BEIJING, 28 March (BelTA - People's Daily Online) - Advanced technology
and top scientific achievements are in the spotlight at the 2025
Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference, which opened on Thursday in
Beijing, attracting over 1,000 guests from more than 100 countries and
regions.
The five-day event, also known as the ZGC Forum, features 128 activities in five major areas: forums, technology trade, achievements, innovation competitions, and supporting events. This year's theme is "New Quality Productive Forces and Global Science and Technology Cooperation".
While addressing the forum's opening ceremony, Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing said that China is willing to work with other countries to explore new models of mutually beneficial and win-win sci-tech cooperation, in order to drive the development of new quality productive forces amid the deepening new round of sci-tech revolution and industrial transformation.
China has been deeply implementing an innovation-driven development strategy and achieving fruitful results in the integration of sci-tech and industrial innovation, while continuously strengthening the momentum of new industrialization and steadily developing new quality productive forces, Zhang noted.
This year's conference places a strong emphasis on cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, green development and basic research.
Sixty parallel forums will be held, with 20 initiatives launched for the first time, including the Open Science International Forum and the Ocean Science and Development Forum. More than 30 international organizations and institutions are co-hosting 18 events, with numerous leaders participating in discussions.
Ma Juan, CEO of Steinbeis Sustainable Technology and Management Beijing Co, noted that this year's forum focuses on cutting-edge technologies.
"In the past year, we selected 12 cutting-edge technologies among the 60 globally to cooperate deeply with local Beijing companies, which has promoted a local industrial upgrade," Ma said.
The five-day event, also known as the ZGC Forum, features 128 activities in five major areas: forums, technology trade, achievements, innovation competitions, and supporting events. This year's theme is "New Quality Productive Forces and Global Science and Technology Cooperation".
While addressing the forum's opening ceremony, Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing said that China is willing to work with other countries to explore new models of mutually beneficial and win-win sci-tech cooperation, in order to drive the development of new quality productive forces amid the deepening new round of sci-tech revolution and industrial transformation.
China has been deeply implementing an innovation-driven development strategy and achieving fruitful results in the integration of sci-tech and industrial innovation, while continuously strengthening the momentum of new industrialization and steadily developing new quality productive forces, Zhang noted.
This year's conference places a strong emphasis on cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, green development and basic research.
Sixty parallel forums will be held, with 20 initiatives launched for the first time, including the Open Science International Forum and the Ocean Science and Development Forum. More than 30 international organizations and institutions are co-hosting 18 events, with numerous leaders participating in discussions.
Ma Juan, CEO of Steinbeis Sustainable Technology and Management Beijing Co, noted that this year's forum focuses on cutting-edge technologies.
"In the past year, we selected 12 cutting-edge technologies among the 60 globally to cooperate deeply with local Beijing companies, which has promoted a local industrial upgrade," Ma said.
AI and humanoid robots are major highlights at
this year's forum and have generated significant interest among the
participants, who can encounter robots at the forum venue engaged in
such activities as serving drinks, answering questions, delivering items
and even writing calligraphy.
Nearly 100 robots from 15 companies are deployed at the site, according to the organizer.
"We aim to make the Zhongguancun Forum's annual meeting a grand stage for the concentrated display of new technologies, products and scenarios," said Jin Wei, vice-mayor of Beijing, at a news conference last week.
At Thursday's opening ceremony, the National Natural Science Foundation of China released a list of the country's top 10 scientific advances of 2024.
The advances were mainly achieved in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, information science, chemistry, materials science, energy, Earth and environmental science, and life and medical science.
The ZGC Forum, founded in 2007, has evolved into a national-level open innovation platform as well as an international forum.
"We aim to make the Zhongguancun Forum's annual meeting a grand stage for the concentrated display of new technologies, products and scenarios," said Jin Wei, vice-mayor of Beijing, at a news conference last week.
At Thursday's opening ceremony, the National Natural Science Foundation of China released a list of the country's top 10 scientific advances of 2024.
The advances were mainly achieved in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, information science, chemistry, materials science, energy, Earth and environmental science, and life and medical science.
The ZGC Forum, founded in 2007, has evolved into a national-level open innovation platform as well as an international forum.
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