Six major projects involving education, finance, big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and international trade fields will be constructed in Qianhai, announced by the Qianhai Cooperation Zone Authority at a signing ceremony held at Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Center yesterday morning.
The Cambridge Judge Business School and Peking University HSBC Business School will cooperate in Qianhai in fields such as business education, scientific research and assistance to start-up companies. The schools will integrate their academic resources while taking advantage of the geographical advantage of the Greater Bay Area to boost its further development.
Christopher H. Loch, director of Cambridge Judge Business School, attended the ceremony in the U.K. via video conference. He said the collaboration will extend the free exchange of knowledge and education.
“This ceremony is a symbol of our collaboration across two continents. Although the COVID-19 pandemic prevents us from coming together in person, I believe we will overcome the obstacles and show what we can achieve together,” Loch said.
At the ceremony, the Qianhai authority, Shanghai Rainbow Fish Abyss Investment Management Group and SRIT (Beijing) Co. Ltd. pledged to build a marine industry complex in Qianhai, which includes China’s first marine big data center, an intelligent marine equipment manufacturing base, an international scientific research home port, and a deep sea and ocean service base.
According to the authority, the projects, especially the construction of the global marine big data center, mark a new step toward digital development for Qianhai. It is also a response to the Central Government’s call for Shenzhen to strengthen its marine ecology, cultivate marine culture and become a global ocean center.
China Railway Construction Co. Ltd. (CRCC), a construction company that ranked 59th on Fortune 500 in 2019, has headquartered its financial subsidiary in Qianhai with a total registered capital of 9 billion yuan (US$1.26 billion). The subsidiary is expected to gather various high-end industrial resources in Qianhai, introduce more licensed financial institutions like insurance, trust and public offering companies to Qianhai, and drive the development of supply chain finance, industrial funds, asset securitization, e-commerce and fintech.
The capital operation center of the China Resources Bank of Zhuhai Co. Ltd. will open in Qianhai at the end of this year, which is conducive to the financial innovation and stable economic and social development of Qianhai. The center will also become the first medium- and long-term licensed fund operation agency in Shenzhen.
The AI industry is expected to gather and develop in Qianhai as a series of entrepreneurial carriers such as the AI Technology Testing Center, AI Industry Research Institute, and AI Talent Training and Service Platform initiated by the Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Industry Association settle in Qianhai.
In addition, a comprehensive cross-border trade platform that integrates parallel-import automobiles, automobile parts and car rental services will also settle in Qianhai, according to the strategic framework agreement signed between Qianhai authority and Chongqing Shengyu Hongjia International Trade Co. Ltd. at the ceremony.
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