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As a bridge for the construction of China Canada innovation ecology, CAMP and CCAA have been committed to building a cross-border investment ecosystem for early innovative enterprises in Canada, and taking China, the world’s largest and fastest growing consumer market, as a platform, to provide broader development space for outstanding overseas projects.

On November 12, the fifth phase of China Canada Joint Venture Camp and the special promotion meeting of Nanjing Gulou District/Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute was successfully held. The activity aims to promote the business environment in Gulou District of Nanjing City and the overall situation of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, promote the docking of China Canada resources, accelerate open innovation cooperation, and promote the effectiveness of the joint construction of China Canada Overseas Collaborative Innovation Center.

Feng Quan, Deputy District Head of the People’s Government of Gulou District, Nanjing City, Director of Science and Technology Bureau, Commerce Bureau and Investment Promotion Bureau of Gulou District, Nanjing City, and Dr Paul Burrows, the head of the Overseas Cooperation Department of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, Wang Tong, the founding partner of Zhongguancun Dahe Capital, the founding partner of CCAA China Canada Angel Alliance, and the relevant heads of CAMP Canada attended, and participated in the fifth phase of China Canada Joint Venture Camp and previous member enterprises.

At the opening of the promotion meeting, Yang Jun, vice president of CCAA China Canada Angel Alliance and Canadian director of CAMP China Canada Joint Venture Camp, introduced the development achievements of the China Canada Joint Venture Camp in the past six years and the 12 hard technology enterprises in the fifth phase of the China Canada Joint Venture Camp.

Yang Jun said that since its establishment six years ago, the China Canada Joint Venture Camp has provided more than 20 million Canadian dollars of financing for more than 40 start-ups in Ontario as an innovation link, and has found partners or co founded companies for 16 enterprises in China. Even in 2020, under the influence of the COVID-19, the China Canada Joint Venture Camp has helped its student enterprises achieve more than 250 million Canadian dollars of financing. This year, 12 Canadian hard technology enterprises, including Pontosense, Nerve, SkinPathy, XProEM, Maple Robotics, AquaSensing, etc., entered the business, covering nanotechnology, life sciences, new energy, artificial intelligence, intelligent sensors and other fields.

Feng Quan, Deputy District Head of the People’s Government of Gulou District, Nanjing, delivered a speech at the promotion meeting, giving a detailed introduction to the basic economic and social situation of Gulou District, Nanjing, the work related to scientific and technological innovation, and the talent policy currently being promoted.

Feng Quan said that since 2018, the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and the Nanjing Municipal Government have issued the “Innovation No. 1 Document” for four consecutive years, striving to build “a famous innovation city with global influence”. Gulou has always adhered to the goal of “leading an innovative city”. In accordance with the general requirements of “giving full play to the golden benefits in the golden areas and making innovative use of innovative resources”, it has made significant achievements in innovation subject, carrier construction, talent introduction and international cooperation. Feng Quan invited outstanding overseas enterprises at the promotion meeting and said that the Drum Tower has a profound cultural heritage, beautiful natural scenery, developed science, education, culture and health, a gathering of elite talents, and an innovation carrier is waiting for you. Welcome to come.

It is understood that the talent policy that Nanjing is currently focusing on is the Zijinshan Talent Plan, which is divided into three categories: first, top talents who can be supported by 5 million yuan; Second, high-level innovative and entrepreneurial talents who can obtain financial support of 500000 to 350000 yuan from the urban area; The third is to evaluate the performance as an excellent innovative entrepreneur who can obtain financial support of 500000 to 2 million yuan. In addition, Gulou District provides full chain and life-cycle tracking and upgrading services and financial support for all scientific and technological enterprises according to their different growth stages.

Dr., Vice President of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute Paul Burrows introduced in detail the economic development of Jiangsu Province, the role of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute as a bridge connecting industry and innovation, and the market-oriented industrial technology innovation system. As a bridge between global innovation resources and Jiangsu, Jiangsu Institute of Industry and Research helps overseas projects settle in Jiangsu through diversified ways such as project manager, combination of allocation and investment, and team holding, and provides all-round support for innovation projects through its talent ecology, financial ecology, and spatial ecology.

In order to let overseas enterprises understand the relevant policies of landing in Nanjing in detail, the promotion meeting specially arranged the enterprise question and answer exchange, experience sharing of representatives of landing Chinese science and technology enterprises and other links. Overseas entrepreneurs had a detailed communication with the relevant responsible persons of Nanjing Gulou District Government and Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute on the landing issues they concerned about. Nicholas Burgwin, tutor of the fifth Sino Canadian joint venture camp and co-founder of Fibos, shared his experience as a representative of overseas enterprises in Nanjing.

As a bridge for the construction of China Canada innovation ecology, CAMP has been committed to building a cross-border investment ecosystem for early innovation and entrepreneurship enterprises in Canada, and has taken China, the world’s largest and fastest growing consumer market, as a platform to provide broader development space for outstanding overseas projects. The successful holding of this special promotion meeting has built a bridge between the government and industrial research institutes for overseas excellent enterprises to land in China, and promoted overseas enterprises to enter the Chinese market more quickly.