Hundreds of Global Scientists Gather in 2023 Greater Bay Area Science Forum Held in Nansha, Guangzhou

GUANGZHOU,China,May 22,2023 -- The 2023 Greater Bay Area Science Forum (GSF) kicked off on May 21 in Nansha,Guangzhou,Guangdong Province. With the theme of "Bring Together Wisdom,BringTogether World",this forum sets 13 sub-forums and has attracted experts invarious fields who held discussions online and offline on scientific frontiertopics such as marine science,nanoscience,high energy physics,advancedmanufacturing,and artificial intelligence,and how to continue to promote theconstruction of talent highlands in the GBA and form a high-end science andtechnology talent gathering effect.

Bai Chunli,president of the Alliance of International Science Organizations(ANSO),chairman of the GSF,and academician of the Chinese Academy ofSciences,said in his speech that the GSF is based on the Bay Area and activelycooperates with Hong Kong and Macao to play the role of high-end platforms andcommunication hubs. He added,the GSF interacts with global scientists,international scientific organizations,and all sectors of society to exploreglobal hot issues to promote the exchanges and sharing of scientificachievements,stimulate the collision of innovative ideas,speed up theconnection of rules,mechanisms,and is committed to forming an open innovationecosystem for the construction of the GBA through participating deeply inglobal scientific and technological cooperation.

During this forum,the National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciencesreleased the "GBA Innovation and Development Patent Index Report (2023)",whichis based on patent data and builds a patent index to reveal the characteristicsand development trends of scientific and technological innovation in the GBA.

The report shows that from 2017 to 2022,the number of invention patentapplications of enterprises in the GBA accounted for 73.44% of the patentapplication volume of the GBA,and the amount of invention patent granted ofenterprises accounted for 78.33% of the number of invention patent granted ofthe GBA. The application volume of enterprises' PCT accounts for 94.43% of thevolume of PCT application of the GBA.

The patent data quoted by the report shows that the GBA possesses technicaladvantages in multiple industries such as new generation of informationtechnology,new energy vehicles and new materials.

In recent years,with the accelerated construction of the International Scienceand Technology Innovation Center of the GBA,the innovation driving force ofthe GBA has continued to increase. Wang Yueqin,director of the Department ofScience and Technology of Guangdong Province,said that Guangdong activelycooperates with Hong Kong and Macao,continuously deepens the connection andmechanism connection of GBA's scientific and technological innovation rules,and accelerates the promotion of GBA's science and technology exchanges andcooperation in terms of factors,platforms,projects,and talents.

As the host place of the GSF,Nansha is eager to promoting scientific andtechnological innovation cooperation,sharing the innovation achievements,andbuilding an open innovation ecology facing the world. Official data shows thatin the field of artificial intelligence and life and health,more than 1,000companies have gathered in Nansha.

In addition,the joint technology innovation of GBA continues to deepen inNansha. After the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)started in Nansha,the Science and Technology Park of Hong Kong University ofScience and Technology and the Nangsha Incubation Base of Hong Kong Science andTechnology Parks have accelerated.