Go China: Market Exploration Webinar Series

On February 3rd, in the festive atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, the “Going to China: Market Exploration” webinar series, co-organized by the UK-China Trade Association, the Sino-British Trade Association and Global Technology, a specialist in Chinese high-tech companies with offices in China and the UK, kicked off.

One of the main sponsors of the event, Mr. Wu Quan, Deputy Director of Nanjing Xingang Hi-Tech Industrial Park, introduced the industrial features of the park and the preferential policies for overseas entrepreneurs through a video presentation.

Nanjing Xingang High-Tech Industrial Park is one of the national high-tech development zones in China, with a planned area of 39.2 square kilometers. With a focus on artificial intelligence, integrated circuits and smart manufacturing, the park is known as “China’s Smart Valley” and is home to more than 3,000 high-tech enterprises, including the electric car startup Weilai Automotive, known as China’s Tesla, the Google-invested artificial intelligence unicorn “Mobvoi “It is home to more than 3,000 high-tech companies, including China’s Tesla electric car startup Azera, Google-invested artificial intelligence unicorn Mobvoi, automotive intelligence unicorn Horizon Robotics, and other leading domestic companies and research institutions, as well as Bosch, Siemens, Microsoft, LG, Frost & Sullivan, and many others.

The kick-off webinar on February 3 attracted more than 50 overseas companies and organizations and will be followed by a 5-week webinar series with special expert sessions on China market entry topics.

This webinar series is the first phase of the GoChina Launchpad program, a unique program designed to help global high-tech companies understand and engage with China’s most dynamic business ecosystem located in the Yangtze River Delta. This will be followed by one-on-one business matchmaking and will culminate in a free 5-week optional residential program in China (when restrictions on the new crown epidemic are relaxed) to help companies develop strategies and business models to successfully respond to the rapidly changing business environment, assess opportunities and readiness for the China market, build strong partnerships, and avoid common pitfalls.