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Dec. 01, 2022
2022 Tengchong Scientists Forum Opens
Technology Leads the Future, Innovation Drives Development
Ding Zhongli, Wang Ning, Luo Hui, and others delivered speeches
Wang Yubo, Gu Binglin, Xu Zhihong, Rao Zihe, and others attended
Ding Zhongli, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a speech to the forum via video.
Wang Ning, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, Provincial Government, and Provincial CPPCC, welcomed academicians, experts, and guests from home and abroad in attending. He said that Yunnan has a good ecology, a favorable climate, and abundant scientific research resources, making it an ideal place for scientific and technological innovation activities. We sincerely hope to further deepen exchanges and cooperation with major domestic and international institutions, major institutes, enterprises, universities, and neighboring countries in key areas such as new energy, new materials, healthcare, biomedicine, plateau specialty agriculture, cultural tourism, and major disease prevention and control. We sincerely invite scientists, educators, and entrepreneurs from home and abroad to carry out academic exchanges and project cooperation in Yunnan, and to encourage more high-level research platforms, technology enterprises, achievements, talents, and expert teams to take root in Yunnan. Yunnan Province will be guided by the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, focusing on creating an upgraded version of "Science and Technology Entering Yunnan," creating the best development environment and optimal innovation ecosystem for research institutes, universities, enterprises, and scientific talents. The Tengchong Scientists Forum will be held regularly every year, striving to become an international, high-end, distinctive, and highly influential high-level scientist forum.
Luo Hui stated that the Tengchong Scientists Forum gathers high-end wisdom, promotes intellectual exchange, advocates open science, and serves national strategies. It not only reflects the passing on and promotion of the spirit of the Southwest Associated University but also fully demonstrates the patriotic dedication and pragmatic innovation of contemporary scientists. As the home of science and technology workers, the China Science and Technology Cooperation Council will strongly support the successful organization of the Tengchong Scientists Forum, create a "golden model" for cultural exchange and cooperation in Lancang-Mekong technology, build a "new landmark" for open innovation ecosystems facing South and Southeast Asia, advocate the implementation of the Global Development Initiative and the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals as a "community" for scientific and technological innovation, and shape new momentum and advantages to support Yunnan's leapfrog development.
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former president of Tsinghua University, Gu Binglin; Vice President Zhang Yaping; and Myanmar Consul General in Kunming, Udo Daang; Li Xiaohong, President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Wang Xiqin, President of Tsinghua University; Yang Zhenning, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate; and Phichai Songcheng, Chairman of the Thailand Samthapipa Foundation, delivered speeches either on-site or via video.
Vice Governor Zhang Zhili presided over the opening ceremony. Academicians from the two academies, experts and scholars from home and abroad who were invited to attend the forum, relevant leaders from Yunnan Province, consular officials from relevant countries stationed in Kunming, heads of universities and research institutes inside and outside the province, well-known entrepreneurs, and responsible officials from provincial departments and units attended the opening ceremony.
