China Silicon Valley has recently launched an event of“Silicon Valley Mayors’ Delegation China Trip” in order to further promote the concepts of “Innovation,” “Growth,” and “Green”, all of which are commonly shared by both Silicon Valley and China.  This Trip will bring with it innovative ideas, growth momentums, and green city enthusiasm from Silicon Valley and will also benefit from the wisdom and creativeness of Chinese entrepreneurs and government officials.

Members of the delegation will include mayors from Silicon Valley cities as well as developers and representatives from Silicon Valley enterprises.  We will visit Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou (or Shenzhen).  A number of exciting events are being designed for the trip, including meetings with local government officials, breakfast/luncheons with investors, Smart City discussion, and meetings with CEOs from top local high tech companies.

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The Silicon Valley Mayors’ China Trip is planned to leave San Francisco for China on June 16, 2014, and return on June 27.  Mayors will visit Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Shenzhen during this 11-day trip.  The details are as follows:

Beijing: Arrival on June 17 (Local Time)

June 18 Morning – Chinese National Officials and City Officials of Beijing Municipality Meet with SV Mayors: During the meetings, SV mayors will listen to the general introduction to the “China Dream” policies, and provide suggestions and recommendations as to how Silicon Valley can be involved in the development of China.

June 18 Afternoon – Visit the Ministry of Technology, Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Education: During the meetings, SV mayors will introduce the invention promotion and encouragement policies adopted by each of Silicon Valley cities and to discuss the possible cooperation among the parties.

June 19 Morning – Zhongguancun – Silicon Valley Innovation Round Table Conference: During the meetings, SV mayors and the representatives from high-tech enterprises will visit the major high-tech enterprises located in Zhongguancun, and will have meetings with the CEOs from the major high-tech enterprises.

June 19 Afternoon – Free Time.

Shanghai: Arrival on June 20

June 20 Afternoon – Meetings with City Officials of Shanghai Municipality

June 21 Morning – Visit Shanghai Free Trade Zone:  During the visit, SV mayors and the representatives from high-tech enterprises will take a tour in Shanghai Free Trade Zone and will have meetings with the officials of Shanghai Free Trade Zone and representatives from enterprises located in Shanghai Free Trade Zone to discuss the local policies and the development of Shanghai Free Trade Zone, and the possible cooperation among the parties.

June 21 Afternoon – Sino-US Financial and Venture Investment Conference: Representatives from Silicon Valley financial institutions will introduce their successful experiences of providing funding support for innovative companies, and will discuss the possibility of establishing a platform for financial communication between Silicon Valley and Shanghai.

June 22 Morning – Free Time.

Wuhan: Arrival on June 22

June 23 Morning – Meetings with Officials from Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, and from Hubei Province and Wuhan Municipality.  To listen to an introduction to Conference on Overseas Chinese Pioneering and Developing in China (“OCPD”), and to discuss the possible cooperation between Silicon Valley and Optics Valley in Wuhan.

June 23 Afternoon – Silicon Valley and OCPD Innovation Round Table Conference: Silicon Valley mayors and representatives from high-tech enterprises will introduce the successful experiences of Silicon Valley and roles and responsibilities of government and private enterprises in the development of Silicon Valley.

June 24 Morning – Meetings with Mayors from Cities Around Wuhan:  SV mayors will learn the development of the third-tier cities in China from introductory report made by city mayors in China.  SV mayors will also introduce the successful experiences of Silicon Valley and to promote the city-level communication.

June 24 Afternoon – Free Time

Shenzhen: Arrival on June 25

June 25 Afternoon – Meetings with City Officials

June 26 – Visit Tecent, TCL and BYD.  One of the similarities between Silicon Valley and Shenzhen is that both embraces multiple well-known high-tech enterprises.  Hopefully, thses visit and face-to-face discussions will encourage the outbound investment by Chinese companies.

June 24 Afternoon – Free Time; Fly Back