on january 26, 2016, the "shenzhen – uk cultural and creative industry exchange" was hosted by invest shenzhen and the china-britain business council (cbbc) and co-organized by the hong kong international creative design & communication association. around 100 guests from investment promotion departments of various districts, leading cultural and creative enterprises, and key industrial parks attended.
in the meeting, invest shenzhen reviewed the recent achievements of international cultural and creative enterprises' investment and cooperation in shenzhen, and introduced the high level of creativity in shenzhen and its impact on the world stage. in this golden age of china-uk cooperation, both sides are eagerly anticipating developing bidirectional investment exchanges in cultural and creative industries. zhang feng, chief representative of cbbc in shenzhen, shen xuchun, south china general manager of scottish development international (sdi) , and fu jiebei, head of shenzhen-edinburgh creative industries incubation center, respectively introduced british and scottish cultural creative industries development, and the operation of the shenzhen-edinburgh creative industries incubation center. liu zhen, permanent vice-president and general secretary of shenzhen design union, and hou bing, chairman of start cultural communication co., ltd. , analyzed cultural and creative industries development in shenzhen and cooperation opportunities with the uk from professional perspectives. they further provided invaluable suggestions for organizations such as industrial associations and parks to create industrial cluster development. in addition, a representative from the galaxy yabao hi-tech innovation park introduced the comprehensive services available in the park for building cultural and creative industries.
