On April 29, the special release event of the major achievements of the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference was held in the Changchun Hall of Zhongguancun International Innovation Center. Yu Yingjie, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Education Working Committee, introduced at the meeting that nearly 100 achievements such as research reports, standards and specifications, lists, indexes and initiatives were released during the annual meeting of the forum, and a total of 309 projects were signed, with a contract amount of 67.317 billion yuan. In addition, the permanent exhibition of the exhibition center will be open to the public during the May Day period.
19 major scientific and technological achievements were released
The release of major scientific and technological achievements involves a total of 19 achievements in four sections: facing the world's scientific and technological frontiers, facing the main battlefield of the economy, facing the major needs of the country, and facing the people's life and health.
The special releases include the "Shenzhen Digital Earth International Science Plan", "2023 Technology Focus", "Zhongguancun Comprehensive Bonded Zone Customs Closure and Acceptance", and the promotion of cross-strait science and technology innovation centers.
Du Chaoxin, Deputy Director of the Department of Free Trade Zone and Special Zone Development of the General Administration of Customs, read out the acceptance results of the Zhongguancun Comprehensive Bonded Zone. On April 26, 2024, the General Administration of Customs, together with relevant ministries and commissions, formed a joint acceptance team to carry out a formal acceptance of the Beijing Zhongguancun Comprehensive Bonded Zone, believing that the infrastructure and supervision facilities within the Zhongguancun Comprehensive Bonded Zone meet the requirements of relevant national laws, regulations and relevant regulations, and are deemed to have passed the acceptance and have the conditions for operation of the switch.
Guo Wenjie, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that the Beijing Zhongguancun Comprehensive Bonded Zone is the first comprehensive bonded zone in the country to cancel the physical fence, and is the first in the country to explore the smart supervision model, which is a major innovative practice of the comprehensive bonded zone supervision model, and is a milestone in the history of the construction and development of the national comprehensive bonded zone. Zhongguancun Comprehensive Bonded Zone has built a "3+1" supervision system of "electronic fence + intelligent channel + electronic fence" and "digital and intelligent supervision auxiliary platform of the comprehensive bonded zone", and built uninterrupted and fully enclosed isolated green shrubs and high-altitude artificial intelligence high-definition video surveillance facilities along the perimeter of the comprehensive bonded zone to replace the reasonable facilities of the physical perimeter, and upgraded the current actual bayonet management with intelligent channels, and the railings at the entrances and exits are upgraded, so as to realize the uninterrupted supervision of the whole process of law-abiding enterprises and improve the efficiency of customs clearance.
The "Cross-Strait Science and Technology Innovation Center" in Beijing and Taiwan has six major functions
On September 19, 2023, at the opening ceremony and main forum of the 26th Beijing-Taiwan Science and Technology Forum, the "Cross-Strait Science and Technology Innovation Center" (hereinafter referred to as the "Cross-Strait Science and Technology Innovation Center") was unveiled and officially landed in Beijing Yizhuang Zhongke E-commerce Valley Jingtai Industrial Park. At the special press conference of the major achievements of the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference, Zhou Yuqing, deputy general manager of Beijing Yizhuang Investment Holding Co., Ltd., introduced that the establishment of a cross-strait science and technology innovation center aims to create cross-strait scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, create a comprehensive service platform for the innovation and integration of enterprises on both sides of the strait, and build an innovation system for the whole industry chain. At present, the center has set up six functional platforms to serve the complementary industries and the sharing of technological achievements on both sides of the strait. The first is a scientific research collaboration platform, which can provide support for enterprises on both sides of the strait to set up joint laboratories, open innovation centers and carry out joint research on key technologies. The second is the achievement display platform, which provides a full range of technical exchanges and achievement information release for enterprises on both sides of the strait. The third is the technology exchange platform, focusing on emerging industries such as new generation information technology, new energy vehicles and intelligent networked vehicles, biotechnology and health, robotics and intelligent manufacturing, providing services for technological innovation and trading of enterprises on both sides of the strait, and promoting the convergence of industry standards. Fourth, the project cooperation platform. Fifth, a platform for talent exchanges. Sixth, the enterprise service platform provides full life cycle services such as policy through train, policy publicity, and assistance in declaration for settled enterprises.
In addition, the signing of important achievements and the awarding ceremony of Beijing foreign-funded R&D center were also held at the press conference.
The 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting has five major features
Yu Yingjie, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Education Working Committee, introduced that the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference held a total of five major sections, including forum meetings, technology transactions, results release, cutting-edge competitions and supporting activities, and 128 activities, including 60 parallel forums. More than 120 academicians, experts and other top scientists, including more than 10 Nobel Prize, Fields Medal and Turing Award winners, delivered speeches at the conference, of which 30% were foreigners. 218 foreign government departments, international organizations, international institutions, 28 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China and two cities with separate planning, 162 domestic and foreign universities, 225 venture capital institutions, more than 100 unicorn enterprises, and tens of thousands of science and technology enterprises have deeply participated and achieved fruitful results.
From the perspective of characteristics, first, the national function has been further strengthened. Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Chen Yiqin, State Councilor and President of the All-China Women's Federation, attended the Global Women in Science and Technology Innovation Forum, and more than 10 ministries and commissions took the lead in hosting 24 parallel forums, accounting for 40% of the total. Among them, taking the organizers as an example, the Ministry of Science and Technology hosted 9 parallel forums such as the International Forum on Science and Diplomacy and the Global Science and Technology Innovation High-end Think Tank Forum, the National Development and Reform Commission hosted 3 parallel forums including the International Cooperation Forum on Venture Capital, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology hosted 6 parallel forums such as the Future Industry Innovation and Development Forum and the Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation and Development Forum, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council hosted the State-owned Enterprise Discovery and Invention Forum, and the China Association for Science and Technology hosted two parallel forums, such as the China Science Fiction Conference and the Global Women in Science and Technology Innovation Forum.
Second, the degree of internationalization was further improved, with more than 450 foreign guests attending the opening ceremony and plenary session, accounting for nearly half, a record high, of which more than 300 guests made a special trip to participate in the forum. Among the nearly 600 speakers in the parallel forum, 48% were overseas guests. 19 international organizations, international institutions and foreign government departments, including UNESCO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the International Association of Science and Technology Parks and Innovation Regions, held 17 parallel forums, and the Frontier Competition solicited 1,280 projects from 74 overseas countries and regions, accounting for more than 40%, held technology trade matchmaking meetings in key countries such as China and the UK, China and Italy, China and South Korea, and China and Japan, and signed a contract with Zhongguancun Science City-Malaysia MRANTI Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Platform. A number of key international cooperation projects such as the China-South Korea Industrial Innovation Technology Joint Accelerator continue to create a technology trading event of "global buying, global selling".
Third, the cutting-edge and leading nature are further highlighted. In the field of artificial intelligence, we will carry out multiple dialogues and strengthen forward-looking research and judgment around hot topics such as model architecture innovation, AI ethics and security, and embodied intelligence. In the field of life sciences, the high-performance invasive intelligent brain-computer system "Bei Brain No. 2" has been released in the fields of brain-computer interface and synthetic biology manufacturing, and in the field of space science, the first in-orbit exploration images of Einstein's probe satellites have attracted global attention.
Fourth, the global influence has been further expanded, and the domestic and foreign media have paid extensive attention, with nearly 1,700 reporters from more than 160 media registering, a new high, and nearly 7. 60,000 articles, with more than 830 million views on related topics and videos.
Fifth, the experience of participating in the conference has been further enhanced. This year, we will vigorously strengthen the science and technology conference, and more than 30 cutting-edge technologies such as non-inductive traffic, pedestrian simulation robots, and naked-eye 3D aerial imaging have been applied for the first time in the forum. The dazzling light show, the night tour of the Liangma River, and the cultural relics exhibition of the three mountains and five gardens perfectly interpret the intersection and integration of tradition and modernity, humanity and nature, history and future. The Urban Innovation Festival, the permanent exhibition of the exhibition center, the science fiction carnival, and the outdoor science popularization activities fully display cutting-edge technology, unlock the future life, and immerse the public in the ocean of science and technology.
The highlights are outstanding, with many firsts
Yu Yingjie said that the annual meeting of the forum was brilliant and highlighted, especially for many firsts. First, the Zhongguancun International Innovation Center, the new venue, was opened for the first time; second, UNESCO held the International Forum on the Decade of Science for the first time in the world as a supporting unit of the Zhongguancun Forum. For the first time, the Frontier Competition set up four overseas competition areas, and held the exchange and cooperation meeting of science and technology diplomats for the first time.
Third, all 23 parallel forums were held for the first time. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Counsellors' Office of the State Council, the National Energy Administration, the National Natural Science Foundation of China and other ministries and commissions all held parallel forums at the Zhongguancun Forum for the first time, held a conference on the promotion of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in universities for the first time at the Technology Exchange Conference, initiated the cooperation mechanism of the 50-person forum on the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in Zhongguancun, and held the Aerospace Industry Innovation Forum in Xiong'an outside Beijing for the first time.
Fourth, for the first time, an artificial intelligence theme day was established. A total of 12 related activities were held, focusing on the release of a number of major artificial intelligence achievements such as Taiji, the world's first universal intelligent computing chip, and Vidu, a video model that benchmarks against the world's top level.
The 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference has achieved fruitful results, Yu Yingjie also introduced at the meeting, released and interpreted more than 20 scientific and technological innovation policies, and released 231 investment cooperation projects at the Beijing Conference, with a total amount of 902.1 billion yuan, and awarded licenses to more than 50 foreign-funded R&D centers to support the development of foreign-funded enterprises in Beijing. During the annual meeting of the forum, nearly 100 achievements such as research reports, standards and specifications, lists, indexes and initiatives were released, and a total of 309 projects were signed, with a contract amount of 67.317 billion yuan.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Song Xia
Editor/Fan Hongwei