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S&T cooperation key to

stronger Pak-China bond

Hina Baloch International Cooperation in nese Government. In addition to Rashida is serving Director, Of- vant industry in China and over-
Science and Technology is the Beijing, Shenzen, Guangzhou, fice of Research Innovation and seas”, told by Dr. Abdul Hakim
cornerstone of the knowledge and Shanghai, the Chinese gov- Commercialization at Jinnah Uni- Shah, Assistant Professor/Direc-
THE CHINESE government is economy in China, said Ms. Zeng ernment plans to develop Jinan, versity for Women, Karachi. tor ORIC at Khushal Khan Khattak
particularly welcoming entrepre- Xiaopeng, Director, International Nanjing, Hangzhou and Wuhan Dr. Zaffar Mehmood, Associ- University, Karak.
neurs, scientists and researchers Cooperation Division, Zhejiang so as to distribute the benefits ate Professor Forman Christian Dr. Mehmood Khwaja, Advisor
from Pakistan to make use of Provincial Science and Technol- of its knowledge economy, said College, Lahore said that the Sustainable Development Policy
their facilities. ogy Department, China. Sayyed Paras Ali, Editor Tech- experience is immensely use- Institute (SDPI), Islamabad said
The visit is part of the efforts nology Times, who is leading the ful in enhancing his knowledge that this visit not only did his
In this regard, a Pakistani del- delegation. Further he said, that
egation comprising of university of the Chinese Embassy in Is- on how to create ecosystems overview about his subject area
lamabad for promoting people he is extremely optimistic that the that brew entrepreneurship. He improved, but also helped him
faculty members, researchers One Belt One Road initiative will
and science media persons to people level contact between said that the visit moved him to identify opportunities of trade
the citizen of China and Pakistan, open up several new in-roads for build more cooperation with the with the Chinese which he would
visited various emerging met- cooperation along the silk route.
ropolitans and Hi-Tech industry particularly in the context of de- Chinese scientists who are also carry back to his institution.
focused provinces of China. The veloping sustainable linkages be- Dr. Rashida R. Zohra who is innovating remarkably in his area Dr. Barkat Ali Khan, Lecturer,
two weeks visit is expected to tween the research communities also part of this delegation ap- of research and development. Gomal University, D.I. Khan said
illicit opportunities for scientific of both countries. preciated the government poli- “This visit is also very helpful that the visit helped him connect to
and technological cooperation, China is home to several in- cies of the Chinese Government for Pakistani students, scientists various research resources housed
and infrastructural support that ternational cosmopolitan cities which have created a conducive and businessmen to have their in the technology parks working in
China has evolved in recent which have intensely industri- environment for research and startup companies incubated in the areas of traditional Chinese and
years to build a startup culture alized under the open policy development and its translation China due to very strongly con- complimentary medicine.
for young entrepreneurs. framework of the current Chi- into commercial products. Dr. nected support system and rele- Continued on page 4
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The story of witnessing China’s scientific
and technological development
My cellphone rang with a number I would not expect at
this time….a professional contact, narrating about an
upcoming visit of China and how good it is for some-
Dr. Rashida Rahmat one to attend…..my mind was quickly thinking.....

The story of witnessing China’s scientific

and technological development
November 19, 2018
(Wednesday)

M
Karachi: 8:15 am
y cellphone
rang with
a number I
would not
expect at this
time….a pro-
fessional con-
tact, narrating about an upcom-
ing visit of China and how good
it is for someone to attend…..
my mind was quickly thinking of
names to refer and get back to
work. I had a lot of work to win-
dup before going on a short trip
to Peshawar early next morning.
So, I paid very little attention to
what he was saying. After narrat-
ing whole story, he politely asked
me if I could appear in Chinese
embassy tomorrow at Islamabad
to get VISA and fly to China after
three days?
Excuse me??? You said ME
??? what? Where? When??
serving as the backbone of its cutting to startups, SME’s and to HIKVISION and seeing secu- visit to library of Fan Qin, one
Could you please repeat???
innovative product line. universities. It not only produces rity surveillance gears, robotic of the biggest and oldest private
Wowwwwww !!
prototype but also helps in tech- machines was like walking on book collections across globe
From rushing to Vice Chan- November 28, 2018 nology transfer and result in rap- the set of a Hollywood futuristic was an inspiration!
cellor with this news for NOC to (Wednesday) id patent and intellectual property movie!
changing travel itineraries, all got December 4, 2018
in time and everything was just Nanjing- the city of Intellects management. The scenic spots of Hangzhou
(Tuesday)
Visit to Nanjing, city of intel- Deputy Director offered a specially the lady white snake
falling into its right place!
lects, was a great experience scrumptious lunch, displaying lake and its pagoda visit, Lingyin Wuhan- Everyday Changing
Now, when I wrote the last high sense of hospitality. The scenic area were really once in a
lines of the report of China vis- having a mix of technology and Your travel becomes lovely
culture. The first day of Nanjing day ended with a lovely dinner lifetime experience! Fresh pearls with lively people. The guide in
it, it made me feel nostalgic. at Shingunh restaurant with lively farming was something which
The group of 08 people, being introduced me to the Asia’s big- Wuhan though had been with us
gest genome sequencing lab performance on a local song. attracted all of us and we ended for a short time but felt as if we
together for about 15 days and up spending huge sum on getting
where research was focused The beautiful memories of had been knowing each other for
enjoying world’s most technol- pearls for our loved ones.
ogy advanced country was an on healthcare solutions to im- visiting Nanjing were collected a long time. Caring, cooperative
unforgettable experience. prove life of people. Data from as numerous pictures on the Dr. December 3, 2018 and joyful. From coming Wuhan
diagnostic clinics, hospitals Sun Yat-sen’s mausoleum and (Monday) to adieu at the train station for
Let’s peek into what happened and research institutes is being downtown area famous for sou- Beijing, his caring attitude add-
in those days from 26th Nov -7th studied using data science and venirs. Embroidered sceneries Ningbo- Smartness on the ed up into a number of reasons
Dec 2018. stored in state-of-the-art per- and name stamps bought from why China should be stored in
verge!
November 26, 2018 forming data servers. The big the market will always keep re- Ningbo, the name of intelligent the best of our memories. The
(Monday) data is used for personalized minding of that beautiful time. economy and smart city, indeed optics valley national innovation
solutions and community wel- has the strong atmosphere of indigenous zone of Wuhan, spe-
Jinan- Precision at its peak! fare in medicine and healthcare November 30, 2018 promoting startups and imple- cially the Institute of biotechnol-
Travelling from Pakistan to industry. To see the working (Friday) menting them in society. The ogy opened to us a lot many op-
China and then directly leaving model of CBD, it’s architect and Hangzhou- Simply Woww! port of Ningbo has now been portunities for collaboration and
from Beijing to Jinan had been a future plan was a worthwhile automated and generating huge jointly park innovative projects
The Hi-Tech Zone at Hangzhou
tiring journey. But the comfort of experience. The startups incu- revenue. The automatic setup in the field of biosciences. A life
was simply a great learning ex-
bullet train and companionship bated at CBD and their proto- of cloth industry which is han- time lesson taught by Mr. Fang,
perience. Having focus on health
of humble tour operator made it types had been displayed well. dling all matters, right from tak- managing the biotech incubator
and Information Technology; the
pleasant. The visit was made memorable ing measurements of a person at Wuhan was if you want to be
zone had all what it could take a
Visit to Shandong Peninsular when a book cum coffee cum for his clothes up to packing of an entrepreneur, put all your en-
nation to lead in the field. To in-
NIIDZ, Leiment Laser company souvenir shop hosted us and we finished goods have been made ergy to achieve it. Unlike the pro-
crease business opportunities,
and Biobase had been a great had a hands-on experience of smart and automated. The auto- fessors who remain engaged in
the incubators and accelerators
experience in terms of witness- Chinese calligraphy. The spirit of mation of production and supply academics and initiate biotech
were fully equipped with state-
ing precision engineering. From people was overwhelming and a line has markedly increased the business ventures also. This
of-the-art facilities to work on Big
glass to cloth, almost all kind of strong sense of belongingness production per unit time and ulti- attitude makes that startup die;
data from healthcare industry to
textures were meticulously cut could be seen. mately decreasing the production mainly because of negligence
the drug synthesis for ailments.
and printed using laser technolo- The art of fine cutting and High power servers, sophisti- cost. No wonder why Chinese and having an eye on easy route
gy. Biobase, the research equip- carving has achieved its peak by cated equipment and mentoring vendors have great profit margin to earn by being employed at the
ment’s manufacturer, showed LASER precision cutting. China for biotech-based startups was on each unit sale! university.
the R&D and production facility with its four laser research in- very well arranged in purpose Apart from study tours, the
and also the incubator which is stitutes offer services of LASER designed infrastructure. The visit Continued on page 4
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A travel memoir of National Indigenous
Development Zones of P.R. China
On the Nov 20th (1pm), I received a call from Mr. Paras
Ali, Editor Technology Times Islamabad for an opportunity
to be the part of a High level official delegation invited by
Dr. M. Abdul Hakim the Embassy of China in Islamabad, visiting various .....

A travel memoir of NIIDZs P.R. of China

O
n the Nov 20th was planned. Taking a good
(1pm), I received rest at a 4-star Hotel, we were
a call from Mr. ready for our first visit to Inspur
Paras Ali, Edi- formerly Langchao, a Chinese
tor Technology multinational Information Tech-
Times Islamabad nology Company headquartered
for an opportuni- in Jinan. We visited the display
ty to be the part of a High level centre and some other sections
official delegation invited by the of the company where the com-
Embassy of China in Islamabad, pany representative briefed us
visiting various selected National about the advanced technologies
Indigenous Development Zones developed by the company in re-
(NIDZs) in the Peoples Republic cent years which include laptops,
of China. These includes Beijing, electric cars, IT driven monitoring
Jinan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ning- systems etc. afterwards, we vis-
bo and Wuhan. I couldn’t refuse ited to some incubation centres
due to the purposeful aims of this located in the NIDZ Jinan where
high level visit. It was an honor we had a high level meeting with
for me to be the part of such a the government authorities and
valuable visit for which I will re- exchanged opportunities of mu-
main thankful of Embassy of Chi- tual cooperation. Meanwhile, the
na in Islamabad generally and Mr. CEO of the one of the leading LA-
Paras Ali sb particularly. Our Vice SER Company, JINAN SENFENG
Chancellor Prof. Jehan Bakht TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD Along-
also encouraged me for it and with a Pakistani Engineer Project
then I went to the Embassy of- Manager, Mr. Adeel Ahsan invited
fice, Islamabad on the very next us to visit their company. Dur- telligence robotic technology and and Incubator Manager of Ningbo we all established linkages with
day (21 Nov 2018) where me ing meeting with them, we were LASER equipments’ companies Institute of Information Technolo- the institute as it was a very good
alongwith other members of del- briefed over the products of the were the most focused areas in gy Application, Chinese Academy opportunity for smart materials,
egation, applied for the visa and company and the environment the NIDZ Nanjing. We also visit- of Sciences Mr. Jay Pan, a de- biotechnology products, pharma
other requirements. 8x members’ of working there. Close collab- ed the Nanjing Science Park and tailed discussion about the mutual industries etc. Since, I have done
delegation comprised of Mr. Pa- oration opportunities were ex- some tourists spots during our research collaboration was made Ph.D in Material Physics from
ras Ali and Ms. Hina (Technology changed over and new linkages two days stay there. It’s a beauti- with the successful output that Wuhan Institute of Technology
Times Islamabad), me Dr. Abdul were developed. ful city and has a lot of education focal persons were appointed on and stayed there for three years
Hakim Shah (Director ORIC/Head After visiting Jinan NIDZ, our centres, universities, research both the sides, Mr. Jay Pan was (2012-15), so this city was not
of Physics Department Khushal next destination was Nanjing. centres and tourists’ spots. from Chinese side and Mr. Abdul new for me and therefore just
Khan Khattak University Karak), This city was the earlier capital of Taking a positive image and ex- Majid from Pakistan side. The Di- after finishing me dinner, I got
Dr. Rashida Rahmat Zohra (Di- china as clear form the name Nan posure from Nanjing, we moved rector offered an invitation to par- permission from our delegation
rector ORIC Jinnah University Jing in which Nan means South to the next NIDZ of Hangzhou ticipate in the next year business leader Mr. Paras Ali to visit my
for Women Karachi), Dr. Zafar and Jing means Capital. There (Zhejiang province). Hangzhou is exhibition and encouraged Paki- host university. I met with my
Mehmood (Foreman Christian we had official meetings with famous for its trade facilities and stan entrepreneurs to join their fellows there and also has a vis-
College Lahore), Dr. Barkat the Director of Nanjing Directo- opportunities. There, we did visits incubation centre for the business it to meet my Supervisors Prof.
Ali (Department of Pharmacy rate of Science and Technology to the Hangzhou Technology Park startup schemes. After holding Chen Wen and Prof. Zhou Jiang
Gomel University DI Khan), Dr. and the Nanjing NIDZ officials. and other industries. We also vis- successful dialogues and indus- of School of Materials Science
Mahmood Khawaja, SDPI Islam- We were told about the struc- and Engineering, Wuhan Univer-
abad, and Mr. Abdul Majid (Busi- ture and working channels of the sity of Technology. This meeting
ness Incubation Centre, COM- Nanjing NIDZ and offered us col- was very successful and my
SATs University Islamabad). The laboration in different industries Professor offered me 2 schol-
delegation was headed by Mr. and research centres including arships of MS/Ph.D every year
Paras Ali. Our visit was planned the smart materials, biomedical, for my students. After that, I did
to be started on 26 Nov 2018 by business an IOT based technol- some shopping from Wuhan and
Air China from Islamabad to Bei- ogies. Opportunities for the stu- then joined my delegation mem-
jing through Karachi. dents’ internships were compre- bers for a return journey towards
Just after arrival at the Bei- hensively discussed and agreed Beijing where we had a meeting
jing International Airport, our upon. Later, we visited different with the NIDZ Beijing officials
hosts were there to receive us sites, industries, research insti- and were presented by Mr. Mo
and offered us lunch at Beijing. tutes an incubation centres. Do- Tan, the Director of Division of
Just after lunch, we were on the mestic IOT based appliances, Bi- International Cooperation, Torch
way to Jinan (Shandong prov- omedical products, smart cities High-Tech Industry Development
ince) where our 1st night stay monitoring boards, artificial in- Centre, Ministry of Science and
Technology, P.R. China, about the
Beijing NIDZ and related oppor-
ited the famous temples. On the trial visits, we then left Ningbo. tunities. Internships were offered
same day, we went to the Ning- Our next destination was Wu- by the Director for the internees
bo city and held official meetings han (Hubei province), where we and entrepreneurs from Pakistan.
there. Both Hangzhou and Ningbo had a night stay. Just after reach- We also visited the historical Tian
have terrific NIDZs contributing ing there on 3 PM, we visited men square and forbidden city
almost 250 Billion RMBs towards to the Wuhan Optics Valley and in Beijing and enjoyed the cold
the National economy of China. Wuhan Biotechnology Institute weather, -10C there. We also did
Thousands of people have been (WBI). Director WBI presented shopping in the famous Beijing
employed and likewise, hundreds in details about the formulation, electronics market and also vis-
of thousands students have been layout and business startup op- ited the Great Wall on the final
supported for their startup busi- portunities in this centre. Our del- day before our departure to the
ness. During a meeting with the egation members showed satis- homeland Pakistan.
Director of Tech Dev Department faction over the presentation and
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Jinan High-Tech Industrial Development
Zone: An Innovation Hub
Founded in 1991, Jinan High-Tech Industrial Development
Zone is one of national high-tech zones approved by the
State Council, composed of the Central District, Export
Ammara Khan Processing District and Eastern New District....

Jinan High-Tech Industrial Development

Zone: An Innovation Hub
F
ounded in 1991, Science City Development Centre, State Council in 2000, and subse- Department, Jinan Science and approximately 20,000 square
Jinan High-Tech In- Comprehensive Free Trade Zone quently certificated as Pioneering Technology Bureau and Lixia meters.
dustrial Development Development Center, Innovation Park for Overseas Scholars. district government, it supports In order to gather talents,
Zone is one of na- Valley Development Centre, High Sci-Tech & Finance Building enterprises’ sci-tech innovation technology and information
tional high-tech zones tech Eastern Business Develop- and finances small and medi- resources, the Sci-Tech & Fi-
approved by the State ment Center, International Logis- The Sci-Tech & Finance Build- um-sized sci-tech enterprises
ing in Jinan, East China’s Shan- to promote provincial industrial nance Building set up several
Council, composed of tics Center, Sino-European Manu- incubation platforms to provide
the Central District, Export Pro- facturing Development Centre. dong province is an incubator transformation.
for start-ups and sci-tech en- offices, technology, finance for
cessing District and Eastern New Jinan High-Tech Business The Centre started its oper- academicians, experts, overseas
District. With a beautiful environ- terprises, according to the local
Incubator government. Operated by Shan- ations in September 2017. At high-level talents and university
ment, convenient transportation present, its construction area is students to start businesses.
and integrated infrastructure, the Jinan High-Tech Business Incu- dong Science and Technology
zone is a showcase for Jinan, bator was established in 1992. It
exhibiting to the rest of the world is approved as the establishment
the important high-tech industri- of public welfare for science and
al base of Shandong Province. technology services by the city. It
Within the zone, there is the Over- was certificated as “National Lev-
seas Chinese Scholars School, el High-Tech Business Incubator”
The National High-Tech Business in 1998 and as a “National High-
Incubator, The China Internation- tech Development Zone Advanced
al ICT Innovation Cluster, The Ex- Incubator” in 2011 by Ministry of
port Processing Districts well as Science and Technology. The Chi-
other national industrial parks. na Jinan Park for Overseas Chi-
The zone has ten industrial nese Scholars was established
parks, that is, the QiluSoft Park, in 1999, certificated as national
Jinan High-tech Business Incu- level Pioneering Park for Overseas
bator, Emerging service develop- Chinese Scholars by Ministry of
ment center, Intelligent equipment Science and Technology, Ministry
industry development center, Life of Personnel, Ministry of educa-
tion and Foreign Experts Affairs of

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“COMSATS University Is- A hallmark of the develop- The science and technology emerging metropolitans and Hi- han and Technology Transfer Fa-
lamabad (CUI) has immense- ment is its consideration of an parks all across China are estab- Tech industry focused provinces cilities in Beijing, which are the
ly increased cooperation with eco-friendly China, which forms lished to help boost the economy of China. The two weeks visit entrepreneurial hubs of different
Chinese Universities in recent an essential component of the and are gearing up for achieving provided illicit opportunities for Chinese provinces. The delega-
years. One part of my effort dur- scenic beauty of Chinese Industri- ambitious targets laid down in scientific and technological co- tion was shown tech-giants like
ing the visit is to gain new ide- alized National Indigenous Innova- their 50:50 Plan and 3315 Pro- operation, and infrastructural HK Vision, H3C and Bio-Club
as for enhancing the incubation tion Development Zones (NIIDZs). gram. The philosophy is centered support that China has evolved which are working to develop
centre of CUI as well as identify The Chinese government is also on and concept 3.0 i.e. support in recent years to build a startup and successfully market hi-tech
futuristic ideas for cooperation committed to preserving cultur- at the spiritual and intellectual culture for young entrepreneurs. electronics, big data, Artificial
in various areas with Hi-Tech al and historic heritage for future levels in addition to solutions and The delegation visited Nation- Intelligence, Cyber Security and
Parks of China”, said Mr. Abdul generations which is a role model infrastructural support for young al Indigenous Innovation Demon- IoT systems as well as imple-
Majid Qureshi, a representative for other developing economies of entrepreneurs to startup. stration Zones (NIIDZs) in Jinan, menting Smart City projects
of COMSATS University, Islam- the East, shared Ms. Hina Baloch, The delegation visited various Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wu- across China.
abad. a science media expert.

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December 6, 2018 could quickly move the luggage trip had been with us from arriv- what helps in planning for an inno- December 09, 2018
(Thursday) to the hotel, bus or any destina- al to China to departure. He had vation driven economy and how to (Sunday)
tion which would otherwise be not only been directly involved effectively execute the government
Beijing: Always in motion lifted by her. The most surpris- in all our matters as his duty but level development plans. Karachi
Reaching Beijing and being ing thing was coming to know he also cared about us as if we Our entire tour and visits of in- Finishing the brief notes of vis-
welcomed by an elderly lady give that the lady having fractured leg were his family. Thinking about novation zones taught us about it, I remember the giggles of Dr.
me a thought that we might not took the pain (literal meaning) to the best stay, halal meals, fruits the greatness of China in terms of: Barkat, pun of Dr. Zafar, shopping
get much of fun and enthusiastic personally go to all the cities we and snacks arrangement on city of Hina, difference of opinion
guidance as the way we had in • Focus on leading in all fields of Dr. Mehmood, Encyclopedic
were to visit in China to see the tours, boarding lodging every
other cities. of science and technology brain of Dr. Zeeshan, Caring na-
best accommodation and book day, taking snaps, keeping every-
But this thought quickly dis- the tour guides! She could have one happy just like a father! We • Welfare of people (job crea- ture of Dr. Hakim, forgetfulness
appeared into thin air when that simply booked those online but had nothing to worry about. Just tion, healthcare, transporta- of Paras sahab :D. The entire
motherly figure made us all feel she preferred to go herself. follow the beeline and get the tion etc.) group was a perfect mix, made
as if we have returned back Despite of her instructions, maximum output from our tour. • Wealth generation by indige- to enjoy, learn and live together
home to our family. That handi- when she saw us under dressed What could beat a nation who nous research and develop- !!!
capped lady throughout our stay as per the weather conditions; next is so much client oriented? Chi- ment You may not agree to all what I
in Beijing had been active then day she was standing with the bag nese indeed go far long the extra • Promoting tourism had written in this piece of writing
most of us and would never let full of warm mufflers and shawls to miles to fulfil their commitments. • Attracting back the foreign but this is how China appeared to
us carry our luggage. Sometimes ensure our safety while visiting the Client care, satisfaction and re- Chinese nationals me! Till my next visit to this great
we would grab her arm forcefully great Wall of China at -10°C. spect are their top most priority. land, I will cherish these memo-
and engage her with us in taking • Promoting international ties to ries.
Mr. Leu, the chairman of the Visiting the TORCH at Beijing strengthen business opportu-
pictures so that our team mates company to manage our entire helped in understanding about nities
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NIIDZs leading China’s scientific and
technological development
With the view to strengthening China-Pakistan relations
and promoting bilateral scientific and technological co-
operation The Embassy of the People’s Republic of Chi-
Dr. Zaffar Mehmood na in Pakistan invited a group of 8 people related .....

NIIDZs leading China’s scientific and

technological development
W
ith the view national innovation eco-system. to work collaboratively and they
to strength- Delegates arrived in Beijing on suggested that a special person
ening Chi- 25th and travelled to Jinan next would be allocated by their gov-
na-Pakistan day 26th December 2018 through ernment officials to foster this col-
relations and bullet train. laboration. Development of vac-
promoting cine is an important area where
Travelled from Beijing to Jinan
bilateral sci- mutual interest was observed
through Bullet train on November
entific and technological coopera- within two countries.
26, 2018. There we visited Shan-
tion The Embassy of the People’s Our next destination was Nan-
dong Peninsular NIIDZ, Leiment
Republic of China in Pakistan in- jing, here we reached on Novem-
Laser company and Biobase had
vited a group of 8 people related ber 29, 2018.
been a great experience.
to scientific community to visit
Jinan innovation zone area is Nanjing is a free and open
of China’s National indigenous
318 Square Kilometre and it start- market economy where political
Innovation Demonstration Zones
ed since 1991. The major focus is will has changed the social en-
(NIDZs) from November 25, 2018
on financial innovation, IT, Econo- vironment and that has attract-
to December 7 ,2018. This del-
my are major areas of commerce ed foreign entrepreneurs. They
egation was led by Technology
in this zone. This is also called as claim that education has changed
times Pakistan.
life science city and there are a everything here coupled with the
The Delegate comprised of fol- fact that they have uniform poli-
lot of concentrated industries and
lowing members: cies all over.
start up on health and biophar-
1. Sayyed Paras Ali maceuticals. This zone has more We were briefed that the new
(Technology Times) than 50 successful pharmaceuti- challenges that are being faced
2. Hina Baloch cal companies so far that use JIZ and acted upon by government
(Technology Times) based innovations in medicines here is growing aging population many innovative parameters. government officials showed will-
3. Dr. Abdul Hakim Shah including army, logistics. Total and help from science and tech- ingness to host activities such as
Hangzhou ranks second in high
(Khushkhal Khan Khattak revenue of this zone is in the tune nology is sought to solve related match making activities in Pa-
tech index. Its invention patents
University of Karak, KPK) of 600 Billion RMB. It has more challenges. kistan. They have capacity, and
are very high and the success
than 3000 IT based companies Major strength of this area is mechanism and willingness to
4. Dr. Barkat Ali Khan (Gomal rates of start-up are 8 times high-
and around 1700 biomedical concentrated industry related to fund projects in Pakistan as well.
University Dera Ghazi Khan) er due to this fact. There are more
companies in this area. electronics and digital material Ms. Chenmeng Hong was desig-
5. Majid Qureshi (COMSATS than 106 enterprising industries in
The outreach of Bio-base com- manufacturing. Another new in- this area and the ratio of smaller nated as focal person from China
University, Islamabad)
pany is up to 200 companies and dustry here is electric cars and companies over big companies for future collaboration whereas
6. Dr. Khawaja Mehmood (Advi- 1700 products are in market till high speed trains are manufac- Sayyed Paras Ali was designated
sor SDPI Islamabad) here is 1:93. Ali Baba is one of the
now. tured here. This sector has attract- biggest success stories and they focal person from Pakistani side
7. Dr. Zaffar Mehmood (FCCU) The province of Shandong has ed major investment in Nanjing. are now a big investor and user for collaboration.
8. Dr. Rashida Rahmat Zohra six zones with vision to improve Education, Science and Tech- of high value innovation research Our next destination was Ning-
(Fatima Jinnah Women Uni- business procedures efficiently, nology and collaboration of uni- and application particularly in Big bo in Zhejiang province, where we
versity Karachi) and develop industry to increase versity resources are major three Data and Artificial Intelligence. arrived on December 3, 2018.
This exposure visit was local business. They are also ex- priorities of government in this Hangzhou has second highest This innovation zone was es-
planned by Chinese government ploring new materials with spe- zone. dense place for R&D institutes. tablished in 1999 and it was raised
that included arrangements to cial emphasis on marine and sea Director of International Coop- Hangzhou lists 4th in 126 innova- to level of national innovation zone
visit selected innovation zones products. Total output of Shan- eration Division Nanjing Municipal tion zones as established in latest in 2007 termed as Ningbo Innova-
including private incubators zones dong in 2018 is 8008 billion RMB. Science and Technology Com- statistics. tion Harbour. Material technology
as well, industries, cultural herit- They offer good environment for mission Fu Jian gave us a very Concentration is observed in centre was established in 2013. It
ages and city tours by tour guides good business with more than 60 warm welcome and Deputy Direc- sectors such as environment, is termed as Materials or science
who not only showed us around business incubators in this region tor of Nanjing Municipal Science new energies, high tech manufac- and technology city. Innovation
cities but also highlighted cultural only. They have 50 thousand new and Technology Commission Mr. turing, Internet financial services, zone has an area of 55 square
heritage, industries, sightseeing start-up companies and they have Zhou Wenhai offered a scrump- smart city, smart medicines, soft- Kilometres. They are establishing
and other important highlights open policy for foreign business tious lunch, displaying high sense ware clusters of industry, IT, IoT Science and Technology Park with
about every destination. It is entrepreneurs. This innovation of hospitality. The day ended with and smart industries. an area of 450 square kilometre.
worth mentioning that hospitali- zone has more than 3000 foreign a lovely dinner at Shingunh res- Most of enterprise are based on
There is tremendous progress
ty, generosity and warmth of our employees. taurant with lively performance on university research, its employ-
in terms of having innovation in
host was felt by every delegate We also visited Leming Laser a local song. new technologies and the journey ees are more than 300 and it has
member very strongly and it will manufacturers in this zone whole We were told that Nanjing has starts from none to beginning and more than 800 companies work-
be remembered dearly. Delegates are working on these areas since a population of 8.2 million people now it is in development phase. ing here.
were really impressed with pace 2004 on instruments whose in- with 12 per cent student popula- Hangzhou now ranks first in inno- Ningbo Science and Technolo-
of development in science and struments are exported to more tion, 25 % highly educated people vation capacity with 472 research gy incubator services have huge
technology and how China devel- than 137 countries. Their instru- makes its very rightly labelled as institutions and there are 20 agen- area of 13000 square metre with
oped its scientific, technical and ments are specialized in welding, Education city. It has 45% plant- cies for postdoctoral research more than 800 enterprises here.
commercialization ecosystem so cutting and engraving. The facto- ed area and people are well off as work engaged to foster innovation Similarly, they have Ningbo Soft-
profoundly that its impacts were ry has more than 700 employees its GDP per capita is 1800 USD. and research. ware Park with an area of 30,000
visible in daily life of its population and 200 are in R&D section. Major highlights are innovation square meter and more than 500
through application of smart tech- Hangzhou offers financial ser-
We visited tech giants such as and modern manufacturing. The vices for foreigners also in tune of enterprises. Other areas of inno-
nologies developed locally in their Inspur and HIKVision and looked advancement of science and vation are specialized weaponry
universities, academic and re- 8.3 billion RMB. There are more
at the innovative technologies and technology has changed the sce- than 8000 companies seen every in Ningbo. USA and Germany
search institutions and national in- products these companies have nario of this city and it has very have shown special interests in
cubation systems. Delegates had year here. Bioclub here is one ex-
to offer. low crime rate. ample of overseas talent base. electronic supply chains from
a very good exposure at all stages this zone. There is strong interest
Jinnan innovation zone admin- On November 30, 2018 we There is strong interest in
of planning and development of
istration showed keen interest reached Hangzhou – the city of technology collaboration and the Continued on page 6
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Pakistani delegation visit to NIIDZs China
International Cooperation in Science and Technology is
the cornerstone of the knowledge economy in China. The
Chinese government is particularly welcoming entrepre-
neurs, scientists and researchers from Pakistan to make
use of their facilities. The science and technology parks
Hina Baloch all across China are established to help boost .....

Pakistani delegation visit to NIIDZs China

I
nternational Cooperation H3C and Bio-Club which are Scientific and technological
in Science and Technol- working to develop and success- Visits:
ogy is the cornerstone of fully market hi-tech electronics,
This delegation visits six cit-
the knowledge economy big data, Artificial Intelligence,
ies of five provinces of China in-
in China. The Chinese Cyber Security and IoT systems
cludes Jinan, Nanjing, Hangzhou,
government is particularly as well as implementing Smart
Ningbo, Wuhan and Beijing.
welcoming entrepreneurs, City projects across China.
scientists and researchers from The visit is part of the efforts Jinan
Pakistan to make use of their fa- of the Chinese Embassy in Is- Jinan is the capital of Shan-
cilities. lamabad for promoting people dong province. In Jinan they visit
The science and technology to people level contact between different companies Inspur, Bio-
parks all across China are estab- the citizen of China and Pakistan, lab, Leiming Laser.
lished to help boost the economy particularly in the context of de- Nanjing
and are gearing up for achieving veloping sustainable linkages be-
Nanjing is the capital of
ambitious targets laid down in tween the research community
Jiangsu province. In Nanjing Ningbo istry of Science and Technolo-
their 50:50 Plan and 3315 Pro- of both countries.
they visit Nanjing International gy (MOST) China established
gram. The philosophy is centered Visit Details: Ningbo is a sub-provincial city
Healthcare Area (NIHA), Nanjing in 1989. Mission of the Torch
on and Concept 3.0 i.e. support in northeast Zhejiang province,
The eight entrepreneurs, Sci- Jiangbei New Area CBD Develop- Center is to implement Torch
at the spiritual and intellectual People’s Republic of China. In
entists, researchers are wel- ment and Construction Exhibition Program to finance innovations
levels in addition to solutions and Ningbo they visit Ningbo Institute
comed by the Chinese govern- Center, Gene Mension, Public by tech-based SMEs to improve
infrastructural support for young of Information Technology Appli-
ment to visit National Indigenous Technical Service Platform for the innovation environment for
entrepreneurs to startup. cation, CAS and China Mobile.
Innovation Zones (NIIDs). Jiangsu Intelligent Laser Manu- the promotion and development
A Pakistani delegation com- facturing, Nanjing Nayou Institute
prising of science media persons, Delegation: Leisure Visit of tech-based industries.
of Information Technovation and
university faculty members and The delegates belong to dif- Sunan National Innovation Park. • Tianyige Museum and Moon Leisure Visit
researchers is currently visiting ferent Science & Technology Lake Scenic Area.
various emerging metropolitans sector across Pakistan. The del- Leisure Visit • Tiananmen Square
Wuhan
and Hi-Tech industry focused egation consists of eight mem- • Forbidden city Palace Muse-
• Leisure visit includes Mauso- Wuhan is the capital of Hubei
provinces of China. The two bers including Sayyed Paras Ali um
leum of China’s first president province and in they visit only
weeks visit is expected to illicit Editor Technology Times, Dr. Sun Yat-sen • Great Wall of China
opportunities for scientific and Mehmood Khawaja adviser Sus- one institute named Wuhan Insti-
technological cooperation, and tainable Development Policy In- • Yuhuatai Scenic Area. tute of Biotechnology. Conclusion:
infrastructural support that Chi- stitute (SDPI), Dr Rashida Zohra Hangzhou The hallmark of develop-
Leisure Visit
na has evolved in recent years to Director ORIC Jinnah University ment is its consideration of an
Hangzhou is the capital and
build a startup culture for young for Women Karachi, Dr Zaffar • Tingtao Scenic Area eco-friendly China, which forms
most populous city of Zhejiang
entrepreneurs. Mehmood Lecturer FC College Beijing an essential component of the
Province. In Hangzhou they visit
The delegation earlier visited University Lahore, Dr Barkat Ali scenic beauty of Chinese In-
Intelligent Hangzhou Cluster in Beijing is the capital of the dustrialized National Indigenous
National Indigenous Innovation Pharmacist Gomal University D.I. Binjiang, HIK Vision. H3B Inno- People’s Republic of China, the Innovation Development Zones
Demonstration Zones (NIIDZs) Khan, Dr Abdul Hakim Lecturer vation Experience Center and Bio world’s third most populous city (NIIDZs). The Chinese govern-
in Jinan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Khushal Khan University Karak, Club. proper, and most populous capi- ment is also committed to pre-
Ningbo, which are the entrepre- Mr. Abdul Majid Quereshi Rector
tal city. In Beijing delegates had serving cultural and historic her-
neurial hubs of different Chinese office COMSATS University Is- Leisure Visit
a meeting in China Torch Center. itage for future generations which
provinces. The delegation was lamabad and Ms. Hina Rasheed
• Xixi National Wetland Park The Torch Center is a public is a role model for other develop-
shown tech-giants like HK Vision, Baloch In-charge Editorial Tech-
nology Times. • Liuhe Pagoda, entity directly lies under Min- ing economies of the East.

From page 3: A travel memoir of NIIDZs P.R. of China

During our 12x days visit, we public areas, financial depart- vided bullet train (G-Train) facility and cool weather in Beijing gave my-self towards Chinese culture
got sufficient exposure about the ments, local administration and to travel intercity which travel at us exposure to the beauty of Na- and development as much as I
development of China in recent has improved the industrial man- the speed of 300-306 Km/Hour. ture in China. During discussion have got in this wonderful visit.
years regarding various indus- agement. This development has Wonderful scenic areas were with our guides throughout our In short, I am very much
trial, business and technological also revolutionized the peoples’ selected for our city tours and stay in china about the Chinese thankful to the Embassy of China
mark points. Taking the advan- minds and time management we enjoyed Chinese culture a lot ancient and modern history and to arrange such a wonderful vis-
tages of IOT (Internet of Things), accordingly. Our hosts were re- as well. Arrangement of hosts/ culture broadened our vision it for us. I will always remember
China has automated the living ally professional and excited to guides in all cities was fantas- and understanding how China these beautiful days of my life
standards of their people and know about the Pakistan culture tic and our guides Mr. David, has got developed in spite of and will do efforts for establish-
strengthened their government as well. We were facilitated with Mr. Micheal, Ms. Anna provided hardships and multicultural so- ing linkages with the authorities
administration in the mainland as excellent accommodation and professional hospitality and our ciety. During my three years stay I met there so that this visit be
well. This has obviously reduced fast and relax inter-city and in- time with all of them was won- (2012-15) for my Higher Educa- effectively beneficiated for our
the crimes and irregularities in tra-city travelling. We were pro- derful. Rain in Ningbo-Wuhan tion in Wuhan, I couldn’t expose country’s development.

From page 5: NIIDZs leading scientific and technological development of China

to attract foreign talents through going and facing challenges. We industry of around 10 billion in- how to effectively execute the tion, healthcare, transporta-
many national schemes. were told that the city govern- dustry and biomedicine ranks government level development tion etc.)
We visited Yonggang Mod- ment is very keen to establish second in line and is approaching plans. l Wealth generation by indige-
ern Park that was the first ever linkages and they have schemes to 10 billion industries. Our entire tour and visits of nous research and develop-
private incubator established to to invest such as 20, 10 and 5 Our last destination was Bei- innovation zones taught us about ment
foster collaboration and success Million RMB levels of funding jing, here we arrived on Decem- the greatness of China in terms l Attracting the foreign Chinese
of start-ups. The slogan of this categories. ber 6, 2018. of: nationals
company is “Where great heart Next morning on December 4, Visiting the TORCH at Beijing l Focus on leading in all fields l Promoting international ties to
awakes”. They specialized to 2018 we reached to Wuhan. The helped in understanding about of science and technology strengthen business opportu-
give warmth that is highly re- city that is chaining every day. what helps in planning for an l Welfare of people (job crea- nities.
quired by the incubators to keep East lake Wuhan has an optical innovation driven economy and
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China’s Torch Program: The glow that
can light the world
I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book
tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Start-
up Owners Manual. I was only in China for a week so
Steve Blank this a cursory view. Thanks to Kai-Fu Lee of .....

China’s Torch Program:

The glow that can light the world
Courtesy: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-blank/chinas-torch-program-the-_b_3063069.html

I
just spent a few weeks in Promotion Centers.
Japan and China on a book The first Science and Tech-
tour for the Japanese and nology Industrial Park was
Chinese versions of the Zhongguancun Science Park in
Start-up Owners Manu- Beijing. It has become China’s
al. I was only in China for Silicon Valley. In addition to the
a week so this a cursory one in Beijing, China has set up
view. Thanks to Kai-Fu Lee of In- 53 additional industrial parks
novation Works, David Lin of Mi- and in them are approximately
crosoft Accelerator, Frank Hawke 60,000 companies with eight
of the Stanford Center in Beijing, million employees. Industry or
and my publisher China Machine technology specific versions of
Press. This post is about the how these clusters have been set up;
the Chinese government engi- for example, Donghu in Wuhan
neered technology clusters. — specializing in optoelectron-
The Torch Program ics, Zhangjiang in Shanghai —
In size, scale and commercial focusing on integrated circuits
results China’s Torch Program and pharmaceuticals, Tianjin —
from MOST (the Ministry of Sci- biotech and new energy, Shen-
ence and Technology) is the most zhen — telecommunications and
successful entrepreneurial pro- Zhongshan — medical devices
gram in the world. Of all the Chi- and electronics.
nese government programs, the The Science and Technolo-
Torch Program is the one program gy Industrial Parks contributed
that kick-started Chinese high- 7 percent of China’s GDP and
tech innovation and start-ups. close to 50 percent of all of Chi-
In the last decade Torch man- na’s R&D spending.
In addition to the 54 Science into diverse models. For exam- than 500 people, at least 30 per- ture Guiding Fund invests directly
aged to break free of China’s
and Technology Industrial Parks, ple, the Ministry of Education cent of the employees have to be into VC funds, co-invests with
state central planning bureaucra-
the Torch program also set up and the Ministry of Science and technical and the majority of the VCs, and covers some VC bets.
cies. Of all the Chinese innova-
an additional 32 Torch Program Technology teamed up to put 45 company owned by Chinese. The It does this with four programs:
tion programs, Torch is the one
Software Parks. incubators in universities. There ultimate goal of Innofund is to get 1) A fund of funds, holding less
that was run like a start-up — it-
are close to 100 specialized in- the start-ups far enough along in than 25 percent equity in VC
erating and pivoting as it learned Another key part of China’s cubators for companies founded technology and market validation firms, requiring only a fixed
and discovered. This enabled cluster strategy was collabora- by returned overseas Chinese so other sources of financial cap- rate return;
Torch to evolve with China’s rap- tion between research and busi- scientists and engineers. There ital (banks, VCs, corporate part-
idly global economy. ness, as well as between large 2) the fund will co-invest with
are a dozen sector-specific incu- ners) will invest.
Torch has four major parts: enterprises and tech-based small other VC firms matching up to
bators (a Biomedicine Incubator Since its establishment,
Innovation Clusters, Technolo- and medium enterprises. It did 50 percent of other VC firm’s
in Shanghai, Advanced Material there’s been over 35,000 appli-
gy Business Incubators (TBIs), so by building a national network equity investment or a maxi-
Incubator in Beijing, a Marine cations with 9,000 projects ap-
Seed Funding (Innofund) and of over a thousand Productivity mum of $500K;
Technology Incubator in Tianjin, proved and close to a $1 billion
Venture Guiding Fund. Promotion Centers. They provide etc.) These incubators are most- 3) Risk subsidies for VC firms,
consulting, promotion, product allocated.
Innovation Clusters ly clustered in the eastern coastal where the fund will be com-
testing, hiring, training and incu- Most Venture Capitalists in pensated for the cost and
Industries have a competitive regions, and disproportionately
bation services to start-ups. China viewed the Innofund the loss of VC firms which have
advantage when related compa- target TMT (Technology Media
same way most U.S. VC’s treat made investments in technol-
nies cluster in a geographical lo- Technology Business and Telecom) and Biotech.
the SBIR and STTR programs: ogy-based start-ups; and
cation. Examples are Hollywood Incubators (TBIs) Some of the start-ups coming They never heard of it, or they
for movies, Milan for fashion, While the Innovation Clusters out of these incubators have be- 4) Grants for portfolio reserves,
think it takes too much time to ap-
New York for finance and today, designated specific areas of the come large international compa- where the fund will provide
ply for too little money. And with
Silicon Valley for technology en- countries where high tech was to nies including Lenovo, Huawei, grants for technology-based
the same complaints — tedious,
trepreneurship. The early clus- occur, it’s the Technology Busi- Suntech Power, etc. start-ups which are being in-
relationship-driven application
ters occurred by happenstance ness incubators located inside cubated and coached by VC
Seed Funding (Innofund) process, bureaucratic reporting
of geography or history. But the these clusters where the start- firms.
The best analog for China’s In- requirements, and outcomes of-
theory is that you can artificially up companies physically reside. ten measured in quantity and not Lessons Learned
nofund is the U.S. government’s
create a cluster by concentrating Much like incubators worldwide, quality. However, for start-ups l The Torch Program is the
SBIR [Small Business Innova-
resources, finance and compe- they provide start-ups with office who have gotten an Innofund world’s largest “let’s engineer
tion Research] and STTR [Small
tences to a critical threshold, space, free rent, access to uni- grant, it does provide the same entrepreneurial clusters” ex-
Business Technology Transfer]
giving the cluster a decisive sus- versity technology transfer, etc. positive cachet as an SBIR and periment
programs. Set up in 1999, Inno-
tainable competitive advantage By 2011, there were a total STTR grant — the government l Torch has four major parts:
fund offers grants ($150,000-
over other places. Israel, Singa- of 1034 Technology Business has reviewed your technology Clusters, Business Incu-
$250,000), loan interest subsidies
pore and now China are the three Incubators across China, includ- and thought it was worthy. bators, Seed Funding, and
and equity investment. Innofund
countries that have successfully ing 336 as National incubators,
put that theory into practice.
is designed to bridge early stage Venture Guiding Fund Funds to support Venture
hosting nearly 60,000 compa- technology companies that have Capital firms
In 2007 the Ministries of Sci-
The Torch program created nies. (20 percent of the Nation- innovative technology and good l Torch was the rare govern-
ence and Finance raised the
Innovation Clusters by creating al Incubators were privately-run market potential but are too early ment program that was run
stakes to get VCs focused on
national Science and Technol- and their percentage is steadily for commercial funding (banks or like a start-up — iterating
funneling more VC money into
ogy Industrial Parks (STIPs), increasing.) In recent years Busi- VCs.) Innofund applicants have to and pivoting as it learned and
growing start-ups; they set up a
Software Parks, and Productivity ness Incubators have developed be in high-tech R&D, have less discovered.
Venture Guiding Fund. The Ven-
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Zhejiang Provincial S&T Exchange Center
with Foreign Countries.....
Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Exchange
Center With Foreign Countries, a specialized agency
in science and technology exchange and cooperation
Muhammad Hamza with foreign countries, was established in 1984.....

Zhejiang Provincial S&T Exchange Center

with Foreign Countries:
Specialized for sci-tech cooperation
Z
hejiang Provincial
Science and Technol-
ogy Exchange Center
With Foreign Coun-
tries, a specialized
agency in science
and technology ex-
change and cooperation with for-
eign countries, was established
in 1984 by the government.
Connecting Zhejiang enterprises,
academic institutes and R&D re-
search institutions with countries
and regions around the world, the
center will sincerely provide the
whole process service for both
sides in international science and
technology co-operations based
on the principle of equality, mu-
tual benefit and friendly cooper-
ation, promoting the connections
and communications in technol-
ogy, economy and talents, and
boosting the friendly exchanges
and closer co-operations be-
tween Zhejiang Province and
countries and regions around the
world. ence and Technology, linking technology transfer enter- and Shanghai and Jiangsu in the cal industries, textiles, chemical
Main Services: closely with various enter- prises in such countries and north. industries, food, and construc-
prises, academic institutes regions as Russia, Ukraine, Covering a land area of tion materials. In recent years
l Boost international exchange
and R&D institutions with the Belarus, America, Germany, 105,500 square kilometers, it is Zhejiang has followed its own
and cooperation of science
substantial support from Sci- Spain, Italy, Britain, Canada, one of the smaller provinces in development model, dubbed
and technology projects, and
ence and Technology Depart- Finland, Japan, Korea, Israel, China. Covering an ocean area the “Zhejiang model”, which is
help implement international
ment of Zhejiang Province, Hong Kong and Taiwan, es- of 260,000 square kilometers, it based on prioritizing and en-
technological connection and
and establishing comprehen- tablishing extensive interna- has the largest number of islands couraging entrepreneurship, an
technical transfer;
sive and cooperative relation- tional cooperation channels. in the country, including 2,878 emphasis on small businesses
l Promote the communications ship with extensive provincial responsive to the whims of the
islands with an area of more than
of international talents, and andmetropolitan authorities, Professional service 500 square meters, and 26 is- market, large public investments
organize and implement the famous enterprises and aca- l The market-oriented center into infrastructure, and the pro-
lands with an area of more than
introductions of international demic institutes. duction of low-cost goods in bulk
is consistently helping the 10 square kilometers.
talents and technical person- for both domestic consumption
enterprises, academic insti- Located in the middle of the
nel overseas training; Highly qualified personnel and export. As a result, Zhejiang
tutes, and R&D institutions in subtropical zone, Zhejiang has
l Organize technological vis- l The personnel in the center Zhejiang succeed in technol- has made itself one of the rich-
a monsoon humid climate with
it and inspection, and offer are highly-qualified and in- ogy transfer, introduction of est provinces, and the “Zhejiang
moderate temperatures, four
supporting service in going ternationalized. The manage- foreign experts, integration of spirit” has become something of
distinct seasons, abundant sun-
abroad; ment own years of experi- technological resources, and a legend within China.
shine and plentiful rainfall.
l Organize and undertake vari- ence in international scientific combination of technology Traditionally, the province is
Zhejiang is one of the richest
ous technological exhibitions, and technological coopera- and industry on the basis of known as the “Land of Fish and
and most developed provinces
conferences and activities tion and overseas working, the idea to serve the develop- Rice”. True to its name, rice is the
in China. As of 2017, its nominal
both at home and abroad; including core staff graduated ment of enterprises, the gov- main crop, followed by wheat;
GDP was US$767 billion (CN¥
l Provide services of intermedi- from overseas well-known ernment management and the north Zhejiang is also a center
5.18 trillion), about 6.26% of the
ary consulting, interpretation colleges and the domestic improvement of international of aquaculture in China, and the
country’s GDP and ranked 4th
and foreign affairs reception key universities with bache- technological cooperation. Zhoushan fishery is the largest
among province-level admin-
in international cooperation. lor degree or above, who are The professional marketing fishery in the country. The main
istrative units. Its nominal GDP
with fluent foreign language service has won general rec- cash crops include jute and cot-
Strengths and Specialties: per capita was US$13,634 (CN¥
and solid basic knowledge ognition from the clients and ton, and the province also leads
92,057) and ranked the 5th in
Substantial govt support in science and technology to administrative departments. the provinces of China in tea pro-
the country. The private sector
provide highly-qualified and About Zhejiang duction. (The renowned Longjing
l The center is the“National in the province has been playing
effective service for clients. tea is a product of Hangzhou.)
Technology Transfer Demon- Zhejiang Province is located an increasingly important role in
Zhejiang’s towns have been
stration Agency”and “China’s Rangy trade channels on the southeast coast of China boosting the regional economy
known for handicraft production
International Science and south of the Yangtze River Del- since Economic Reform in 1978.
l The center has signed bilat- of goods such as silk, for which
Technology Base” approved ta. It borders the East China Sea Zhejiang’s main manufactur- it is ranked second among the
eral cooperation agreements in the east, Fujian in the south,
by China’s Ministry of Sci- with R&D institutions and Jiangxi and Anhui in the west, ing sectors are electromechani- provinces.