Hebei and the Yangtze River Delta Region Digital Economy Industry-University-Research Collaboration and Innovation Achievement Matchmaking Conference will be held in Shijiazhuang (Zhengding) International Convention and Exhibition Center in September. It is hosted by the Organizing Committee of China International Digital Economy Expo and organized by the Hebei Provincial Association for Promoting Industry-University-Research Cooperation and relevant cities.

The theme of this matchmaking conference is “Digital Empowerment and Intelligent Future”. It will feature keynote speeches, government promotion, and achievement releases. It will invite more than 20 universities and research institutes from Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui, and Hebei, including Zhejiang University, Nanjing University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Science and Technology of China, and Hebei University and also invite academicians, expert professors, and well-known enterprises. More than 100 digital economy innovation achievements will be released in the fields of industrial Internet, big data, Internet of things, artificial intelligence, and new generation information technology for precise matchmaking. The conference aims to facilitate precise connections and bring together collective wisdom and strength to promote cross-industry integration and collaborative innovation. It aims to build a collaborative innovation platform for government, industry, academia, research, finance, services, and applications. It supports the strong collaboration between universities and research institutes in the Yangtze River Delta Region and leading enterprises in Hebei, consolidates advantageous resources, forms cross-regional research and development teams, empowers the manufacturing industry with the digital economy, and promotes the coordinated development of Hebei and the Yangtze River Delta regions’ economies.

Build an innovative platform to promote precise matching of supply and demand

This matchmaking conference will focus on the digital economy industry needs in the Hebei Province and collect and release technological innovation achievements from universities and research institutes in the Yangtze River Delta and other regions. It will provide targeted and customized solutions for enterprise technological upgrading and industrial transformation, strengthen multi-party collaboration and connections, further overcome the bottlenecks in the industrialization of achievements, and bridge the last mile of technology transfer and commercialization through an industrialization empowerment model of “demand output-result collection-project selection-achievement release-precise matching”.

Create “government-industry-academia-research-finance-application” innovative ecosystem to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements

At this matchmaking conference, some cities within the Hebei province will release policies for attracting investment and talents. Over 200 investment institutions and industry associations from Hebei and the Yangtze River Delta regions will participate in the conference and engage in interactive exchanges on key core technology breakthroughs, improving the overall efficiency of the innovation chain, future development paths, and science and technology financial services. Through effective promotion of the comprehensive integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, fund chain, and talent chain, it will enhance the coupling and coordinated development of industries, accelerate the high-quality and efficient transfer and commercialization of scientific and technological innovation achievements, and provide significant support for the development of industrial innovation clusters.

Deepen the integration of digital technology and real economy to promote the high-quality development of the digital economy

The integration of digital technology and real economy will be used to promote the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry towards digitization, networking, and intelligence, facilitating industrial application and practice, accelerating market promotion, and promoting international exchanges and cooperation in the field of the digital economy. It will foster new momentum and inject new vitality.

This matchmaking conference will integrate resources from various sectors, attract high-end talents, contribute wisdom and strength to promote and improve new models, mechanisms, and ideas for industry-university-research collaboration in the digital economy, and support the high-quality development of the digital economy.