The First China (Ningbo) Global Experts Summit takes place in Beilun district of the city of Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang province on March 20. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com]

The First China (Ningbo) Global Experts Summit took place in Beilun district of the city of Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang province on March 20.

The event focused on the world's cutting-edge technology and China's industrial demands, creating a platform where global talents and technologies seek cooperation and achieve win-win results.

Approximately 370 top experts from 20 countries including the US, Russia, Germany and Italy, as well as heads of financing and venture capital institutions, attended the summit.

A total of 191 high-tech projects from a variety of industries such as aerospace, integrated circuits and new materials sought cooperation and financial support through roadshows and matchmaking sessions at the summit.

Xia Mingjiu, deputy director of China's Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, said at the summit that China values the introduction of overseas talents and the active role overseas experts have played in China's modernization construction.

Xia spoke highly of Ningbo and its Beilun district's effort in introducing overseas talents during his speech at the summit.

Xia Yingqi, vice-chairman of Western Returned Scholars Associations, an organization of China's returned scholars from European and American countries, believes that this summit serves as a platform for cooperation between top talents, projects and capital.

He hopes that overseas students will seize this opportunity to show their advanced technologies and projects at the event and establish long-term cooperation relations with local enterprises.

Riccardo Trichilo, president of CSMT Center, an Italy-based technological service center, confirmed in his speech that Italian enterprises are eager to find high-quality partners among Chinese enterprises.

He said that this event will surely give a major push to the understanding of Chinese and Italian enterprises and promote the emergence of new commercial opportunities, research projects and companies.

The summit also witnessed the signing of nine key projects involving talent exchanges and the aerospace and semiconductor industries.

Xia Yingqi, vice-chairman of the Western Returned Scholars Associations, speaks at the First China (Ningbo) Global Experts Summit on March 20. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com]