
Shenzhen will build an international food valley that aims to be the cradle of cutting-edge technologies, core products and emerging industries in the field of global food and nutrition by 2035.
The Development and Finance Bureau of Dapeng New District said recently that the New District has achieved a record 6.618 billion yuan of investment in major projects during the third quarter of 2020, with a growth rate of 54.9 percent and a completion rate of 82.7 percent.
The 2020 International Bio-industry Valley (Baguang) Investment Promotion Conference was held in the International Bio-industry Valley Baguang Core Startup Area on Sept. 28, which witnessed the Dapeng New District Management Committee ink two strategic cooperation framework agreements with China Fortune Land Development Co., Ltd. (CFLD) and Zhongnan Hitech respectively.
A ceremony marking the start of construction work on 10 key projects was held July 29 in Baishigang, Kuixin Community, Kuichong Subdistrict. Yang Jun, Party chief of the Party Work Committee of Dapeng New District and leader Sun Xiaojie among others attended the ceremony.
On July 10, Dapeng New District signed a deepened strategic cooperation agreement with tech giant Tencent.
Shenzhen-based enterprises and projects from emerging industries such as high-end equipment manufacturing, biomedicine, new materials, artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) can receive subsidies, according to the city’s industry and information technology bureau.
Shenzhen-based China National GeneBank (CNGB) has officially established a strategic partnership with the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) to promote the international sharing of gene data on viruses associated with respiratory infectious diseases March 16.
Shenzhen will have built 45,000 5G base stations and be fully covered by 5G networks with measured peak speed exceeding 1Gbps by August, according to Shenzhen Special Zone Daily.
The life department of Roche Life Science has recently joined hands with Hongmed-Infagen to establish the Roche-Hongmed Infagen Precision Medicine Joint Innovation Center at the Shenzhen International Biology and Life Science Industrial Park in Dapeng New District.
Dapeng New District will initiate the registration of bed-and-breakfast inns (B&Bs) starting October, according to the new district’s work plan on B&Bs registration and supervision, the Shenzhen Economic Daily reported.