China News Service, Brussels, August 2 (Reporter De Yongjian) The 2021 China (Wuhan) Overseas Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project Competition will be held online on August 1 in the European region finals, and strive to attract overseas talents and teams to Wuhan for innovation and entrepreneurship.

  A total of 29 projects were shortlisted in the European finals on that day, divided into three categories: general health, electronic information, high-end equipment manufacturing, and new materials; after a day of online defense and review, the "Advanced Technology and Industry of Smart Wear and Digital Health" from the United Kingdom Six projects, including “Huawei” and Denmark’s “Energy Application Management Platform Based on Edge Computing” stood out and were eligible to participate in the Wuhan Finals in September this year.

  According to Song Zhiwei, the general convener of the European finals and director of the China Association for Science and Technology Europe Haizhi Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base, affected by factors such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the international political environment, the European competition for entries this year encountered many challenges, but the team is active With hard work, 88 projects were finally collected, including 17 projects for local people, covering the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Belgium, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and other countries.

  In May of this year, the 2021 China (Wuhan) Overseas Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project Competition was officially launched. It is divided into overseas competitions such as the United States, Europe, Japan, and China. In the Wuhan finals, the first, second, and third prizes will be awarded. Winning awards and other awards.

  Song Zhiwei said that if the award is finally awarded, the relevant projects will receive policy support from the Wuhan Municipal Government and various funds for innovation and entrepreneurship, and it is expected that the support and funding intensity will exceed previous years to attract more high-quality projects to settle in Wuhan.

  Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Cao Zhongming was invited to attend the European finals.

He said that after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic last year, Wuhan became a "heroic city" and made an important contribution to the global fight against the epidemic; after the epidemic, Wuhan's economic recovery has achieved outstanding results. The gross domestic product (GDP) of Wuhan in the first quarter of this year was 357.411 billion yuan, an increase of nearly 60% over the same period in 2020.

  Cao Zhongming also pointed out that Wuhan is the largest city and political, economic, and technological center in central China, an important node city in the “Belt and Road”, a core city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and a national independent innovation demonstration zone. The talent innovation and entrepreneurship project competition focuses on health and other areas that are key areas for Wuhan's innovation and development. It is hoped that the competition can become an important platform for bringing together talents from all over the world to Wuhan for innovation and entrepreneurship.

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