the shanghai bund conference was rated by foreign media as "the most anticipated global innovation and technology conference in the second half of the year"
2024-08-29
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recently, the authoritative media "asia technology daily", which focuses on global technology trends, selected four "most anticipated global innovation and technology conferences in the second half of 2024", including techcrunch in san francisco, usa, hi-tech expo in tokyo, japan, inclusion·bund conference in shanghai, china, and fintech festival in singapore. the report pointed out that these four technology conferences are all located in the world's leading technology innovation centers, and have become key components and iconic events of the technology innovation ecology of their respective cities. the deep integration of technology events and technology cities is gradually becoming an important force in promoting the development of global technology innovation centers.
in recent years, building a world-class science and technology innovation center has become a goal pursued by many cities, and scientific and technological innovation has injected new development momentum into cities. cities such as san francisco in the united states, london in the united kingdom, shanghai in china, and singapore have launched a fierce competition. according to the "innovation geographies 2024" released by jll, shanghai has achieved remarkable results in innovation output, jumping to the sixth place in the world, surpassing other well-known innovation centers such as london and singapore.
as an international financial center with a long history, shanghai has always been an important hub of the global economy with its sound financial system and concentrated financial institutions. ten years ago, shanghai clearly proposed an innovation-driven development strategy and was committed to building itself into a science and technology innovation center with global influence. by increasing investment in scientific and technological research and development, optimizing the scientific and technological innovation environment, improving the scientific and technological innovation mechanism, and actively attracting scientific and technological talents, shanghai has successfully accelerated the incubation and growth of scientific and technological innovation enterprises and institutions. the number of high-tech enterprises in shanghai has increased from 5,433 in 2014 to 24,000 in 2023.
pct international patents are one of the key indicators for measuring scientific and technological innovation and an important manifestation of corporate intellectual property innovation and international competitiveness. shanghai has made remarkable achievements in this regard, with 1,038 applications in 2014 and 6,185 by the end of 2023. taking alipay (china) and ant chain, both headquartered in shanghai, as examples, the total number of patent applications by the two companies reached 420 in 2023. as a pioneer in global mobile payments, alipay launched the innovative "touch" payment technology in 2024, once again leading a new round of upgrades in global payment experience.
the media analysis believes that the rapid development of shanghai's scientific and technological innovation is due to the perfection of its financial market. shanghai can fully utilize the advantages of combining finance and technology to build a virtuous cycle system in which technology, industry and finance promote each other. this system provides fertile soil for the cultivation of a scientific and technological innovation ecosystem.
last year, the inclusion·bund conference held in shanghai received great attention from domestic and foreign media and was rated as one of the "three top financial technology summits in asia". as a city with a strong financial foundation, shanghai is promoting the two core strategies of science and technology and finance to promote growth together. at the same time, the emerging scientific and technological forces with the concept of inclusiveness and goodness are injecting unique connotations into the development of shanghai's science and technology innovation center.
the highly anticipated 2024 inclusion·the bund conference will be held in shanghai huangpu expo park from september 5 to 7, 2024. with the theme of "technology creates a sustainable future", this conference has carefully planned 1 opening main forum, 36 open insight forums and more than 10 innovator stage activities. the conference brings together more than 2,000 industry leaders and 500 authoritative speakers, who will have in-depth discussions on topics such as "new practices in ai industry", "new explorations in financial technology", and "new thinking on technology and humanities". the conference aims to create a high-end platform to promote international exchanges and the integration of technology and humanities, and provide continuous impetus for shanghai to build an international financial center and technology innovation center with global influence.
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