China Shenzhen Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition 2018, Japan Regional Round — Participants' Networking Event

On Friday 8 June 2018 the Association hosted the Participants' Networking Event of the 2018 Japan Regional Round of the China Shenzhen Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition, in the Nishiki room of Tobu Hotel Levant Tokyo. Designed to advance Shenzhen's mass innovation and entrepreneurship drive and let participants learn from one another, it brought together about 50 people, including representatives of the Japan-China Economic Association, State Power Investment Corporation's Japan office, ZTE, the All-Japan Association of Chinese PhDs, the Japan Huishang Association, Zhongwang Technology and Shenzhen Hongyida Technology, as well as past competitors.

Overview

• Host: Japan Shenzhen Economic, Trade and Cultural Promotion Association
• In cooperation with: Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent Liaison Office in Japan, People's Daily Overseas Edition Japan Monthly, and the Japan New Overseas Chinese News
• Moderator: President Jiang Feng

Remarks

President Jiang Feng set out three hopes: that competitors would use the competition to refine their plans and, with Shenzhen's policy support, get their projects established quickly; that business leaders would help bring promising projects to market; and that institutions would further strengthen their support for innovation and start-ups.

Yutaka Iwasa of the Talent Liaison Office explained how the competition works and reviewed the Japan round's record, noting three award-winning teams from Japan in 2018, led by Liang Xiaoguang, Sang Jing and Cheng Liang. Sadahiro Sugita, Executive Director of the Japan-China Economic Association, spoke of Shenzhen's vitality and his wish to help attract talent. Judges Diao Xu (State Power Investment Corporation) and Zhang Linfeng (ZTE) highlighted the success of Japan-based projects and the importance of innovative talent for core technologies.

Dr Xu Yongwei, whose team received Shenzhen's Peacock Team funding in October 2017, described how the project took root in Shenzhen in just over a year and pledged to help others follow.

Networking

After a toast by Teng Jinbing, President of the All-Japan Association of Chinese PhDs, participants discussed how to bring more talent to Shenzhen, and Wang Yuanyao of Zhongwang Technology gave the closing remarks.