The 2026 Zhongguancun Forum will highlight the theme of full integration between technological and industrial innovation, an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology mentioned on Wednesday.
This 12 months”s ZGC Forum will probably be held in Beijing from Wednesday to March 29. More than 1,000 friends from over 100 nations and areas are anticipated to take part within the discussion board, which options greater than 100 occasions, Lin Xin, vice-minister of science and expertise, mentioned at a information convention.
The 2026 discussion board will probably be characterised by 4 distinctive options. First, it is going to emphasize the enlargement of the capital metropolis’s efforts to develop into a world science and expertise innovation middle by holding boards and releasing related insurance policies for deepening coordination amongst Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, all positioned in North China, Lin mentioned.
Lin additionally famous that it’s going to emphasize the deep integration of technological innovation with industrial innovation by specializing in frontier fields comparable to 6G, mind-pc interfaces, and cell and gene remedy.
The built-in development of schooling, science and expertise, and expertise cultivation can even be a key attribute of the 2026 discussion board, based on Lin.
Additionally, this 12 months’s discussion board will emphasize excessive-degree scientific and technological openness and cooperation, she added.
The 2026 discussion board is collectively organized by a number of Chinese authorities companies, together with the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Founded in 2007, the discussion board has developed into a worldwide, complete, open and excessive-degree worldwide occasion for enhancing international innovation in science and expertise.
Xinhua – China Daily