"The auspicious beginning adds new brilliance! The 12th ITEC Innovation Summit successfully concluded."
On February 21, the Innovation Summit of the 12th Chaoyang International Talent Entrepreneurship Conference (ITEC) was grandly held at the Jiarui Cultural Center in Chaoyang District, Beijing. You Jun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department, Wen Xian, Vice Mayor of Beijing and Secretary of the Chaoyang District Party Committee, Shen Changxiang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Yang Yungui, Foreign Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Director of the National Center for Biological Information, Du Xiuli, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Feng Xiwen, Minister of the Beijing Liaison Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Macao, Wang Baoyou, Chief Engineer of the China Academy of Industrial Internet, Shi Congling, Deputy Director of the China Academy of Safety Science and Technology, He Ming, Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing University of Technology, Zhu Jianhong, Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Management Committee of Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, Yang Pu, Deputy Director of the Municipal Talent Work Bureau, Shi Nengzi, Vice Chairman of Deloitte China, Wu Xiaojie, Deputy Secretary of the Chaoyang District Party Committee and District Head, Wang Xu, Director of the District People's Congress Standing Committee, Li Guohong, Chairman of the District Political Consultative Conference, Fan Yonghong and other central state organs, municipal and district leaders and expert talents attended.
This summit is themed "Gathering Global Talents to Lead the Future of Chaoyang", covering a series of wonderful activities such as the Excellent Project Achievements Exhibition, the Global Entrepreneurship Competition Award Ceremony, and the ITEC Innovation Night.
It is understood that this is the twelfth consecutive year that Chaoyang District has held the ITEC series of activities. The 12th ITEC adheres to the high-quality development driven by talent leadership, focuses on scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading, builds a "strong magnetic field" for international talents, contributes the power of Chaoyang to the construction of a high-level talent highland in Beijing, and achieves a "good start" for the "Double Attraction and Double Introduction" work in Chaoyang District in 2025.
Planning a New Picture of a Strong Talent District at a High Level
At the beginning of the summit, the leaders of Chaoyang District delivered a speech, pointing out that Chaoyang District resolutely implements the requirements of the municipal Party committee of "taking the lead in four aspects" and "highlighting four aspects", fully promoting the construction of a high-level talent highland, deeply integrating the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain and talent chain, and building a talent system that matches the requirements of the development of new-quality productive forces. Taking advantage of the "Two Zones" policy and relying on the leading role of CBD and Zhongguancun Chaoyang Park, Chaoyang District sincerely invites global talents to be "urban partners" to jointly build an innovation and entrepreneurship highland with international influence.
In order to vividly show the regional talent attraction results, the summit kicked off with the global premiere of the promotional film "Link", instantly igniting the atmosphere of the scene. The promotional film takes "Talents, Chaoyang, Link" as the key words, based on the "Four Orientations" of talent work, focusing on the overall requirements of promoting the construction of a high-level talent highland in the new era. Taking the real stories of innovation and entrepreneurship of outstanding talent representatives in Chaoyang District as the blueprint, from different dimensions such as scientific research and innovation, integration of industry, academia and research, entrepreneurship and landing, and international exchanges, it reflects the strong support of talent work and shows the high-quality ecological environment of the region.
Global Top Projects Competing for the "Peak of Innovation"
1. Both the Scale and Quality of the Competition Achieve Double Breakthroughs, with High-End and Precise Projects Leading the New Track
This ITEC Global Entrepreneurship Competition closely follows the development direction of Chaoyang District's "3 + X" digital economy key industries, focusing on cutting-edge technology fields such as artificial intelligence, data elements, and digital healthcare. It attracts more than 14,000 entrepreneurs and 3,587 high-end and precise projects from 86 countries and regions to compete on the same stage. The proportion of overseas projects exceeds 50% and has increased by 104% compared with the previous year, fully demonstrating Chaoyang's strong attraction in the global talent competition.
After fierce competition, a total of 55 winning projects were finally determined, including 1 special prize, 4 first prizes, 8 second prizes, 12 third prizes, and 30 winning prizes. The winning project teams are "star-studded", including academician teams, highly cited scientists, and scientists selected for national key talent projects. More than 30% of the teams are from well-known overseas universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge. From the perspective of project quality, they have a high market recognition. 87% of the projects have received financing, and about 31% of the projects are at the B round or above. These projects have strong technical strength and are all scientific and technological innovation enterprises focusing on high-end and precise industries. 33% of them are committed to breaking through the "bottleneck" technical problems and have 2,224 patents, which will provide strong scientific and technological support and innovative impetus for the industrial upgrading and high-quality economic development of Chaoyang District and even the whole country.
2. Frontier Achievements Exhibition: Hardcore Technology Lights up the Future of the Industry
The summit specially set up the "Excellent Project Achievements Exhibition", where the participating guests were able to closely observe and experience the cutting-edge technological achievements of a series of award-winning projects. The logistics vehicle with L4-level autonomous driving full-stack technology brought by the award-winning project has served customers in more than 190 cities across the country, and the company's products have also been exported to many countries in Europe and Asia. The cumulative operating mileage of autonomous driving exceeds 8 million kilometers, and it is developing rapidly. The coffee latte art robot displayed by the award-winning project, with advanced visual positioning and motion control algorithms, can accurately replicate the master-level latte art skills. It has been deployed in many cities around the world, injecting new vitality into the intelligent development of the coffee industry and perfectly integrating technology and life. In addition, the water special robot, vascular interventional surgery robot and AR optical waveguide module brought by the award-winning project have also attracted a lot of attention. These projects are not only a vivid manifestation of Chaoyang District's scientific and technological innovation strength, but also an important part of the national scientific and technological innovation achievements.
Building a "Strong Magnetic Field" for Global Talent Attraction
The summit released the "Chaoyang International Talent Innovation Matrix", creating an all-round and multi-level talent attraction network of "Overseas Talent Liaison Station - International Talent Attraction Partner - International Talent Ambassador - International Alumni Association" to build a "strong magnetic field" for global talent attraction. The "Chaoyang International Talent Attraction Partner" trophy was awarded, and a long-term strategic cooperation was reached with several well-known innovation and entrepreneurship talent attraction institutions in the industry to build a precise overseas talent docking network; Four overseas talent liaison stations were set up, and stations were set up in innovation hubs in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Germany to provide pre-services such as policy consultation, talent introduction, and project incubation; The first batch of Chaoyang International Talent Ambassadors was appointed. Five internationally influential figures such as Ozawa Hideki, Vice President of Canon Global, and Mo Yan, the CCTV French anchor, were hired to become the "spokespersons" of Chaoyang's international innovation and entrepreneurship ecology.
The "Chaoyang International Talent Innovation Matrix" aims to take the "Chaoyang Overseas Talent Liaison Station" as the outpost, the "Chaoyang International Talent Ambassador" and the "Chaoyang International Talent Attraction Partner" as the link, as well as the Chaoyang International Alumni Alliance and many well-known university alumni associations as the tentacle, to promote the development opportunities and high-quality ecology of Chaoyang through multiple channels, and continuously attract global entrepreneurs and top talents to gather in Chaoyang.
Full-chain Services Escort Innovation and Entrepreneurship
1. Policy "Combination Punch" Opens Up Development Blockages
At the summit site, Chaoyang District successfully signed contracts with the winning projects of this global entrepreneurship competition. Outstanding projects from home and abroad, such as Meiye Biology, Puqiang, and Inxpect, cover cutting-edge fields such as the digital economy and future industries, demonstrating the strong expectations and confidence of science and technology innovation enterprises in developing in Chaoyang. It is reported that after the winning projects of this session are landed in Chaoyang, they will be given corresponding financial subsidies according to the grades, with the special prize up to 5 million yuan, and the total bonus exceeding 50 million yuan. The main founders of the winning projects that meet the conditions and are above the third prize can be included in the "Phoenix Plan" high-level talent "1 + 8" service guarantee system, enjoying eight types of services such as health management, transportation, and housing security. In addition, ITEC will also focus on providing the excellent projects with a full-cycle "Chaoyang Service" covering space support, investment acceleration, talent service, and ecological empowerment.
2. Iterative Innovation of the Government-Enterprise Collaborative Cultivation System
The global entrepreneurship competition of this conference builds a full-chain service system of "Pre-competition Coaching - In-competition Service - Post-competition Empowerment". Before the competition, an expert team is organized to provide professional coaching for the participating projects to help the projects enhance their competitiveness; During the competition, all-round guarantees are made to ensure the fairness and justice of the competition and provide a high-quality platform for project display; After the competition, through the government-enterprise docking meeting, resources such as industrial departments, leading enterprises, and venture capital institutions are gathered to provide precise services for excellent projects. Academician Shen Changxiang of the Chinese Academy of Engineering also gave a keynote sharing on building a new ecological environment for a safe and trusted network and promoting the high-quality development of the digital economy on the day of the summit, providing important references and inspirations for practitioners in related fields.
At the summit site, the 10th Phoenix College Young Entrepreneurs Training Course in Chaoyang District was officially launched. Relying on the resources of talents, technology, capital, and industries accumulated by the "Phoenix Plan" and ITEC over the years, Phoenix College provides systematic business courses, industrial docking and practical opportunities for the founders of excellent projects, helping young entrepreneurs improve their innovation ability and global vision, and promoting entrepreneurial projects to accelerate towards mature enterprises, providing a solid talent support for the industrial development of Chaoyang District.
Building an "Ideal City" for Global Tal