On Jan. 21, Wang Dong, Vice Mayor of Guangzhou, headed a delegation to the Silicon Valley, the United States. During the stay, he held meetings to introduce the technological innovation policies of Guangzhou and nearly 50 innovation and startup talents from the Silicon Valley attended the meetings.

 

Wang Dong pointed out that Guangzhou will build three strategic hubs (international shipping hub, international aviation hub and international technological innovation hub) and “innovation” will be a new name card of Guangzhou. The city will rely on the scientific and technological innovation corridors formed by Sino-Singapore (Guangzhou) Knowledge City, Science City, Guangzhou Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Pazhou Internet Innovation Cluster, Bio-Island, and Higher Education Mega Center to strengthen cooperation with developed countries and regions, continuously enhance the regional influence and driving force, promote construction of the international scientific and technological innovation hubs and national innovation centers and improve the comprehensive competitiveness of the city.

 

At the same time, Guangzhou is launching a series of reform measures to create a good atmosphere for motivating innovation and entrepreneurship, accelerate concentration of innovation resources and create new advantages of development. Guangzhou is welcoming talents, enterprises and institutions across the world to make Guangzhou the first choice of business startup, investment and cooperation and adhere to the spirit of “opening-up, inclusiveness and practicability” to provide quality services for investors and entrepreneurs in Guangzhou.

 

Wang Dong also visited the famous incubator Y Combinator and Supermicro, a big data storage equipment and solution provider, to investigate the innovation ecosystem of the Silicon Valley and earnestly promote exchanges and cooperation between Guangzhou and the Silicon Valley on the innovation talent, technology and industry.

 

Source: Translated from Invest Guangzhou, Jan. 22, 2016