to implement the "one belt, one road" strategic plan and carry out investment promotion via the platform of the china (shenzhen) international cultural industries fair (icif), invest shenzhen and the longgang investment promotion center jointly facilitated the visit by the delegation of the lancaster china catalyst programme to shenzhen on may 15. in the morning, the exchange meeting for the programme was held in the tian'an cloud park in longgang. nine british enterprises (including msp technologies, palintest, gcofn, forensiq, connect 2 cleanrooms and farmex) brought 15 projects with them and sought cooperation opportunities with 30 shenzhen-based enterprises and institutions. in the afternoon, the delegation also visited huawei technologies co. ltd.
"enterprises from both sides can complement each other's advantages under this programme, and there is a promising prospect for cooperation with the local computer and technology industries." dr. nick burd, director of the lancaster china catalyst programme, also expressed that this is a china-uk technology cooperation program jointly promoted by the university and the guangdong province department of science and technology (gdst). it is mainly focused on the sectors of culture, creativity and design, environmental protection, alternative energy, new materials, computers, advanced manufacturing and high-end engineering projects. some of the funding comes from the higher education funding council for england, lancaster university, lancashire county council and gdst. after the meeting, shenzhen will cooperate more closely with the team of the catalyst programme and help more british enterprises to invest and more scientific research results to be commercialized in the city.
