On the afternoon of October 14th, Rahul Agarwal, Counsellor of Life Sciences and Medical Services of the Department of Commerce and Trade of the British Embassy in China, and his party visited the platform to deepen the innovative cooperation between Henan and Britain in the field of life sciences. Ren Xiang, the founder of the platform, warmly received a visit with the heads of relevant industries and departments.
Counselor An Ruihui and his party visited the platform's Sino-British Biomedical Innovation Sharing Accelerator project, and highly praised the platform for continuously promoting innovation cooperation between China and Britain in the biomedical field. Subsequently, the two sides held a discussion in the platform lecture hall.
Ren Xiang reported to Counselor An Ruihui on a series of innovative measures carried out by the platform around Sino-British international exchanges and cooperation, especially in the field of life sciences, since it landed in Henan in 2018.Dr. Wei Dan, CEO of China-UK Biomedical Innovation Sharing Accelerator, introduced the achievements of the accelerator team based on the advantages of Henan market and resources. At the same time, he also proposed that he hopes to have in-depth exchanges with British professional technical teams and industry experts and seek a broader space for cooperation.
Counselor An Ruihui said that Britain has the world's third largest life science industrial cluster and advanced innovative technologies. At a new historical starting point, it is hoped that China and Britain will deepen cooperation in the field of life sciences and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. In the future, the British side will organize more delegations to Henan to promote multi-dimensional innovative cooperation between Britain and Henan. At the same time, he also invited the platform to participate in Sino-British cooperation and exchange activities and share innovative models and experiences of Sino-British cooperation.Lin Yifang, Senior Trade and Investment Officer of the Department of Commerce and Trade of the British Consulate General in Wuhan, Huang Xiaochun and COO Hong Xiuhui, CEO of British GDK Medical Group, Sun Liying, Director of Europe Department of Foreign Affairs Office of the Provincial Party Committee, Damon, Director of Platform International Project, and Liu Jiawen, Project Commissioner, accompanied the tour and participated in the discussion.