ZGC Overseas Science Park helps open a new chapter for all-round cooperation between China-Serbia with innovation exchanges and communication

Serbia was China's first free trade partner in Central and Eastern Europe and one of the first countries that responded to the BRI. Under the strategic leadership of the heads of state of both countries, China and Serbia have witnessed closer economic and trade ties and strengthening scientific and technological exchanges over the past few years.

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Administrative Commission of Zhongguancun Science Park and Zhongguancun Development Group, Zhongguancun Overseas Science Park (“ZGC Overseas Science Park”) organized and took domestic enterprises to the 66th International Fair of Technics and Technical Achievements from May 20 to 24 for promoting scientific and technological cooperation between China and Serbia.

On the morning of May 20, local time, a delegation led by Mr. Pan Jinfeng, Chairman of Zhongguancun Development Group, visited the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia and discussed with Minister Jelena Begović in Belgrade on strategic cooperation between Zhongguancun Development Group and BIO4 Campus in the fields of biomedicine and biotechnology. Pan said, ZGC Group looks forward to strengthening cooperation with BIO4 Campus, exchanging experience in park planning, construction, operation and management, leveraging respective talent and research resources and strengths to build a world-class big health industrial ecosystem spanning the Earth’s eastern and western hemispheres, and contributing to scientific and technological innovation cooperation, people's health and well-being, and friendship of China and Serbia. The delegation also visited the office of BGI Genomics in Belgrade and the Chinese Embassy in Serbia, having in-depth discussions with those involved on strengthening international exchanges and cooperation concerning the “dual circulation” and building a global innovation ecosystem.

On May 21, a Memorandum of Understanding was entered by and among the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Administrative Commission of Zhongguancun Science Park, Zhongguancun Development Group, the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia and BIO4 Campus at the fair. According to the MOU, the four parties will further work with each other to create a sister park relationship, promote practical cooperation in biomedicine and biotechnology between BIO4 Campus and Z-Park at all levels; facilitate all-round cooperation between high-tech enterprises, academic institutions, and research centers from Serbia and Beijing, set up incubators, enable knowledge sharing and exchanges; share experience in science and technology and development, build innovation clusters of emerging technologies; carry out practical exchanges in technology promotion, technology transfer and high-end talent training, and support China-Serbia technological exchanges and cooperation.

There were 22 enterprises participating the fair as organized by ZGC Overseas Science Park. The latest technological achievements from China were displayed in a creative, novel, interactive and high-tech manner. This showcased that China created an innovation environment, fostered innovation-oriented enterprises and made breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies for collaborative innovation and in-depth international capacity cooperation.

In the space technology area, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation showcased the progress in Serbia aid cooperation on remote sensing satellites, and used Egypt Satellite 2 as an example to describe the ATI facilities and joint training service, and detailed China's space station, Chang’e-5 and other major national aerospace initiatives, demonstrating the strength of China’s aerospace industry.

In the AI area, Beijing RealAI Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. showed the AI “Invisibility cloak", generative AI content detection platform, and the solutions to AI abuses and misuses and to endogenous and derivative risks in the AI security field. Beijing VAS Medical Technology Co., Ltd. presented the robotic system for high-precision, minimally invasive vascular interventions. Developed under the guidance of the company, the system was the first of its kind in China entered the clinical trial phases and obtained the NMPA registration certificate for “Vascular Intervention Auxiliary System (Robot)”. As the first one completed multi-center clinical trial in China, the system is at the forefront of the world.

In the biomedicine area, products of BGI Genomics from Huo-Yan laboratory model that provided a complete pathogen detection solution and its standard system to sequencer T20 that set a new global single-unit throughput record for gene sequencer, and DNA storage model were shown. These reflected China’s latest achievements in infectious disease prevention and control, virus detection and gene sequencing.

In the popular autonomous driving area, Beijing iDriverPlus Technology Co., Ltd. showcased its VIGGO autonomous scrubber and sweeper. As an autonomous driving solution provider integrating “software, hardware and cloud”, iDriverPlus has always been specialized in intelligent mobility, smart life, and specialized applications. VIGGO under the company is the brand that started mass production of autonomous sweeper in China. Since the launch of the first product, VIGGO series has served over 3,000 customers in over 100 domestic cities, cleaning hundreds of millions of square meters in total.

In keeping pace with the times, China and Serbia have been stepping up cooperation on science and technology for mutual benefits and win-win results. With advancement in modernization, both countries will need more cooperation in infrastructure construction, economy and trade than before. In frontier fields of emerging industries, such as digitalization and informatization, high-end manufacturing, and biomedicine, there is an urgent need for more outstanding Chinese enterprises to seize opportunities and open up possibilities.

The Chinese exhibitors who attended the fair as organized by ZGC Overseas Science Park showcased their products that represented the latest technological achievements of China in a creative, novel, interactive and high-tech manner, showing that China has created an innovation environment, fostered innovation-oriented enterprises and made breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies for collaborative innovation and in-depth international capacity cooperation.