Shanghai Overseas Chinese Professionals Association held two events to build a platform to connect the world through science and innovation

China News Service, Shanghai, November 10th (Fan Yubin) Recently, the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Professionals Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Shanghai Overseas Chinese Professionals Federation") collaborated with all parties to organize two exchange and visit activities for overseas Chinese professionals. More than 60 representatives of the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Federation and scientific research talents from universities and enterprises visited Songjiang, Shanghai, to focus on advanced materials and discuss the future of technological innovation.

On the same day, more than 50 overseas Chinese professionals from 7 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France gathered at the CIIE. From the Science and Technology Innovation Park to the CIIE, the wisdom of the overseas Chinese community is relayed around the clock, injecting momentum from the overseas Chinese community to serve Shanghai in accelerating the construction of the "five centers" and promoting high-level opening up to the outside world.

Event site. Photo provided by the organizer

The "Gathering in Shanghai to Talk About Tomorrow" Salon for Overseas Chinese Professionals and the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Professional Federation's entry into the CIIE, with the theme of "Enabling Dual Cycles, Overseas Chinese Innovation Chain Global - Cross-border Innovation Practices of Overseas Chinese Professionals", attracted a large number of overseas Chinese professionals at home and abroad, as well as representatives of outstanding overseas Chinese science and technology exhibition projects. Overseas Chinese professionals visited the Overseas Chinese Innovation Project Pavilion in the Innovation Incubation Zone of the 9th China International Import Expo to observe at close range the results of outstanding overseas Chinese scientific and technological innovation projects and gain an in-depth understanding of the application potential of cutting-edge technologies in cross-border scenarios.

In the salon session, four overseas Chinese professionals shared their views on the four major dimensions of "hard technology overseas, AI empowerment, industry empowerment, and youth incubation". Ding Lehui, chairman of Shanghai Haikong Tamar Sensing Technology Co., Ltd., titled "Cross-border market development of hard technology products" and combined with the case of magnetic sensors, proposed a two-wheel drive strategy of "hardware domestic substitution × system application advantages" and a 12-month implementation roadmap; Wang Shiyi, AI scientist of Puyuan Information Technology Co., Ltd., titled "Artificial Intelligence Empowers Cross-Border Business Collaboration", combined with practical cases of postal logistics to explain the application of large models in cross-border supply chain management and other scenarios use, calling for the promotion of domestic basic software to go overseas; Gan Zhanyong, the head of the new overseas Chinese station in Pujiang Zhigu Park, used the title of "Industrial Park Empowers Foreign Trade Enterprises" to demonstrate how the park helps overseas Chinese science and technology innovation projects from "landing" to "taking root" with precise investment recruitment and full-cycle services; Ouyang Jingjing, secretary-general of the Shanghai Times Youth Science and Technology Innovation Development Center, used the title of "Youth Science and Technology Innovation Incubation and Innovation Ecological Links" and proposed a three-in-one incubation path of "helping start, building a circle, and connecting the world".

Event site. Photo provided by the organizer

In the "New Quality Leading and Materials Create the Future" overseas Chinese professional salon held that day, overseas Chinese professionals, university scientific research forces and representatives of new material companies gathered together.

In the theme sharing session, Wu Ting, director of the Shanghai Federation of Overseas Chinese and a global managing partner of McKinsey, gave an in-depth analysis of the global lithium battery industry trends with the title "Analysis of Global Lithium Battery Development Trends"; Wang Gang, deputy dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Donghua University, introduced the research progress of semiconductor fibers as an important material basis for embodied intelligence, focusing on "Semiconductor Fibers for Embodied Intelligence".

The event site set up a two-way ranking link between schools and enterprises, and released the first batch of scientific research achievements list of overseas Chinese universities in Songjiang University Town and the R&D demand list of overseas Chinese enterprises in Songjiang, promoting the accurate connection between scientific research achievements of universities and the research and development needs of enterprises. In the Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship Living Room session, the guests held a dialogue around "how to promote the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation" and built consensus from the perspectives of technology research and development, achievement transformation, industrial implementation, and financial empowerment.

From the Science and Technology Innovation Park to the CIIE open stage, the two events jointly established a high-level communication platform for overseas Chinese professionals. In the future, the Shanghai Federation of Overseas Chinese Professionals will continue to play the role of bridge and link, and continue to hold a series of salon activities for overseas Chinese professionals to cross boundaries, break circles, and coexist, uniting and uniting overseas Chinese professionals to contribute more wisdom and strength.