Achievements on display at science and technology fair

Hu Min

THE 7th Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Achievement Trade expo closed at the Shanghai Automobile exhibition Center in Jiading District on November 15, with around 70 activities held during the three-day event to showcase cutting-edge technologies as well as the latest high-tech development in the region.

The expo comprised three major exhibition areas — the Yangtze River Delta comprehensive display area, the science and technology achievements area, and the science and technology ecology area.

For the first time, a science and technology talent recruitment area was introduced, providing a plat-form and opportunities to promote scientific and technological innova-tion and industrial upgrading.

Shanghai Gongji Technology showcased the industrial application of core technologies for high-pre-cision vehicle positioning under all conditions, while Jiyu Technol-ogy brought an unmanned mobile power bank to the fair.

ISoftStone, a leading Chinese enterprise in innovative digital technology products and services, displayed its latest humanoid robot, Tianqing 01, and Kyland Technology Co showcased its latest industrial Internet underlying technology products in industrial operating systems, industrial network chips and industrial tool software.

A plan for the core

At the expo’s opening ceremony, a plan for the Science and Innova-tion Core in Jiading District was unveiled.

Located in the Juyuan New Area with a planned site of 2.4 square kilometers, the Science and Innova-tion Core will serve as a pioneering area for scientific and technologi-cal achievements and a source for future-oriented industries, and be-come an engine to accelerate the development of new quality produc-tive forces.

At present, the core area is home to five national scientific research institutes, 230 high-tech enterprises and 6,000 scientific research pro-fessionals. By 2030, the Science and Innovation Core will gather more than 30 scientific and technologi-cal platforms at municipal level or above, with the proportion of sci-ence and technology enterprises exceeding 70 percent.

Equipped with smart tracks with motion tracking and data analysis systems, multifunctional sports fields, children’s play areas and outdoor fitness areas, a comprehen-sive community park will be part of the core, providing a healthy, energetic and intelligent leisure space through the combination of technology and sports.

The Science and Innovation Core focuses on the district’s three hundred-billion-yuan-level key industries — the “new four modernizations” of the auto sector (electrification, the Internet of Things, intellectualization and sharing), smart sensors and IoT, and high-performance medical equipment and precision medicine.

It will also promote the transfor-mation of original technological breakthroughs and major scientific and technological achievements in the three major tracks of future intelligence, future materials, and future space, said Fan Yuyan, deputy director of the Jiading District Sci-ence and Technology Commission.

According to the plan, by 2030, the core will attract more than 8,000 new professionals, and a vibrant in-ternational science and innovation community will be established.

The planned area for the Science and Innovation Core — Xi Rou