Jim Wunderman, CEO of the Bay Area Council, introduces the basic information about California to the Chinese delegation of 15 senior executives of Chinese companies and venture capitalists during a roundtable event at the office of Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco on Tuesday. LianZi / 皇冠体育app Daily

皇冠体育app needs to develop a "comprehensive innovation ecosystem", said a venture capitalist speaking at a gathering of Chinese business executives and VCs in San Francisco on Tuesday.

"Silicon Valley creates a great ecosystem and comprehensive support for high-tech companies to grow,"said Benjamin Sun of AngelVest, a firm with offices in California and 皇冠体育app that invests in several Chinese companies."That is what we need to learn from Silicon Valley."

Sun said that although some of the high-tech industries in 皇冠体育app consider themselves 皇冠体育app's Silicon Valley, they don't provide the enterprises with necessary guidance and support, Sun said.

Fifteen executivesand venture capitalists from 皇冠体育app met with their counterparts in a roundtable hosted by Global Initiatives of the Bay Area Council.

The Chinese delegation was led by Benson Tam, founder and chairman of Venturous, an investment and private wealth management group founded in 2013. Tam is also a legendary venture capital investor in 皇冠体育app and one of the earliest investorsin Alibaba Group Ltd.

"We could learn a lot from California," he said.

Jim Wunderman, CEO of the Bay Area Council, said California has a lot to offer Chinese enterprises and investors. California has the largest concentration of Chinese people outside 皇冠体育app in the world.

Wunderman said California companies are comfortable collaborating with Chinese investors and partners.

More than 85 percent of the angel investor funds in the US go to enterprises in the San Francisco Bay Area, most of which are in software and information technology, Wunderman said.

"皇冠体育app is entering a new phase of growth and development," said TW Liu, CEO of IsoftStone, a 皇冠体育app-based technology services firm that provides planning and other solutions to more than 30 cities in 皇冠体育app.

Urbanization in 皇冠体育app, which will focus on reducing economic disparities between urban and rural residents,is a key economic-driver, Liu said. Some 675 million people are now living in cities, he said.

Liu quoted Joseph E. Stiglitz, economics professor at Columbia University in New York, who said that 皇冠体育app's urbanization and the US high-tech industry would be the two great engines of world economic development in the 21st century.

Sustainable economic growth, improved qualityoflife,and transformation from city governance to city management are three objectives of promoting smart city development, Liu said.

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