Returning entrepreneurs get a chance
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A STARTUP competition for entrepreneurs returning from abroad wrapped up in Changning District over the weekend.
Over 400 entrepreneurs who went abroad to study or work but returned home to open businesses took part in the 7th Shanghai Overseas Returnees Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference.
Chu Yongyan, a postgraduate from RWTH Aachen University in Germany, won the top award after fierce competition for his intelligent driving system based on radar.
Chu studied and worked in Germany for 20 years, but returned to China along with his team to establish a technology company. It has received two rounds of over 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million) investments, according to the organizers.
Yin Hong, deputy Party secretary of Shanghai, told participants the city would do more to attract top professionals and establish innovation platforms for them to show their talents. 鈥淭alent is the wealth to the country and the top resource of Shanghai.鈥
Other winning projects cover leading innovative industries such as artificial intelligence, equipment manufacturing and smart life.
Apart from the competition, scientists and experts such as Wang Zhonglin, director and chief scientists with Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, were invited to talk about their achievements.
Changning has a large number of foreign residents and policies to attract returnees. Those who want to base their startups in Changning are entitled to discounts on rents, housing subsidies, subsidized loans and fast administrative approval.
The district鈥檚 human resources bureau has a one-stop service center for overseas talent in Hongqiao, offering policy guidance, license and certificate applications, finance and taxation services, and applications for residence permits.
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