To promote exchanges and cooperation between China and Brazil in the field of science and technology innovation and technology transfer and to help Songshan Lake dock international innovation resources, on March 8, China-Brazil Science and Technology Innovation and Technology Transfer Forum jointly organized by Guangdong Tsinghua University Innovation Research Institute, COPPE Institute of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro of Brazil, and China-LAC Technology Transfer Center (CLTTC), was held in the International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Community of Songshan Lake. Xie Hua, Member of the Party Group of Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology; Huang Zhijun, Chief of Science and Technology Cooperation and Intelligence Introduction Management Section of Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology; Wu Xinguo, President of Guangdong Tsinghua University Innovation Research Institute, and Suzana Kahn Ribeiro, President of COPPE Institute of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, attended the event.
Xie Hua, a member of the Party Group of Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology, said that China and Brazil, as significant economies and major countries in science and technology innovation in the world, have a broad base of cooperation and great potential for cooperation, and hoped that this forum could enhance exchanges and cooperation between the two sides, give full play to their respective strengths and characteristics, and work together to promote the development of scientific and technological innovation and technology transfer, to provide a new impetus to the economic and social development of the two countries.
At the event site, witnessed by the participants, Guangdong Tsinghua University Innovation Research Institute and Dongguan International Technology Transfer Center signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the COPPE Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, respectively. The two sides will strengthen innovation cooperation in the areas of industry, academia, research, and personnel exchanges.
At the meeting, Wu Xinguo, President of Guangdong Tsinghua University Innovation Research Institute, introduced to the guests the achievements and advantages of Tsinghua University Research Institute in scientific and technological innovation, technology transfer, and industry-university-research cooperation and expressed his willingness to carry out in-depth cooperation with Brazilian science and technology institutions and enterprises and to jointly promote the development of scientific and technological innovation and technology transfer.
During the event, Mr. Shi Zuoyu, Deputy Director of the Office of China-Latin America Technology Transfer Center (CLTTC), introduced the results of CLTTC's work in promoting technology transfer between China and Latin American and Caribbean countries and its future development plan, which strongly supports strengthening cooperation between China and Brazil in the fields of science and and technology transfer.
In recent years, Dongguan has successfully created a national innovative city. Songshan Lake Science City is included in the early launch area of the National Science Center of the Greater Bay Area, with large scientific devices such as the Scattered Neutron Source and the advanced attosecond laser; research universities such as the University of the Greater Bay Area, the City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) and the Dongguan Institute of Technology have ushered in the accelerated construction of the University of the Greater Bay Area; and several leading science and technology enterprises, such as Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, and SangYi Technology, are gathered in the area, forming a good innovation ecosystem. In June last year, the China-Latin America Technology Transfer Center was inaugurated in Songshan Lake Science City, and it has become the only national transnational technology transfer institution for Latin American and Caribbean countries.
This year coincides with the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between China and Brazil, during which the two countries have established solid economic and trade exchanges and partnerships. The successful organization of this forum is expected to strengthen further the cooperation between China (Dongguan) and Brazil in science and innovation. In the future, the China-Latin America Technology Transfer Center will continue contributing to the formation of sustainable and diversified bilateral cooperation between China and Brazil and welcome the following "Golden 50 Years" with a vision of mutually beneficial development.
