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Dates fixed for 2021 Zhongguancun Forum

Updated: Jul 16, 2021 L M S

Beijing held a press conference for the 2021 Zhongguancun Forum on July 15. 

Zhai Lixin, director of the Zhongguancun Administrative Committee, introduced that the 2021 Zhongguancun Forum will be held in Beijing from Sept 24 to 28, with the theme of "Intelligence, Health, and Carbon Neutrality".

This year's forum will include cutting-edge competitions and supporting activities on the basis of existing sections, such as forum meetings, technology transactions, exhibitions, and result announcements, Zhai noted.

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Information of the latest Zhongguancun Forum is released at the conference held on July 15. [Photo by Ling Xiao/chinadaily.com.cn]

During the forum meeting section, the world's top scientists including winners of the Nobel Prize, Turing Prize and Fields Medal, representatives of renowned scientific research and academic institutions, heads of international organizations, famous entrepreneurs and investors will gather together to  open up discussions on topics like the digital economy, life and health, clean energy, and sustainable development.

In the technology transaction part, the Zhongguancun International Technology Trading Conference will be held in order to attract the world's top universities, leading companies, industry organizations, and well-known technology transfer institutions and platforms. Through their showcasing of new technologies, products, services and scenarios, they aim to create a "global buy, global sell" technology trading event.

In regards to results announcements, a batch of major national-level innovation results during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period, latest science and technology policies, and international technology cooperation plans will be released.

During the exhibition, the Beijing International Technology Industry will be located near the Zhongguancun Exhibition Center for the first time this year.

In the frontier competition section, the 2021 Zhongguancun International Frontier Science and Technology Innovation Competition will be organized. 

The competition aims to select outstanding entrepreneurial teams and start-up companies that have mastered international advanced cutting-edge technologies through roadshows and contests. Its main focus will be on bio-medicine, artificial intelligence and integrated circuits, amongst others. 

In addition, a "corporate theme day" will be held, with Zhongguancun-based innovative enterprises as the main group, incorporating characteristic activities that integrate elements of Beijing.