Over 1,700 science and technology specialists from home and
abroad, armed with their latest research findings and technical
requirement questions, gathered yesterday in Fuzhou, the capital of
Fujian Province in southeast China, to attend
the Fourth China (Fujian) Technology and Projects Fair.
The three-day fair serves as a platform for technological
innovation and project consolidation, and is a major exhibition of
programs, technologies, and capital and human resources. Two-way
communication is the highlight of the fair where the latest
research findings are matched with the relevant technical
applications and solutions.
Attendees include specialists from universities and research
institutes, and representatives from private enterprises,
individual investors, and financial institutions from 28
countries.
Key industries that are a focus of this year's fair include the
recycling economy, machinery, textiles, chemicals and
pharmaceuticals, all forming the industrial backbone of Fujian
Province.
A highlight of this year's fair is the Recycling Economy
Exhibition Hall, which has been set up for the first time. A
collection of new achievements and productions in the fields of
clean production, new energy, multi-application of resources,
energy-saving technology and pollution prevention are on
display.
Another prominent feature is the inaugural Exhibition of
Inventions Made by Workers of the Chinese Mainland and Taiwan.
Jointly undertaken by the Fujian Provincial Federation of Trade
Unions and the Fujian Provincial Association of Invention, the
presentations showcase the workers' innovative spirit and boost the
commercialization of their inventions. One of the 200 inventions on
exhibition is a high-grade fire resistant coating invented by Wu
Quanfa from Quanzhou Huaqiang Fire Prove Manufacturer. The
invention won the golden prize at the Geneva Invention Exhibition
in 2005.
Located just across Taiwan on the Taiwan Straits, Fujian is the
main driver of construction for the economic zone on the west coast
of the Straits, a role?that has been included in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010), the central
government's social and economic development plan. The main purpose
of the fair is to strengthen science and technology exchange and
cooperation between the two sides of the Straits.
Some 70 experts from universities and enterprises in Taiwan are
participating in the fair this year. These experts will introduce
to their counterparts about 72 research projects and achievements
mainly in the fields of agriculture and fishing.
"Although the fair lasts only three days, it is a long-term
effective mechanism for the linking up of projects, technologies,
capital and talent, and its consequences will exert positive
influences for a prolonged period," said Lin Xineng, vice director
of the Fujian Provincial Development and Reform Commission on
Saturday. "The curtains will never be lowered on the fair," he
added.
Three forums and one symposium will be held on the sidelines of
the fair. They are the Fourth Cross-Straits Youth Forum,
Independent Innovation Forum, Cross-Straits Science and Technology
Intermediary Service Forum, and Symposium on Globalization and the
Cooperation Between Fujian and Taiwan. In addition, more than 20
special consolidation and partnership meetings are expected to be
conducted.
The three-year-old fair is held annually from June 18 to 20.
According to Lin Xineng, last year's event has already borne fruit.
The construction of 827 projects, or 68.3 percent of the projects
signed last year, has already begun, and half of the agreements or
memoranda of intention are now formal contracts. Further, the
Fujian Provincial Development and Reform Commission has allocated
85 million yuan (US$10.3 million) to the promotion of the
commercialization of innovations.
The Fourth China (Fujian) Technology and Projects Fair is
jointly sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's
Daily, Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council,
State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and the Fujian
provincial government, and organized by the Fujian Provincial
Development and Reform Commission.
(China.org.cn by staff reporter Zhang Tingting, June 19,
2006)
