Key Highlights:
- On March 15th, a Chinese delegation led by Mr. Zhang Feng, President of SISPark and member of the Board of Directors of Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), will be in Nice to present the business opportunities offered to French companies in Suzhou technopole.
- Franco-Chinese technological and industrial cooperation is at an all-time high, with key sectors such as artificial intelligence, advanced technologies, green tech, renewable energy, smart manufacturing, nanotechnologies, biotech, and digital economy.
- Suzhou Industrial Park is an international technopole with an optimal technological and financial ecosystem for the rapid development of companies of all sizes, offering privileged access to the Chinese market and public procurement, as well as significant funding for start-ups and technology companies.
A Chinese delegation in Nice to present business opportunities in Suzhou
On March 15th, a Chinese delegation led by Mr. Zhang Feng, President of SISPark and member of the Board of Directors of Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), will visit Nice to present business opportunities for French companies in the Suzhou technopole. The event, organized as part of the Innovation Hub by Team Nice Côte d’Azur and its partners, comes at a time of historically high Franco-Chinese technological and industrial cooperation.
Key sectors for Franco-Chinese cooperation
The sectors offering real opportunities for Franco-Chinese cooperation are numerous and varied. Among them, artificial intelligence, advanced technologies, green tech, renewable energies, smart manufacturing, nanotechnologies, biotech and the digital economy are particularly promising. Côte d’Azur start-ups will present their technological know-how during this event.
Suzhou Industrial Park, a favorable ecosystem for French companies
Located in the heart of the Yangtze Delta, in the city of Suzhou (economic capital of the Jiangsu region and sixth city in China in terms of GDP), Suzhou Industrial Park is an international technopole with a GDP equivalent to that of the city of Nice. Benefiting from the special status of a joint venture between China and Singapore, SIP has an optimal technological and financial ecosystem for the rapid development of companies of all sizes.
Highly internationalized, SIP hosts half of the free zones in Jiangsu province and has a strong European presence. French companies can benefit from privileged access to the Chinese market and public procurement, as well as significant funding for start-ups and technology companies, with enhanced protection of intellectual property.
French companies also have the opportunity to develop their business in China, create joint ventures with Chinese groups, find Chinese industrial partners, investors for their development in Europe and technological solutions Many international companies are already present in SIP, such as Apple, Microsoft, L’Oréal, Airbus, Safran, Alcatel, Total, Sodexo, Siemens, BASF, Sanofi, Roche, Glaxo Smith Line, Huawei, Toshiba and Samsung.
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