CCG organized roundtable in Dalian's 24th China Overseas Scholar Innovation Summit

On June 29, 2023, the 24th China Overseas Scholar Innovation Summit opened at the Dalian International Conference Center.

This year’s summit was hosted by the Dalian Municipal People's Government, while the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) organized an opening ceremony roundtable. Gao Tao, Deputy Governor of Liaoning Province, announced the opening of the Innovation Summit.

During the opening ceremony, Xiong Maoping, a member of the Liaoning Provincial Party Standing Committee and Secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee, delivered a speech in which he proposed strengthening the country through talent development and encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship.

Tamas Hajba, Senior Advisor and Head of the OECD China Office said countries need to increase understanding and work together, as the global economic downturn and regional tension cast a negative impact on the world economy and global trade.

He Xian, former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and President of the China Talent Research Association, said the Innovation Summit has attracted overseas scholars to return and contribute to the local community.

Xu Yi, Deputy Director of the Torch High-Tech Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, also delivered a speech in which he said the deep integration of innovation and entrepreneurship with economic and social development has played an important role in promoting the transformation of old and new driving forces, upgrading China’s economic structure, expanding employment, improving people's livelihoods, and achieving social fairness and upward mobility.

After the speeches, Zhang Wei, Deputy Secretary-General and Senior Research Fellow of CCG, presided over a roundtable that focused on pursuing cutting-edge technology and innovations in human resources development.

This year's Innovation Summit included activities such as roadshows for national scientific and technological plans and provincial and ministerial cooperation events. It was also linked with the province's human resources fair and integrated with the Dalian University of Technology International Forum for Young Scholars.

During the event, awards were presented to the "Most Promising Entrepreneurial Enterprise Created by Overseas Students in China in 2022” and the “Most Promising Enterprises of the Dalian Entrepreneurship Project". Several roadshows, including the national scientific and technological plan achievement roadshow, a project roadshow for the most promising entrepreneurial enterprises of overseas students by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the "Chunhui Cup" project roadshow by the Ministry of Education, and the Overseas Students Serving the Country Action and the 2023 "Entrepreneurship Project" roadshow.