China News Service, Suzhou, October 21 (Reporter Chang Mucheng) The 16th International Nanotechnology Industry Expo (hereinafter referred to as the "Nano Expo") opened at the Suzhou International Expo Center on the morning of the 21st. This year's Nano Expo has an exhibition area of 26,000 square meters, more than 450 booths, and 577 cutting-edge reports, creating an industry exchange platform for the global nano industry that integrates innovation and gathers strength.
Shan Jie, deputy mayor of Suzhou, said in his speech at the opening ceremony that as early as 2006, Suzhou had seized the opportunity and proactively laid out the nanotechnology track. Over the past two decades, the local area has adhered to "drawing a blueprint to the end", built a number of high-end innovation platforms and technology carriers, and continued to attract upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain. Suzhou Industrial Park has become one of the five largest nano-industry clusters in the world. Suzhou will rely on the international platform and cooperation link of the Na expo to gather global wisdom, cultivate a first-class innovation ecology, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, improve the efficiency of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and industrialization, cultivate new industries with new technologies, and drive industrial transformation and upgrading.
Jin Xiaoming, president of the China Association for International Scientific and Technological Cooperation and former director of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said in his speech that the association will continue to carry out all-round and multi-level scientific and technological innovation cooperation, unblock domestic and foreign scientific and technological exchange channels, actively introduce advanced concepts and technological achievements, and promote China's innovation achievements. Fruits go global; deepen the collaborative innovation of industry, academia and research, promote precise docking of universities, scientific research institutes and enterprises, and accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productivity; help the industry improve and upgrade, focus on key links in the industrial chain and core technology shortcomings, consolidate the industrial foundation, and enhance the resilience of industrial development.
“NABO will attract global attention to China’s nanotechnology industry, bring together industry insiders at home and abroad, and build a high-quality exchange and cooperation platform.” Lars Monterius, an honorary professor at Lund University in Sweden who has participated in many conferences, said in an interview that the current energy consumption of production equipment in many fields is relatively high, and the existing manufacturing model is expected to usher in changes. This will effectively promote the implementation of nanotechnology-related technologies, accelerate the introduction of nanotechnology into society, and put it into practical production applications.
Since its inception in 2010, the International Nanotechnology Industry Expo has brought together 169 academicians to share cutting-edge ideas, more than 8,000 companies to participate in the exhibition, and more than 170,000 guests to communicate. It is an international event with authority, influence and scale effect in the global nanotechnology field. It has built a solid bridge for China's nanotechnology to connect the world and promote collaborative innovation in global industries.
