promoted by invest shenzhen, shenzhen mayor mr. xu qin met with the intel delegation led by mr. yang xu, on the afternoon of april 7. mr. xu and mr. yang agreed on speeding up cooperation in fields including information technology, wearable devices, robotics, health, the internet of things (iot), education, and training to promote mutual success.
the mayor briefed the delegates on shenzhen's economic and social development status. describing shenzhen as an innovation-driven and green city, the mayor introduced the plan to accelerate transition of the development focus to high-end industries and economic restructuring by highlighting quality, innovation and environmental protection.
the new development mode shifts the focus from rapid growth to quality. he emphasized that shenzhen offers great support for industry development, including outstanding industry zones, environment and innovation activities, which is attracting increasingly more makers from all over the world. as a global leading chip developer and supplier of products and services, intel has contributed remarkably to the development of the world's it industry. intel's continuous innovation, efforts made in upgrading products, and commitment to developing intelligent equipment coincide with shenzhen's strategy of boosting strategic emerging industries, and creates golden cooperation opportunities for both intel and shenzhen. mr. xu indicated that shenzhen supports and encourages intel to operate in shenzhen and wishes to partner with intel to promote intel's cutting-edge technologies and help intel utilize fully shenzhen's industry resources.
mr. yang predicted that shenzhen will emerge as a global product innovation center in the future. he mentioned that intel highly values the cooperation with shenzhen and indicated that intel will launch the intel space accelerator program as a joint venture, provide a series of training programs, build a maker platform and establish angel funds after sponsoring the intel developer forum (idf 2015) and set up the intel intelligent device innovation center in shenzhen. the moves aim to promote the cooperation between intel and shenzhen in a wide range of fields.
deputy mayer mr. chen biao attended the meeting.
on april 8 and 9, the idf 2015 was held in shenzhen. the event comprises prospective keynote speeches, technological seminars and showcases by senior executives from intel. sponsored by the industry leader, idf offers access to latest news about intel.
