Date : December 26, 2016

To promote China-Korea S&T cooperation and deepen exchange of S&T personnel and policymakers of the two countries, the Sixth China-Korea STI Forum took place in Chengdu on December 20, 2016. It was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Sichuan Provincial People’s Government, and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of Korea, and co-organized by CASTED, Sichuan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Chengdu Municipal People’s Government, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, and China-Korea Science & Technology Cooperation Center.

Held under the theme of “Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Win-Win Cooperation”, the forum consisted of the opening session, the keynote session, and four parallel sessions on STI policy, nanotechnology, biology, and ICT, respectively, and was attended by more than 300 participants, including leaders and representatives of government departments including the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Sichuan Provincial People’s Government and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of Korea, and representatives of Chinese and Korean universities, research institutes, enterprises, and some provincial and municipal science and technology authorities.

The opening session was chaired by Li Meng, Vice Minister of Science and Technology of China, where Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of China, Yi Li, Governor of Sichuan Province, and Choe Yang-Hui, Minister of Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of Korea, delivered speeches. During the keynote session, relevant Chinese and Korean officials and experts analyzed China-Korea STI cooperation from their own respective perspectives including innovation and entrepreneurship policy, the sharing economy and the creative economy.

During the four parallel sessions held in the afternoon, a total of 32 Chinese and Korea experts had in-depth exchanges on STI policy and frontier areas of technology such as nanotechnology, biology, and ICT, China-Korea cooperation cases, and directions of future cooperation, and provided insights and suggestions on advancing China-Korea innovation and entrepreneurship cooperation and China-Korea innovation and entrepreneurship park development.

CASTED President Hu Zhijian gave a keynote speech at the opening session, and CASTED Vice President Wang Fenyu chaired the opening session and the parallel session on STI policy. Some CASTED researchers also attended the event and joined the discussions.