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Mianyang to host international high-tech expo

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2015-09-17 09:23chinadaily.com.cn Editor: Wang Fan

The 3rd China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City International High-Tech Expo will be held in Mianyang, Sichuan province, from September 17 to 20.

Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Sichuan provincial government, the expo has a total exhibition area of 80,000 square meters with 819 exhibitors, 27 of which are Fortune 500 firms.

"Exhibitors are from 47 countries and regions and will show products involving information security and the Internet of Things as well as 3D printing, robots and new-energy cars," said Zhang Jinming, deputy Party chief of Mianyang.

The expo will feature a series of events including the International Forum for Civil-Military Integration Innovation and Development, Czech-Sichuan Cooperation Forum, Publication and Transaction for Sci-Tech Achievements and Patent Technology and International Conference for Advanced Manufacturing Industry.

"Some thematic activities will be staged, too. They are the Investment Promotion of China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City, the Regional Cooperation and Innovation Forum of China, the International Electronic Information Development Forum and the Innovation Development Forum of Science and Finance Integration," said Luo Zhiping, deputy secretary of the Sichuan provincial government.

Mianyang, the second largest city in Sichuan, is the country's only science and technology city, approved by the central government in the year 2000.

Last year, its GDP was nearly 106 billion yuan ($17 billion). Nearly 7 percent of the money found its way into scientific research and development.

  

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