On January 21, 2019, ahead of the opening of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China and the Department of Economic Education and Research of Switzerland jointly held the first China-Switzerland Business Innovation Conference in Zurich, Switzerland. Representatives from the Chinese and Swiss governments, enterprises, scientific research institutions, universities and industry organizations attended the meeting to discuss China-Switzer
On January 21, 2019, ahead of the opening of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China and the Department of Economic Education and Research of Switzerland jointly held the first China-Switzerland Business Innovation Conference in Zurich, Switzerland. Representatives from the Chinese and Swiss governments, enterprises, scientific research institutions, universities and industry organizations attended the meeting to discuss China-Switzerland innovation cooperation in the era of the new industrial revolution.
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan said at the conference that Switzerland is one of the most innovative countries in the world, and China attaches equal importance to innovation. Pioneering and innovative is the most prominent feature of China-Switzerland relations. In 2017, leaders of the two countries reached important consensus on establishing a high-level innovation platform, and the China-Switzerland Business Innovation Conference is a concrete measure to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries.
As one of the representatives of innovative enterprises, Zhang Zhiqiang, President of ABB (China) Co., Ltd. attended the conference and delivered a keynote speech at the Sino-Swiss Business Dialogue session with the theme of "Digitalization Leads Innovation". "With the fourth Industrial Revolution and the energy revolution, digital technologies will increasingly change every aspect of production and life in the future. "As a leader in pioneering technologies for the digital age, ABB is committed to innovation-driven growth, leveraging its leading ABB Ability™ digital solutions that integrate emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to help customers comprehensively improve performance, enhance innovation, embrace change, and jointly write a new future."
Strategic cooperation to promote innovative development
During the conference, the International Economic and Technological Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding on strategic cooperation with ABB (China) Co., LTD., aiming to seize the historic opportunity of the new round of industrial revolution, support the high-quality development of Chinese industries and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. The two sides will conduct full cooperation in key areas such as digitalization, intelligent manufacturing and innovation, realize resource sharing and complementary advantages, and contribute to the innovation and development of the domestic industries in China and Switzerland.
ABB will rely on its innovative technology, experience and leading automation, electrification and digital products and services covering the industrial automation value chain to support relevant industries in China to improve the lean, flexible, automated and intelligent level of production and operation, improve industry competitiveness, and help promote industrial transformation and upgrading in China.
China and Switzerland: a model of innovative strategic partnership
Innovation is an inexhaustible engine for world economic growth and a key to decoding the China-Switzerland strategic partnership. In the 69 years of cooperation between China and Switzerland, the spirit of innovation has been consistent. In promoting the development of bilateral relations, the two countries have made many "firsts" together. Switzerland was one of the first Western countries to recognize and establish diplomatic relations with China, and the first European country to recognize China's full market economy status and sign a free trade agreement with China. China regards Switzerland as its first strategic partner marked by innovation.
As a platform for the exchange of new ideas and ideas, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (Davos) has also become a vivid footnote to the innovation cooperation between China and Switzerland.
ABB: A model of technological innovation
Switzerland is not only a country of scientific and technological innovation, but also a country rich in artisan spirit. Headquartered in Switzerland, ABB is a model of Swiss technological innovation and the inheritance of innovation culture. Looking back on ABB's development history of more than 130 years, innovation is the constant DNA. ABB is also at the forefront of the industrial revolution by virtue of its leading innovative technology.
As an international enterprise originating in Europe and rooted in the Chinese market, ABB is committed to becoming a bridge of innovation cooperation between China and Switzerland. In its long history of development in China, ABB has always adhered to the concept of innovation-driven development and witnessed and participated in China's reform and opening up and economic take-off. In the future, a new ABB will continue to lead the digital industry with innovative technologies and support customers to embrace the unprecedented technological revolution and digital wave.
