Shanxi plans events to boost innovation, entrepreneurship

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2022-05-23

The Shanxi Development and Reform Commission recently issued Shanxi province's 2022 plan to attract more domestic and foreign innovation resources and expand the brand influence of Shanxi Smart City projects. 

Shanxi Smart City projects are support platforms for innovation and entrepreneurship with a united brand name. 

According to the plan, the Nos 1-11 Shanxi Smart City projects will successively carry out 25 activities throughout the year. 

To bring in more domestic and foreign high-quality innovation resources, Shanxi Smart City will hold the 2022 Taiyuan-Xinzhou Integrated Economic Zone-Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone Linked Development Summit in July, conducting exchanges and cooperation on exploring new models of cross-regional industrial chain development.

Shanxi Smart City will also host a summit on peaking carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality to introduce five key enterprises and sign 25 high-quality projects, as well as a signing ceremony for advanced equipment manufacturing projects from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in an effort to introduce seven related projects. 

It also plans to introduce five experts with doctorates, cultivate over 500 mid-to-high-end skilled people for industrial development, implement priority policies concerning employment, and carry out undergraduate entrepreneurship and innovation promotions. 

Shanxi Smart City will also hold activities to promote its band and expand its influence. 

Apart from the above activities, Shanxi Smart City will also establish innovation centers and carry out strategic cooperation between the TIPark in the city of Changzhi and the China Association for Science and Technology.