BEIJING, April 30,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A news
report from China Daily:
The 2024 ZGC Forum in Beijing
showcased a wide range of latest technological innovations.
The event ran from April 25 to 29
and comprised 128 activities, including forums and conferences,
technology exchanges, technological achievement releases and
technology competitions.
More than 120 global top scientists and academies from home and
overseas delivered speeches at the 2024 ZGC Forum Annual Conference
Plenary Session and 60 parallel forums to share their insights into
frontier technologies and related industries.
Of the speakers, more than 30 percent come from overseas,
including over 10 Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, and Turing Award
winners.
Among those in attendance were also representatives from 218
foreign government departments and international organizations, and
162 domestic and international universities as well as participants
from across the country.
The business community in particular showed keen interest in
getting involved, with executives of 225 venture capital
institutions, more than 100 unicorn companies, and over 10,000 tech
businesses participating.
The 2024 Zhongguancun International Advanced Technology
Competition received 1,280 projects from 74 overseas countries and
regions, accounting for more than 40 percent of the total number of
entries.
During the 2024 Zhongguancun International Technology Trade
Fair, technology matchmaking sessions designed for cooperation with
multiple countries such as the United
Kingdom, Italy,
South Korea and Japan were lined up.
In total, 309 cooperation projects were signed during this
year's ZGC Forum, with a combined contract value of 67.32 billion yuan ($9.30
billion).
The ZGC Forum covered a variety of sectors. In the field of
artificial intelligence, diverse dialogues were conducted around
hot topics such as model architecture innovation, AI ethics and
safety, and embodied intelligence to enhance visionary research and
assessment.
In the field of life sciences, significant cutting-edge
technological achievements were announced focused on areas such as
brain-machine interfaces and synthetic biomanufacturing.
When it come to space science, in-depth discussions were held
around the extreme cosmos, ripples in spacetime, and other areas,
and the latest technological achievements like the Zhuque-2 carrier
rocket were released.
In addition, a series of high-level research reports were
released, which were "of significant importance for grasping global
trends at the forefront of science and technology".
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SOURCE China Daily