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Innovation hub takes off(1)

Published on 03/30 2015  Source: China Daily


By Song Mengxing
 
Continued growth and development at Beijing's high-tech zone, Song Mengxing reports.
Zhongguancun Haidian Science Park in Beijing, the home of several scientific and technological enterprises, aims to become a globally influential hub of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Statistics showed that the park was home to more than 12,000 technological companies by the end of 2013 and 5,200 of them were national-level high-tech businesses.
The park, the website of which is www. zhongguancun.com.cn, is the key area of Zhongguancun Science Park and has long focused on technological innovation to become an iconic hub for China's innovation development, according to the park's website.
Baidu Inc, a giant Internet company based in the park, is developing a project called "Baidu Brain" that uses computer technologies to simulate human brains.
During the recent annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Li Yanhong, CEO of Baidu, suggested that the Chinese government should set up a "China Brain" project to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence.
The project would focus on fields including military and civil robots, unmanned vehicles, smart drones and smart medical diagnosis, he said.
Li advised government agencies to jointly establish platforms that offer resources and public services for artificial intelligence and promote commercialization of research achievements in the field.
He said that the project would help traditional industries and social services become more intelligent and would help China's innovation-driven development strategy.
Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology Co is another innovative business in Zhongguancun Haidian Science Park. The company set several international and national communication standards including Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access, or SCDMA, and its technologies have been commercialized in 33 countries.
Some former Chinese ambassadors, invited by the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Science and Technology, visited Beijing Xinwei on March 16. Jiang Bofeng, vice-president of the company, told visitors about Xinwei's development and achievements in industrialization and standardization of China's independent communication systems.
The company received several awards including first prize in the State Science and Technology Progress Award and China Gold Patent Awards.
The company's website said it helped China's Wi-Fi communication technologies rank among the highest in the world.