Digital innovation think tank established in Beijing to empower industrial interconnection and digital ecology

China Daily, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- On Oct. 16, "2020 International Digital Innovation Summit Forum and the Establishment of Digital Innovation Think Tank" was held in the lecture hall of Zhongguancun Dongsheng International Science Park in Haidian District. The "2020 International Digital Innovation Summit Forum and Digital Innovation Think Tank Establishment Ceremony" was held in the lecture hall of Zhongguancun Dongsheng International Science Park in Haidian District.

The scene of the 2020 International Digital Innovation Summit. China Daily Diao Yunjiao Photography

Wang Jing, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, said in his speech that the forum and the establishment of the think tank marked the qualitative transformation of the Beijing Digital Center's work from a digital technology platform to an industrial ecological platform. Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology will continue to support Beijing Digital Center to carry out the work related to the International Digital Innovation Summit, and we hope that the Digital Innovation Center and related partners will continue to organize the forum and build the think tank, and make greater contributions to the development of Beijing's digital economy center and the construction of the science and technology center.

He Jianwu, Director of Zhongguancun Science City, pointed out in his speech that from digital design, digital simulation to digital manufacturing, digital operation and maintenance are all important elements of digital transformation, of which the most central is digital simulation, which is also an industrial field of foreign card our Chinese neck. I hope that the Digital Center and the Digital Innovation Think Tank can take advantage of the resources in all aspects, and continue to do some research to provide solutions for our country's digital transformation to truly realize intelligent manufacturing.

Liu Piece, Mayor of Dongsheng Town, Haidian District, said in his speech that Zhongguancun Dongsheng Science and Technology Park has always adhered to the people-oriented, construction of the four major chains of innovation services, policy services, financial services, and life services, and is committed to building the development of people, industry, and the field of integration of the innovation service ecosystem, and strive to enhance the park's digital capabilities. At present, there are more than 50 listed companies in the Science Park, with an annual output value of more than 100 billion dollars.

The forum was hosted by Liu Gaosheng, Chairman of Beijing Digitization Center, and Kang Jinwu, Professor of Tsinghua University. Also invited to Tsinghua University Professor Chen Jin, Peking University Professor Dong Xiaoying, Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher Yu Jiang, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Neil Thompson, the "cloud era" "digital law" author Professor Joe Weinman (U.S.), the founder of the quantum management Danah Zohar, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Professor Eric Tsui, the German University of Stuttgart Professor Alexander Brem, and so on. Professor Alexander Brem of the University of Stuttgart (Germany) and other famous scholars, as well as Lu Yunqiang, General Manager of Strategic Planning and Business Development of Siemens Asia-Pacific, and Gu Jun, General Manager of the Knowledge Management Business Unit of China Knowledge Network (CKN), centered on the paradigm of innovation under the digital technology, the digital transformation of the traditional enterprises, the innovation system and the law of the digital era, the prospect of the development of artificial intelligence, the knowledge management of the digital era, the innovation management in the digital revolution, and enterprise practice of digital innovation.

The scene of the inauguration ceremony of the Digital Innovation Think Tank. China Daily Diao Yunjiao Photography

The forum held a grand ceremony for the establishment of the Digital Innovation Think Tank. The Digital Innovation Think Tank was launched by the Beijing Digitization Center in collaboration with the Technology Innovation Research Center of Tsinghua University, Zhongguancun Dongsheng Science and Technology Park, China Knowledge, Beijing Informatization and Industrialization Integration Service Alliance, and Beijing Guoxin Digital Transformation Technology Research Institute***. The establishment of the Digital Innovation Think Tank is aimed at responding to the trend of digital innovation, efficiently aggregating senior scholars, corporate elites and technical experts in the field of digitalization and innovation management, and providing advice and suggestions for China's digital transformation and the upgrading of the international innovation system, as well as empowering industrial interconnectivity and the digital ecosystem.

It is reported that the digital innovation think tank will be held in the future through the "Annual International Digital Innovation Summit Forum", editing the "Digital Innovation Review", publishing the "Blue Book of Digital Innovation", the selection of the global digital innovation benchmark enterprises, the construction of the digital innovation education alliance and the knowledge base of digital innovation, especially the industrial simulation technology knowledge base, Carry out activities such as scientific research and education in the field of digital innovation, cultivate digital technology talents, and build an international thought platform in the field of digital innovation.