Mr. Wu Wei, Gulou District People's Government District, Beijing, China

Mr. Wu Wei of Nanjing Gulou District People's Government briefly introduced Nanjing Gulou District's research and education resources, new production capacity advantages, as well as the establishment of the Graphene Research Institute and the University of Cambridge Nanjing Science and Technology Innovation Centre by a British Nobel Laureate and his team in Nanjing. "and other technological innovation cases. He hoped to take this seminar as an opportunity to further deepen the innovation cooperation between Nanjing and London and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. At the same time, he also promoted the Nanjing Innovation Week in June with the theme of "Innovation Nanjing, Unlimited Opportunities", hoping to attract overseas talents and gather resources through a series of activities to further tap Nanjing's innovation potential and promote the development of a sustainable city in the region.

Ms. Ni Yahong, Director of Nanjing Gulou District Commercial Bureau

Ms. Ni Yahong, Director of Nanjing Gulou District Business Bureau, gave a brief introduction of the investment environment in Nanjing's Gulou District, describing its remarkable performance in recent years in priority development areas such as software internet, technology services, and finance as a demonstration and benchmarking area for Nanjing's economy and culture. At the same time, she elaborated on technology service policies such as the No. 1 document of 2018 and 2019, "Some Policies and Measures on Deepening the Construction of Famous City of Innovation and Enhancing the First Place of Innovation", and invited British technology companies to cooperate with Nanjing, expecting to attract projects back to China with Gulou District's high-quality industrial environment.

Mr. Zhao Xingsheng, Director Representative of Jiangsu Province Representative Office in the UK, Mr. Zhai Chengfeng, Director of National Technology Transfer East Mid-London Branch and Founder of CENTI Group, Mr. Mark Hedley, Regional Director of Greater London and Technology Sector of CBBC, Mr. Zhou Bing, Deputy Director of Nanjing Gulou Hi-Tech Zone Management Committee also made a presentation on China-UK technology. Transfer of experience sharing. They elaborated on the broad prospects for cooperation between China and the UK in the fields of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, financial technology under the new historical starting point of "One Belt, One Road".

Witnessed by Mr. Jiang Sunan, Minister Counsellor of Nanjing Gulou High-Tech Zone and other distinguished guests, the Nanjing Gulou High-Tech Zone signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the China Europe Science and Technology Innovation Network (CENTI Group); Mr. Jiang Sunan and Gulou District Mayor Wu Wei unveiled the plaque of the Sino-British Science and Technology Achievement Transfer Center, and jointly expressed their vision for the future development of the Center.

Lastly, Mr. Zai moderated a dialogue on "How Nanjing - London can better develop and cooperate together" and invited Mr. Zhou Bing, Deputy Director of Nanjing Gulou Hi-tech Zone Administrative Committee and founder of Global Tech Advocates, to discuss the topic. Russ Shaw, Julian David, CEO of techUK, and Mark Hedley, Regional Director of Greater London and Technology at CBBC, joined a panel of Chinese and European venture capitalists and industry experts on stage to discuss the potential opportunities, mutual benefits, and long-term benefits of cooperation between London and Nanjing. During the dialogue, they discussed the potential opportunities, mutual benefits and long-term benefits of the cooperation between London and Nanjing, and made bold predictions on the future development trend of science and technology by combining the resource advantages of Chinese and British science and technology enterprises. The guests agreed that the golden era of science and technology innovation between the two countries has started, and that more and more cities in China and the UK and China-EU will seek opportunities related to science and technology industry, innovation and entrepreneurship to build a good ecological system of mutual benefit and win-win and common development by means of resource sharing and complementary cooperation.

The conference opened up a high speed channel for technology transfer in the Nanjing Gulou Hi-tech Zone in the international arena, improved Nanjing's international science and technology transformation capacity, created a borderless exchange platform for science and technology transformation, accelerated the process of landing cutting-edge science and technology teams in Nanjing, and accelerated the pace of Nanjing's openness and integration. The conference took the Sino-British science and technology innovation cooperation strategy as an opportunity to further deepen the scientific research cooperation between Nanjing Gulou Hi-tech Zone and London, to drive the common development between the two cities with the powerful impetus of science and technology innovation, and to enable both sides to jointly address global challenges.