For two consecutive years, a new word was mentioned in the work report of the Shanghai Municipal Government: "Youth development-oriented city construction." Among them, the Shanghai Municipal Government Work Report in 2023 proposed "carrying out a pilot project for the construction of a youth development-oriented city"; in 2024, it further clearly stated that "continue to deepen the construction of a youth development-oriented city and strive to create a world-class talent development environment."
Caption: The event scene. Photo provided by the organizer (the same below)
Why does Shanghai attach so much importance to youth and their development? Because youth are the future and hope; they are the spark of innovation and the torrent of entrepreneurship.
The Shanghai Municipal Party Committee attaches great importance to youth innovation and entrepreneurship. Secretary Chen Jining called for building a youth development-oriented city, creating more space for innovation and entrepreneurship, providing more scenarios for displaying talents, and launching more precise and efficient services to help more young people devote themselves to innovation and achieve success.
Youth innovation and entrepreneurship require the attention and support of the whole society. As Shanghai strives to fulfill the important mission entrusted to Shanghai by the Party Central Committee, accelerate the construction of the "Five Centers", accelerate the construction of a modern socialist international metropolis with world influence, and achieve high-quality development, it must provide more favorable conditions for the vast number of talents. conditions and build a broader stage so that aspiring young people can shine with more dazzling youthful brilliance in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Talent has always been an important part of the entire innovation and entrepreneurship system. Talent gathering has always been a strategic advantage for Shanghai's development, and it is also a "first mover" that must continue to be carefully played. According to statistics from the Shanghai Youth 50 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Institute and China Business News' New First-tier Cities Research Institute, as of 2023, there will be a total of 242,700 postgraduate students in Shanghai's colleges and universities, and more than 1,500 scholars will be selected as "Oriental Talents" throughout the year. Youth science and innovation talent training projects or incentive programs such as the "Day Star Project" have cultivated nearly 10,000 young innovative scholars. These young talents are full of energy, dare to imagine, and are full of fighting spirit. They are the backbone of Shanghai's efforts to promote scientific and technological progress, promote industrial upgrading, and lead social trends.
Since 2020, the Youth 50 Forum has been successfully held for four sessions, always adhering to its original intention and continuing to stimulate youth innovation and creativity. Shanghai is taking various pragmatic measures to embrace, achieve and retain young people, and is committed to making Shanghai a city where young talents from home and abroad come to pursue their dreams, a city where young people from all fields can realize their dreams and realize the value of their lives. A place where young people can enjoy the high-quality talent ecosystem and build their dreams. It is precisely for this reason that the Youth 50 Forum can become an exclusive IP in Shanghai, and it extends from inside the venue to outside the venue, from the day the forum is held to 365 days, promoting the construction of a youth innovation and entrepreneurship service system, and promoting Shanghai to become a hot spot for youth innovation and entrepreneurship.
Youth 50 Forum has always been committed to building a good ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship. Focusing on the needs of young people, adhering to the guidance of a main forum and normal operation 365 days a year. In 2023, the 4th Youth 50 Forum launched the "Shanghai Top Ten Training Camps for Innovation and Entrepreneurship" for the first time, providing support services in terms of venues, talents, technology, funds, etc. Nearly 3,000 young people from around the world actively signed up, and 518 campers participated. Personnel from other provinces, cities and overseas accounted for 22%, facilitating the implementation of 32 projects. The forum also established a "Shanghai Innovation and Entrepreneurship Mentoring Group" composed of 100 experts, which regularly enters universities and parks to provide precise and professional services for youth innovation and entrepreneurship. The roundtable meetings in the forum also focus on young groups in key industries and subdivided fields, and hold different themes such as the metaverse, industrial Internet, and robot application scenarios to unblock R&D and application, upstream and downstream nodes of the industrial chain, and build a platform for information exchange and project cooperation.
Over the past four years, the forum has gathered more than 1,500 outstanding innovative and entrepreneurial young talents to enrich the talent pool in various fields of the United Front. In 2023, 429 new young talents will be admitted to the database, and a group of outstanding representatives will emerge from them, creating a good demonstration effect. For example, Gu Jie, a non-party person and CEO of Fourier Intelligence Company, pioneered the first human movement quantification research and rehabilitation system in China; Fan Rui, a member of the Jiusan Society and a professor at Tongji University, ranked No. 1 in the world on KITTI, the authoritative algorithm evaluation list in the field of autonomous driving. First, he was selected as one of Stanford University's "Top 2% Global Scientists of the Year"; Yufeng Future founder Xie Ling developed China's first domestically produced 2-ton electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, which is currently advancing from its first flight to airworthiness.
Over the past year, the forum has also strengthened urban linkage, linked with relevant municipal units, 16 districts, some universities and parks, held sub-forums, innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, etc., carried out 20 matrix projects, and established 16 youth innovation and entrepreneurship relay stations. Extensive and continuous stimulation of youth innovation and creativity. Just last month, the Shanghai Bay Area Biomanufacturing Innovation and Development Sub-forum of the Youth 50 Forum was held in Jinshan District, and the Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Relay Station Project-Shanghai Bay Area Low-altitude Economic Roundtable was officially launched. Under the guidance of the forum, the innovation and entrepreneurship boom will be helped to spread to a wider range of industries and fields.
Innovation is an inexhaustible driving force for urban development, and the important force of innovation comes from young people. In Shanghai, young talents breathe and grow together with the city!
Xinmin Evening News reporter Sun Yun
