Nanjing, located at the centre of China’s lower Yangtse River Delta, the heart of China’s high-tech revolution, is reaching out to companies and partners in the UK. On Wednesday, 30 March the Nanjing Overseas Innovation Centre held an event at the London headquarters of the China - Britain Business Council (CBBC) to launch a new partnership programme aimed at developing high-tech business links and strengthening the innovation ecosystem between the UK and Nanjing.
The event, sponsored by Xingang High-Tech Park and organised with support from CBBC and Globaltech IP, was broadcast to a Chinese audience, with over 100 live and online attendees, and included a live roadshow that featured 8 UK companies, covering a range of sectors: healthcare, AI development, legal services, space research, STEM education and smart city technology. This roadshow is part of the GO China XG Explore China programme that provides training, matchmaking and free China landing services over a six - month period.
The programme opened with remarks from Mark Hedley, Director for Technology, CBBC, Kristina Rayko, Director, Globaltech IP and Wu Quan, Director for Nanjing Xingang High-Tech Industrial Park, and included speeches from new Nanjing Overseas Centre partners including London Royal Albert Dock (Neil Robinson, Director), British Communications Management Association CMA (Professor Rick Chandler, Chair) and OKE Club (Victor Kovalets, Founder).
Both the Nanjing Overseas Innovation Centre Partnership and GO China XG programmes have been established to provide practical support to hi-tech companies and organisations expanding their operations internationally to China and to help them navigate, partner, and avoid common pitfalls.
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The OKE Club was founded in February 2021 with a vision to build a harmonious and respectable community for UK-China focused entrepreneurs and professionals. Since its foundation, the OKE Club has quickly expanded from a 13 people online group to an active and vibrant community of over 800 people. We have organised six offline networking events with over 100 guests in attendance for our last City of London Networking Dinner. Our next networking event will be held in the Travellers Club on the 29th of April with famous public speaker Simon Alexander
One as our keynote speaker. (https://www.tickettailor.com/events/okeclub) The key value that the OKE Club offers is the platform and opportunities that we provide for our members. Many of our members have secured business and career opportunities from attending the OKE Club events. The OKE Club also had the honour of inviting many high profile government officials, diplomats and businesspeople as VIP guests and keynote speakers to our events. These special guests include Sir Vince Cable, former Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. His Excellency Ralph Goodale, High Commissioner of Canada to the United Kingdom. The Honourable Mark Logan, MP for Bolton North East and the Deputy Leader of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on China. Professor Michael Mainelli, former Sheriff of the City of London. By networking with these high profile people who play an important role on developing UK-China relationship, our members can build important connections and also receive some of the latest insights on the future of UK-China relationship.
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