On June 25, the Sino-British Artificial Intelligence Technology Exchange and Matchmaking Meeting was successfully held in the Upper Bay Valley Technology Park. The event was directed by the Science and Technology Commission of Yangpu District, the UK Department of International Trade, and co-hosted by the National Technology Transfer Eastern Centre, Yangpu Science and Technology Market, the UK-China Trade Association, and co-hosted by Kechuang (Shanghai Cloud Hatching Information Technology Co., Ltd.). The event was attended by representatives from Chinese and British technology enterprises, investment institutions, research universities, and upstream and downstream industrial parks in the AI sector.

Tong Weiping, Deputy Director of Yangpu District Science and Technology Commission, was invited to deliver a speech for the event and said in his speech that the new generation of artificial intelligence is profoundly changing the economic and social development model, presenting new characteristics of deep learning, cross-border fusion, human-computer collaboration, group intelligence and openness, and autonomous operation. As a strategic technology leading the future, many countries have taken AI as a major strategy to enhance their competitiveness. The new generation of AI is a key industrial ecology to be built in Yangpu, and the new generation of AI has great potential in Yangpu.

Tong Weiping, Deputy Director of Yangpu District Science and Technology Committee

Mark Hedley, Regional Director, Greater London, UK-China Business Council, gave a brief introduction to the audience on the UK's current status in promoting AI development, promoting AI applications globally, and building a virtuous cycle of AI ecosystems. As a world leader in the field, the organization of roadshows and docking exchanges of technical projects between British enterprises and Shanghai's science and technology innovation industry is aimed at strengthening the close cooperation between British science and technology enterprises and Shanghai's science and technology innovation industry.

Mark Hedley, Regional Director, Greater London, UK-China Trade Association

On behalf of the organizers, Mr. Lu Jijun, Assistant President of the Eastern National Technology Transfer Center, introduced the achievements of the Eastern National Technology Transfer Center in the construction of the Science and Technology Achievement Bank, Shanghai International Technology Mall and Shanghai Technology Exchange, and welcomed the project teams to the event through the platform built by the Eastern National Technology Transfer Center, as well as comprehensive technology service platforms such as the China Innovation Challenge and the Yangpu Science and Technology Market. Find a partner in China.

Lu Jijun, Assistant to the President, National Technology Transfer Eastern Center

In the subsequent roadshow, eight UK-based technology companies focused on digital healthcare, drones and robots, AI software, scientific and technical information analysis, application protection solutions and other aspects of the artificial intelligence field, and conducted exciting project roadshows. The high quality technology projects that participated in the roadshow received great attention from the attendees, and the representatives of the British companies were also keen to further promote the commercialization of their high-tech products and R&D cooperation through cooperation with Chinese enterprises. The two sides had a good sharing and interaction in the one-on-one exchange session, and the atmosphere was warm.

In addition, the roadshow participants also visited Rutgers & Emerson in Bay Valley Technology Park. Dr. Liu Weiguang, Vice President of Ruijing Emerson, a global company with leading technology and innovation in HVAC&R drive and control field, gave a warm welcome and an excellent introduction to the delegation.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first event that Yangpu Technology Market has participated in hosting after the inauguration of the Sino-British AI technology exchange and matchmaking conference, and many Chinese enterprises have expressed that they will continue to follow the follow-up movements of the event.