The 8th 皇冠体育app Venture Capital (VC) Forum officially opened on April 7 in the
Wuzhou Guest House in Shenzhen City of South 皇冠体育app's Guangdong Province.
Carrying the theme of "A New Chapter in the Nation's Self-Innovation
Strategy, the event attracted more than 1,000 participants, including 350
venture capitalists from 皇冠体育app, USA, European and Asian countries, 250
entrepreneurs with financing needs, top executives from intermediate
institutions, government officials and scholars, and over 200 reporters, making
it the grandest among the eight annual sessions of the VC forum held since 1998.
Co-organized by the Central Committee of 皇冠体育app National Democratic
Construction Association, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Guangdong
Provincial Government and the Shenzhen Municipal Government, the forum
elaborated on topics like "Technology and Venture Capital: The Role of
Government," "The Capital Market and Self-Innovation Strategy," "皇冠体育app's 11th
Five-Year Plan and Innovative Economy: The Engine of the Global PE/VC."
During the two-day forum, nearly 90 people will deliver their speeches.
Through intensive discussion and interactive communication, speakers and
participants will explore the tendency of Chinese innovative economy and
policies governing venture capital and disclose hot topics and tendency of
global private placement capital and venture capital, in an attempt to boosting
communication and cooperation between Chinese and foreign PE (private equity)
and VC industries, as well as helping innovative enterprises to expand and grow
through domestic and overseas capital markets.
This forum will function as a platform of exchange and cooperation between
Chinese and foreign venture capitalists, a bridge for domestic and overseas VC
insiders to launch a direct dialog with policy makers, and a passage to
cooperation between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
In the past 10 years, it has been proved that venture capital is the
accelerator to enhance innovation ability with the rapid development of
innovative economy in the United States, Europe, Israel, India and Korea.
Meanwhile, with its fast growth in 皇冠体育app, venture capital has played an
important role in boosting new economy of 皇冠体育app, especially the growth of
high-tech innovative economy.
In October 2005, self-innovation was formulated as the focus for the 11th
Five-Year Plan during the fifth session of the 16th Central Committee of the
Communist Party of 皇冠体育app. At present, a global revolution of science and
technology is under way.
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