8-9 Yangpu Friday 17 November 2017 Shanghai Daily Runners open their legs at the starting point of the 2017 Shanghai Yangpu Xinjiangwancheng Half Marathon on November 5. Cultural beauty of district highlighted by marathon Li Xinran MORE than 2,100 runners, who joined the 2 1. New Jiangwan Town half marathon in Yangpu District earlier 1 3 2. China (Shanghai) Public Practicing Base this month, enjoyed a 70-year-old natural for Entrepreneurs wetland, an amusement park named after 3. Jiangwan Stadium Dan ish author Hans Ch ristian A ndersen, a science park and the campus of the presti- gious Fudan University along the jogging route. It was the first half marathon held in Yangpu and followed the northeastern district of Shanghai’s success in hosting Achieving innovation through university collaboration an 8-kilometer run and a 10km race in the past two years. The Xinjiangwancheng Half Marathon Li Xinran The annual Yangpu Forum for Innovation and Yangpu was nominated by the Ministry of Science has been recognized as a Class A event, by Entrepreneurship, held earlier this month, at and Technology as one of the country’s first pilot The half marathon attracts 2,100 runners. rban innovation never comes into force the Chinese Athletic Association, and will the China (Shanghai) Public Practicing Base for innovation districts in 2010, and identified as a key without the participation of universities be held every year from now on. Entrepreneurs was committed to promoting the base of Shanghai’s efforts to become a global innova- as a source of intelligence. However, it Reuben Kiplangat from Nairobi, Kenya, coordination of universities, science parks and tion center and demonstration zone. including squirrels, hedgehogs and yellow is not always a smooth ride to make an was the men’s champion after crossing U communities as well as the integration of industry, weasels. More than 30 kinds of migratory industry-university partnership work. the finish line at the Jiangwan campus research and innovation to further enhance the birds and 11 types of resident birds have In this respect, Yangpu-based universities and Pilot in innovation of Fudan University in 1 hour, 8 minutes industry-university partnership. been spotted in the area. businesses take great strides in the development and 2 seconds. The forum also marked the fulfillment of a se- The district will further use its advantages in re- The well-designed route also features a Li Zhixuan, from Shanghai University of of industry-university-research cooperation to ries of agreements for cooperation between the search and education to explore ways to transfer community, a science park and the cam- Sport, won the women’s race, clocking in at better serve the economic and social development district and universities. The Yangpu mode and achievements of technology into production. pus of a university, which represent the 1 hour 17 minutes and 29 seconds. of the district. experience for innovation and entrepreneurship Yangpu authorities have launched cooperation three pillars of innovation and entrepre- The race, on November 5, also included One of their latest efforts was a two-day 2017 are expected to be replicated throughout the with 11 universities within the district and around neurship in Yangpu. a health run of 3.5 kilometers, which at- MIT China Conference, during which MIT shared country. the city to build a number of key platforms. There were more than 200 medics tracted over 1,700 players. its vision with Yangpu entrepreneurs. Yangpu is the biggest and most populous down- They also pair up with 23 local research institutes among the runners, who finished the Starting from The Springs, at 99 Jiang- A number of professors and research fellows on town district of Shanghai. It is also one of the and enterprises to promote high-tech projects in the full distance of 21.0975 kilometers. They wancheng Road, at 7am, runners passed biomedicine, mechanics and computer engineers districts around the city with the most abundant fields such as the Internet of things and the appli- worked together w ith their colleag ues who through the natural wetland in New Jiang- from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- resources in science and education. cation of China’s self-developed Beidou Navigation rode bicycles or stood by in 10 ambulances wan Town, which is the only one of its kind ogy shared cutting-edge scientific knowledge Li Yueqi, Party secretary of Yangpu, quoted what Satellite System. to ensure all the runners safe and healthy. in downtown Shanghai. developed in MIT laboratories with their Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his report to the recent Yangpu is creating a friendly environment through Fortunately, there was no accidents or in- The green corridor that extends 2.7 audiences, most of whom are elite technicians and 19th national Party congress that development building a coordinative platform to better allocate cidents during the race. kilometers is home to a wide variety of entrepreneurs. is the top priority of the Party in governing and innovative resources from university laboratories, Meanwhile, volunteers wearing plastic wildlife. bottles also took part in the race to raise The topics were technical, including those on Professors and research colleagues on biomedicine, mechanics and computer engineers, from the rejuvenating the country while innovation is the engineering centers as well as research institutions. public awareness about caring about the “innovative energy, acoustical material, biotech- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, share cutting-edge scientific knowledge developed in MIT primary force driving China’s development. The plan aims to transfer a number of leading tech- Unlike other public green spaces, the environment. An average of more than nology and the artificial intelligence.” laboratories with their Chinese audiences, most of whom are elite technicians and entrepreneurs, at “That’s why we shall make innovation as our nologies around the country and nurture a number flora of the special park is not planted 100 million plastic bottles are produced Organizers hope that local startups will be in- the two-day 2017 MIT China Conference held in Yangpu District. driving force and reform as our source of vitality of innovation centers under market-oriented coop- or maintained according to any man- as garbage as a result of each marathon spired or find some valuable technologies through to fulfill innovation-driven development strat- eration of universities, research institutions and made design. There are over 300 plants the speeches, accord i ng to the d istrict govern ment. companies. and small animals residing in the park, held around the world. Cooperation has been carried out on intelligent membership,” allow ing them to seek help and sug- egy, and accelerate the construction of science AI, for instance, has become a popular choice for Moreover, Yangpu is improving its services through manufacturing, robotics, medical big data, urban gestions from MIT professionals anytime. and technology innovation center with global local startups. building specific platforms to enable the trade, dis- infrastructure and traffic data analysis between Yangpu has cooperated with Massachusetts In- influence to contribute to the construction of The MIT experts are also sharing successful play and transformation of sci-tech achievements. the institute and local firms, according to the sci- stitute of Technology as part of its drive to develop an innovative country,” Li said. “That is for the startup projects in Massachusetts, covering Big It includes the organization of forums and entre- ence commission of Yangpu. a partnership with the world’s top universities goals of ‘Two Centenaries’ to realize the Chinese Data, 3D print and nanowires, a newly discovered to push its “entrepreneurship and innovation” Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese preneurship competitions with global influence to material expected to be used for the next-genera- campaign. nation.” create a sound atmosphere to encourage entrepre- tion computers. Closer cooperation Li indicated to deepen the cooperation between neurship and innovation. The Americans are giving guidance and sug- A technology startup named Techsun, for in- the district and universities and consolidate the Yangpu is upgrading sci-tech parks within the gestions to entrepreneurs and company officials stance, which focuses on the development of Successful startups mechanism of cooperation; to agglomerate pre- district. It now has 20 sci-tech parks while seven of based in Yangpu during the conference. anti-counterfeiting products, has bought a batch The district government hopes such cooperation vailing resources of the district and universities them are affiliated to universities of state level. The district government has signed an agreement of newly developed anti-counterfeiting equipment will also boost the “international flavor” of the and jointly promote industrial upgrade; to take The sci-tech parks will also play part of the role with MIT to act as a bridge between Yangpu-based from MIT through the introduction of the liaison northeastern downtown district to make foreigners various measures to promote the transforma- as incubators in the next phase of development and companies and the MIT Industrial Liaison Pro- program, according to the district government. starting up businesses or working in Yangpu feel at tion of scientific and technological achievements much more focus on transformation from research gram, which helps enterprises to find appropriate The Ya ngpu govern ment has “top level” member- home, while attracting more talent from abroad. as well as create a friendly environment and achievements into productivity. More high-tech firms resources from the university’s five colleges and ship on the MIT program, while local companies Meanwhile, Yangpu is turning itself into one optimized regional ecology for innovation and will be involved or established and to form a variety 33 departments. can opt to pay a membership fee to have a “second of the easiest places for startups to succeed.