Shandong

Feicheng develops US partnerships

Updated: 2010-01-18 16:45

Feicheng County in East China’s Tai’an City held joint project meeting with US-China Maryland Science Park at Feicheng Baosheng Grand Hotel on January 12, 2010.

At the meeting, the managers of Feicheng Mingrui Chemicals Group, Feicheng Acid Chemicals, Feicheng Taipeng Home Supplies and Feicheng Keda Medical Instrument discussed animatedly with each other on technology import, new projects and strengthening cooperation with US companies.

"This cooperation project aims to help companies in Feicheng march into US markets and introduce advanced US technology to Feicheng, making companies here assimilate international advanced technology, management experience and scientific achievements better, attract and condense talents at international level and get the priority of gaining new technologies and more proprietary intellectual property rights”, said Du Kaiyuan, dean of US-China Maryland Science Park.

"The cooperation is a good beginning opening two ‘windows’ for Feicheng: firstly, Feicheng companies can be established in US, directly doing business with Americans. Secondly, some authentic and innovative technologies are introduced to Feicheng. Taking this advantage, Feicheng will develop rapidly, quickening the pace of industrial upgrade”, said Shan Chuanhai, Deputy Secretary of Feicheng Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Feicheng Municipal Government.

"We will strengthen the long-term strategic cooperation with US-China Science Park and keep the mutual friendly relationship. Taking advantage of their technologies, markets and capital, we will develop markets rapidly, gaining more profits”, said Shan Chuanhai, Deputy Secretary of Feicheng Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Feicheng Municipal Government.

US-China Science Park, the first Chinese science park set abroad, is co-established by Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and Maryland University of US in April, 2003 with the aim of attracting Chinese enterprises of these fields to move into the American market and making international students in the US and ethnic Chinese scientists to assimilate scientific fruits directly. The key fields of the park, all strong items of Maryland University, include Life Sciences, Biotechnologies, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences, etc. Since its foundation, some scientific enterprises from Guangzhou, Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Suzhou, etc resided in the Park.

By Liu Dongxian (China Daily Shandong Bureau)

Editor: Li Jing