Meeting with top talent representatives, attended by Chen Jining and Gong Zheng, and the opening of the 3rd "Gathering Talents from the Sea" Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit
The third "Gathering Talents from the Sea" Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit with the theme of "Gathering Shanghai and Creating the Future" opened in Shanghai this morning. Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, attended the opening ceremony and launched the 4th "Sea Gathering Talents" Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, presented a gold medal to the winners of the 3rd "Sea Gathering Talents" Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.
Before the opening ceremony, Chen Jining, Gong Zheng, and others met with top talent representatives attending the summit. On behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and Government, they thanked everyone for their positive contributions to the construction of the Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center and listened carefully to everyone's opinions and suggestions. Chen Jining said that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) mapped out a grand blueprint for Chinese path to modernization. To speed up the construction of a modern socialist international metropolis with world influence and effectively meet the people's aspirations for a better life, Shanghai needs to better play the supporting and leading role of scientific and technological innovation and accelerate the gathering of talents from all over the world for use. We will focus on strengthening the function of science and technology innovation policy sources, continuously deepen the construction of science and technology innovation centers with global influence, accelerate the reform of the science and technology system and mechanism, create a good ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship, better unblock the fast lane of basic research, applied research, and industrialization, support science and technology talents to target high-risk and high-value major scientific problems, strengthen theoretical research and experimental breakthroughs, and guide more long-term and patient capital to invest in early, small, and hard technology. We will provide comprehensive services and guarantees for various talents, build an open cooperation platform, create a livable and business friendly environment, do efficient and accurate docking, and allow everyone to focus on research and work freely. I hope everyone can provide valuable opinions and contribute more insightful insights to Shanghai's innovation and entrepreneurship, and play a greater role in attracting and gathering talents.
Michael Levitt, Chen Lingling, Nicklaus Rogosetis, Yuan Junying, Zhou Jiewen, Shen Hengtao, Alex Zavoronkov, Peng Zhihui, and others have delivered speeches, expressing that Shanghai is an open, innovative, and inclusive global city. We fully appreciate Shanghai's good scientific and technological innovation ecosystem and strong support for innovative and entrepreneurial talents. We will continue to deepen our respective fields, accelerate the formation of more innovative breakthroughs, target new directions, develop new technologies, seize new tracks, and promote new industries. We look forward to conducting more exchanges, cooperation, and interdisciplinary research in the forefront of science and technology in Shanghai, the city of innovation, to drive more talents who are committed to innovation and entrepreneurship to pursue their dreams and realize their value.
Gong Zheng presented a gold medal to the winners of the third "Gathering Talents from the Sea" competition
Chen Jie, Deputy Minister of Education, and Wu Qing, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, delivered speeches at the opening ceremony, with Zhang, member of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee and Minister of Organization, presiding.
At the opening ceremony, the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government signed a cooperation framework agreement to jointly build a demonstration zone for returning overseas talents. A number of talent policies, including the Global Outstanding Talent Premium Service and the Shanghai Overseas Vocational Qualification Certificate Recognition List, have been officially released, and major talent projects have been collectively signed and the third "Overseas Gathering of Talents" Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition award ceremony has been held. This competition has attracted a total of 8118 global participating projects, and has reached an investment intention amount of over 5 billion yuan. There are over 200 overseas projects with intentions to land in Shanghai.
Li Zhong, Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, Zhao Zhiguo, Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Li Zheng and Huayuan, Shanghai leaders, Jin Li, President of Fudan University, and Ding Kuiling, President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, attended the opening ceremony.
This summit focuses on the goal of "gathering talents from all over the world and utilizing them", vigorously promoting the deep integration of talent chain, technology chain, industry chain, and financial chain, aiming to create an annual international talent innovation and entrepreneurship event with global influence. During the summit, there will also be overseas prestigious school career meetings, international youth scholar series forums, venture capital path summit forums, excellent engineer training and exchange seminars, entrepreneurship training camps, and roadshows.