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On October 20, the China Canada Innovation and Entrepreneurship Cooperation Forum, one of the activities of the 2020 Overseas Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week, was successfully held in Beijing. Zheng Haojun, Director of Science and Technology Communication Center of China Association for Science and Technology, Dominic Barton, Ambassador of the Canadian Embassy in China, Song Yijun, Commercial Counsellor of the Canadian Embassy in China, Su Yang, Deputy District Head of Fengtai District, Beijing, Wei Xinya, Deputy Director of Fengtai Park Management Committee of Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, Xin Tianmin, Deputy General Manager of Hualong International Nuclear Power Technology Co., Ltd., Liu Yingna, founding partner of CCAA China Canada Angel Alliance, and other guests attended, Cooperate with representatives of Canadian entrepreneurs, Chinese enterprises and investment institutions to participate.

As an important part of the 2020 Overseas Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week, the China Canada Innovation and Entrepreneurship Cooperation Forum aims to build a bridge for exchanges and cooperation between the government, embassies, China Canada entrepreneurial enterprises and investment institutions, practically promote China Canada scientific and technological innovation cooperation and entrepreneurial culture exchanges, and promote and implement the smooth implementation of international projects.

The forum included the signing ceremony of the letter of intent for the landing of some Hicool award-winning projects in Fengtai Park, Zhongguancun Science Park, the symposium on China Canada scientific and technological innovation exchange and international innovation and entrepreneurship cooperation, and the online and offline sharing of Canadian entrepreneurial enterprises, presenting a China Canada innovation and entrepreneurship cooperation feast for the audience.

At the forum site, Xin Tianmin, Deputy General Manager of Hualong International Nuclear Power Technology Co., Ltd., made a speech to share. Xintianmin said that Hualong International is working with relevant units of the nuclear power industry chain to promote the deep integration and optimization innovation of Hualong No.1 technology. As a nuclear power technology company facing both domestic and international markets, Hualong International has always maintained an open attitude, strengthened cooperation and exchanges with global partners, and sought cooperation opportunities. Canada has a deep technology and talent base in the nuclear power field, and has good nuclear safety performance. Hualong International is willing to work with relevant Canadian government agencies and enterprises to promote the safe operation and innovative development of nuclear power, jointly build a benign nuclear power ecosystem, and make greater contributions to promoting clean energy development and achieving the goal of carbon neutrality.

Picture: Xin Tianmin, Deputy General Manager of Hualong International Nuclear Power Technology Co., Ltd., delivers a speech at the forum

Liu Yingna, founding partner of CCAA China Canada Angel Alliance, introduced the development of CCAA China Canada Angel Alliance in the past six years. In 2014, Zhongguancun Dahe Capital started investment and innovation cooperation overseas, mainly relying on China Canada Angel Alliance (CCAA) and China Canada Joint Venture Camp (CAMP) to carry out business work in Canada. CCAA China Canada Angel Alliance is committed to building a cross-border ecosystem between China and Canada to help the development of startups with joint investment, entrepreneurial mentor services and domestic and foreign channel resources.

Over the past six years, CCAA has invested in more than 40 enterprises, with an accumulated investment amount of nearly 20 million Canadian dollars, including many projects such as ApplyBoard whose valuation has increased by more than 100 times. In 2015, the China Canada Joint Venture Camp (CAMP) was officially launched. Every year, 10 excellent entrepreneurial teams were selected in Canada, invested and brought to China for a two-week training. Since 2016, the entrepreneurial camp has been successfully held for 4 times, with more than 40 Canadian entrepreneurial teams studying in China and 16 branches or business cooperation in China. Looking forward to the future, CCAA and CAMP will continue to do what has been proved right, continue to invest in some innovative enterprises in Canada, and help those enterprises connect more resources.

Picture: Liu Yingna, founding partner of CCAA China Canada Angel Alliance, introduces the development of CCAA China Canada Angel Alliance

At the forum, Su Yang, Deputy District Head of Fengtai District, Beijing, Dominic Barton, Ambassador of the Canadian Embassy in China, and Zheng Haojun, Director of the Science and Technology Communication Center of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology addressed the forum.

Su Yang, the deputy head of Fengtai District, said in his speech that the annual national “Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week” was coming, and various innovation subjects and innovation service institutions of Fengtai District responded positively, contributing to the wonderful cohesion and imagining the future Beijing branch venue. Fengtai has a profound scientific and technological development background, a sufficient reserve of human resources and a strong entrepreneurial atmosphere. In Fengtai, especially in the Science Park, there are many central enterprises, municipal and central science academies, 110000 professional technicians, more than 1000 well-known experts at home and abroad, and a superior business environment. There are a series of preferential policies to promote the development of high-end industries and scientific and technological innovation, which provide a strong policy guarantee for economic development, innovation and entrepreneurship, talent services, etc. At the same time, according to the new overall planning of Beijing, Fengtai District has also ushered in the best development period in history, with profound advantages for future development, and will also become a new growth pole and hot land for investment in the capital. Su Yang said that from the perspective of Fengtai government and Fengtai Park, the very important direction in the future is to build an innovation park with international influence and innovation. We hope to gather and cultivate a number of international innovative enterprises and attract and cultivate a number of international leading talents. At the same time, we will also provide high-end and personalized services in supporting services such as housing security, children’s education, insurance archiving and cultural life.

Picture: Su Yang, Deputy District Head of Fengtai District, delivers a speech for the forum

Dominic Barton, Ambassador of the Canadian Embassy in China, said in his speech that the innovation cooperation between China and Canada has been going very smoothly. Innovation is an unchanging pattern, which will give us a lot of impetus. I think China and Canada have a joint force in this regard. China and Canada have many natural bases for cooperation. Canada has a developed economy, high-quality universities and top research institutions. China has a huge market and rapidly developing technology. The two sides can complement each other’s advantages in the cooperation of scientific and technological innovation to find the best fit point. We look forward to continuously supporting relevant institutions in the future and hope that the two countries can cultivate more unicorn enterprises.

Picture: Dominic Barton, Ambassador of the Canadian Embassy in China, addressed the forum

Zheng Haojun, director of the Science and Technology Communication Center of China Association for Science and Technology, said that the Overseas Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week is an important part of the National Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week. Since it was first held in 2017, more than 100 events have been held in more than 50 cities in 29 countries on five continents in three years, which has been warmly responded by local entrepreneurs and the industry. In order to further give play to the leading and supporting role of scientific and technological innovation in the construction of the “the Belt and Road”, the 2020 Overseas Activity Week will continue to carry out online oriented and offline “Internet plus” innovation and entrepreneurship activities, discuss local innovation and entrepreneurship policies, and connect innovation and entrepreneurship development achievements, in combination with the overall situation of international epidemic prevention and control, and around the scientific and technological innovation cooperation needs of countries along the line. As an important platform for gathering global innovation and entrepreneurship talents, the Overseas Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week hopes to take this China Canada Innovation and Entrepreneurship Cooperation Forum as an opportunity to further promote win-win cooperation in science and technology innovation between China and Canada. It is expected that through deeper, broader and stronger exchanges and mutual learning, greater creativity can be unleashed and more impressive innovation achievements can emerge.

Picture: Zheng Haojun, Director of Science and Technology Communication Center of China Association for Science and Technology, delivers a speech

At the same time, the forum held an intention signing ceremony for the landing of some Hicool award-winning projects in Fengtai Park, Zhongguancun Science Park. In September this year, the Hicool Global Entrepreneur Competition Award Ceremony was held in Beijing, and 100 global entrepreneur awards recommended by 82 countries and regions around the world were announced. It is worth mentioning that CCAA China Canada Angel Alliance, as the organizer of Hicool Global Entrepreneur Competition – Canada Division, organized 116 entrepreneurial projects to participate, and 6 projects won the final awards. With the promotion of Fengtai District Government, Fengtai Park Management Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park, CCAA, etc., a total of 3 projects are intended to be located in Fengtai Park of Zhongguancun Science Park.

Picture: Signing ceremony of Wenxin Technology’s intention to land in Fengtai Park, Zhongguancun Science Park

Thematic forums and online and offline exhibitions of Canadian enterprises were held at the same time. Song Yijun, Commercial Counsellor of the Canadian Embassy in China, Wei Xinya, Deputy Director of Fengtai Park Management Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park, Fang Yu, founding partner of Bencao Capital, Zhao Chen, China’s managing partner of Plug and Play, and other guests participated in the in-depth discussion on China Canada innovation, development and internationalization. Canadian startups such as Fibos, Marine Thinking, Neptune NanoTechnologies, ARI, etc. made enterprise sharing at the forum, focusing on the innovative achievements of Canadian enterprises in the fields of optical fiber sensors, nano biomaterials, artificial intelligence robots, etc.