On November 16, 2017, Plug and Play and Wuhan Development Zone (Hannan District) jointly held the PNP Chuangzhi Future Cross-border Summit - Wuhan Station in the Government Service Center of Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone. Mr. Yan Guanliang, Deputy Director of Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee, Deputy Director of Hannan District Government, Dr. Chen Xiaochun, Global co-founder of Plug and Play, Mr. Xu Jieping, Managing partner of Plug and Play China, and corporate guest representatives from Continental Group and Dongfeng Technology Center attended the summit. And gave a wonderful speech.
In addition, there were also representatives of local outstanding investment institutions and auto parts companies in Wuhan. They had one-on-one in-depth communication with the 15 cross-border projects after the roadshow.
Mobile travel strong alliance, car ecological focus on the future
PNP and Wuhan Development Zone (Hannan District), as leaders in the field of mobility in different industries, jointly held the Wuhan branch of the PNP Smart Future Cross-border Summit. Taking automobile technology as the starting point, they discussed the ecological cooperation mode in the field of future travel, breaking the traditional geographical restrictions. The introduction of overseas excellent cross-border technology into Wuhan Development Zone is expected to provide continuous innovation vitality for the local automobile ecology.
As PNP with rich resources in the vertical field of mobile travel, they make use of international advantages such as the transnational platform of China and Germany, complete upstream and downstream ecological system, and constantly promote the innovation and application of mobile travel technology development in the industry in China.
As a comprehensive area dominated by automobile and parts, electronic and electrical industries, Wuhan Development Zone also has profound local resources and local ecological chain. As Yan Guanliang, deputy director of the Administrative committee of Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone and deputy head of Hannan District Government, said in his opening speech: "Wuhan Development Zone is built for cars and prospers because of cars."
Dr. Xiaochun Chen, Global Co-founder of Plug and Play, said, "Plug and Play, as an innovative eco-platform from Silicon Valley, one of our features is the innovation model of enterprise partners in vertical fields. We partner with the top companies in each of the 15 vertical industries and are deeply involved in research, development, transformation and even disruption in each industry."
"Wuhan Economic Development Zone is well known in the automotive industry, and mobility has always been PNP's strong point. The two sides can share resources and create opportunities to promote the international development of the ecological system of mobility in Wuhan Economic Development Zone," he added.
This cross-border summit is a starting point. It is not only a starting point for the development zone to deepen understanding with the guests present, but also a starting point for PNP to use international resources to deepen cooperation with the development zone. In the future, the two sides will carry out more in-depth innovation cooperation, including upgrading the industrial chain, introducing overseas talents and landing project investment.
More understanding of car ecology, real respect for talent
The cross-border Summit featured 15 international cross-border projects selected from thousands of candidates in the PNP Global ecosystem. Many of them are visiting China and Wuhan for the first time. The summit surprised them in terms of participation and professionalism.
The first surprise came from the policy support for innovative enterprises and the detailed care for the introduction of overseas talents. Mr. Zhao Liang from the Economic Innovation Service Center of Wuhan Development Zone shared the innovation and entrepreneurship support policies for the entrepreneurship project. What impressed the overseas entrepreneurship teams was not only the strength of the support policies, but also the construction of supporting facilities, such as the consideration of overseas talents' children's enrollment, international community police management, overseas talents' medical treatment and other details. These life details really let overseas entrepreneurial teams feel the sincere and enthusiasm of Wuhan city.
Secondly, the international team was pleasantly surprised by the depth of understanding of the local government, institutions and enterprises in the field of mobile travel. Entrepreneurship projects in the field of mobility, such as Sentiance, Mans International, EnGISCommunications, ZipGo, etc., held professional exchanges with government guests, representatives of automobile manufacturers, component manufacturers and investment institutions in one-to-one sessions after the roadshow. Hung Chou Tai, ZipGo's managing partner for overseas Markets, said, "We have communicated with governments in different countries and regions, and the government of Wuhan Development Zone knows more about the automotive industry than we thought. "They are like professionals in the automotive industry, with a wealth of industry knowledge, and for entrepreneurs in the mobility space, we feel respected and trusted."
Next, the PNP cross-border team will go to Shenzhen, the capital of hardware innovation, to conduct the road show of the Shenzhen Station of the Cross-border Summit of the Future of Shark Intelligence, visit the Shenzhen entrepreneurship and innovation base, and visit the local famous large Chinese enterprises to complete their trip to China.
