NCSD Signed Strategic Agreement with Zhenjiang Economic and Information Technology Commission
May 16, 2017, Houston, Texas: At the US China Innovation and Investment Summit (UCIS) today, the Washington, DC based National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD) and Zhenjiang Economic and Information Technology Commission of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province jointly announce the signing of the Zhenjiang-NCSD “US-China Small Business Innovation Exchange Center” Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement. Many officials from both countries witnessed this historical moment, including Mr. Li Qiangmin, the Consul General, Chinese Consulate General in Houston, Congressman Pete Olson, Mr. Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, Bernard Harris, President of US China Innovation Alliance and other Representatives of State of Texas, including Small Business Administration Houston Office. According to the agreement, the Zhenjiang Economy and Information Technology Commission and NCSD will work together to establish the US-China Small Business Innovation Exchange Center, in both Houston and Zhenjiang, China. This incubation base will become China’s first SME innovation and development platform built by China and US together. This platform will provide specialized and diversified incubation services to promote direct and in-depth cooperation among small and medium enterprises in Zhenjiang and the US. It will also help small and medium enterprises in Zhenjiang find new partners in US in domains such as technology, investment and marketing, to grow bigger and stronger in a healthy manner. Incubation technology will steadily expand from Houston, Texas to other high tech zones. Incubation technology will facilitate the cooperation between U.S. innovative resources and small and medium enterprises (SME) in China, where incubation technology will expand from Zhenjiang to other regions. The U.S. Innovation Resource Center will create new brands and promote the development of high technology medium and small-sized enterprises, which will play a very important role in the development process of small and medium enterprise innovation. Incubators will focus on aerospace, biomedical, environmental, energy, manufacturing, information and […]