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Chengdu Hi-tech Zone of China Accelerates to Integrate into the Global Innovation Network
Last April 1 , Sichuan ( Chengdu ) Hi-tech Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially set up and in May, they launched a "Global Top Science Park Partnership Program" (TSPPP), expecting to set up a cooperation mechanism connecting global famous science parks and enterprises. 22 science parks including Sophia Antipolis of France , Barcelona Innovative Industrial Park of Spain , and Amsterdam Science Park of Holland co-set up "World First Class S&T Parks Champions' League" in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone and the concept of "community with a shared future for Science Park" has been widely recognized. Last October, Sophia Antipolis and Chengdu Hi-tech Zone signed an agreement on mutual establishment of innovation centers; last November, Chengdu Hi-tech Zone and New Jersey Association of Trade & investment Promotion signed a Memorandum of Understanding on jointly setting up liaison offices. By the end of 2017, Chengdu Hi-tech Zone had already set up 18 off-shore innovation bases abroad.
As a new window for western China to open to and cooperate with Europe , the Business & Innovation Centre for China-Europe Cooperation located in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone was launched last May. It has signed settlement agreement with 17 European institutions such as European Business & Innovation Center Network (EBN), China-UK Development Center, and The Russian Union of Innovation and Technology Centre (RUITC).
Chengdu Hi-tech Pilot Free Trade Zone is also trying to change the stereotyped impression to government departments in inland China . In management, it has basically formulated an investment management mechanism by taking Negative List as the core and the handling time of foreign-investment enterprise establishment and change shortens from over 20 working days to within 3 working days.