The 19th Conference on International Exchange of Professionals (CIEP) opened in 
Shenzhen on the morning of April 24. Wang Zhigang, Minister of the Science and 
Technology, declared the opening of the conference and delivered a speech. Wang 
Weizhong, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and 
Secretary of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee, Wang Xi, Vice Governor of 
Guangdong Province, Horst Vogel, Chief Scientist of Shenzhen Institute of 
Advanced Technology and Member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences, and Dr. 
Thorsten Keiter, Senior Vice President of Greater China of TUV Rheinland 
attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches, respectively. Qin 
Weizhong, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee and 
Secretary of Party Group of Municipal Government, and Lu Ming, Member of the 
Party Group of Ministry of Science and Technology attended the opening ceremony.

Wang Zhigang pointed out that the new scientific and technological revolution 
as well as the industrial transformation are major opportunities that all 
countries must capture for the future. To implement the new development concept 
and construct the new development pattern based on the new development stage, 
we must adhere to the principle of taking science and technology first and 
taking scientific and technological innovation as the logical starting point to 
promote high-quality economic and social development, and build a systematic 
layout from scientific and technological innovation to industrial development 
and engineering construction. With the theme of "Innovation, Development, 
Cooperation and Win-Win", the Conference will probe into the vision of science 
and technology and the grand plan of innovation. We are willing to work with 
all people across the world, make use of all strength from all fields, and take 
the initiative to integrate us into the global innovation network to deal with 
major global challenges pragmatically and effectively. we will cultivate and 
attract high-level scientific and technological talents from an international 
perspective, provide "ideal ecology" for global innovation and entrepreneurship 
talents, accelerate innovative construction under the Belt and Road Initiative, 
and strengthen the innovative link to build up national exchanges and 
cooperation. We will take a more open stance and more pragmatic measures to 
actively participate in global innovation governance, and establish a closer 
"technological innovation community" with more new and old friends around the 
world so as to provide more scientific and technological innovation solutions 
for tackling the challenges brought by global problems and enhancing the 
well-being of human civilization, and work together to make new contributions 
to the prosperity and development of the world.

According to Wang Weizhong, Shenzhen has thoroughly studied and implemented the 
important discourses on the work of talent, implemented the strategy of 
strengthening the country by talents, insisted on the Party's management of 
talents, systematically restructured the talent policy system, made 
unprecedented efforts to build major platforms for talents and focused on the 
optimization of services for talents, which promoted the formation of a new 
talent gathering peak. At present, since Shenzhen has ushered in a major 
historical opportunity to build Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the 
leading demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and 
implement the comprehensive reform pilot, we will, unswervingly give priority 
to the development of talents as the core strategy of urban development. By 
adhering to the global vision, deepening of reform and the market orientation, 
we will introduce talents from different regions, develop talents without 
seeking return from them, and make good use of talents in different manners, so 
as to strive to create a gathering place for world-class scientific and 
technological innovation talents. We sincerely welcome talents from home and 
abroad to Shenzhen to integrate into and "take root" in Shenzhen to 
continuously compose more "Spring Stories" together with us and create new 
greater miracles that will impress the world in different ways.

Wang Xi said that Guangdong, by taking the major opportunities in the 
construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Shenzhen 
Pilot Demonstration Zone, optimizes the implementation of the "Pearl River 
Talent Program" and "Guangdong Special Support Program" and other talent 
projects, vigorously introduces strategic scientific and technological talents, 
leading scientific and technological talents and high-end innovation teams, and 
strives to build a global highland for innovative talents. This conference will 
play an important role in promoting the introduction of high-level talents, 
promoting the exchange and cooperation of talents, and promoting innovation and 
entrepreneurship in Guangdong. We sincerely welcome all talents from home and 
abroad to Guangdong to start entrepreneurship and yield unusually brilliant 
results.

This two-day conference will be held in the "online + offline" exhibition mode, 
including nearly 100 forums and activities. It is estimated that more than 
1,200 professional institutions and organizations from more than 30 countries 
and regions, as well as more than 10,000 domestic and foreign government 
representatives, experts and scholars, and high-end talents will be present at 
the conference.  

Before the opening ceremony, Wang Zhigang, Wang Weizhong and their parties 
visited the venue, and city leader Nie Xinping also attended relevant 
activities.

Contacts:
CIEP, Wang Chan, wangchan@ciep.gov.cn 
+86-755-8170-7961

Source: CIEP

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