European Executive Board Visiting Team in Hangzhou

On December 11, 2019, under the organization of ISSCC secretariat, the European Executive Board visiting team formed by executives from famous European enterprises went to Hangzhou and had meeting with local government officers and entrepreneurs at the International Standardization Conference Base, to learn about the development of industries and investment policies in Hangzhou, to introduce the companies from Europe, and to have communication with Hangzhou entrepreneurs. The Officers from Jianggan District and more than 30 senior executives from Chinese leading enterprises including Alibaba and Overseas Chinese Fund attended the meeting.

Group Photo of European Executive Board visiting team

European Executive Board visiting team is composed of 11 senior executives of internationally renowned enterprises in Europe. The enterprises under their management are covering multiple areas involved in 4.0 industry including renewable energy, environmental protection, smart mobility, smart manufacturing, law consultancy, retailing, health care and so on, and their business extends all over the world.

The Jianggan District government gave a brief introduction to the investment and business environment in this region, and hoped that the executives of the European Executive Board visiting team and local enterprises will collaborate based on the principle of complementation, mutual benefit and reciprocity and strive for a win-win situation.

Bob Ernst, Co-founder and CEO of Hemingway Holding BV

Bob Ernst, representative of the Executive Board visiting team and co-founder & CEO of Hemingway Holding BV, expressed his gratitude to the Jianggan District government and the ISSCC secretariat for their hospitality. In his speech, he mentioned that Hangzhou is a globally renowned metropolitan. As a rising city, Hangzhou has made great achievements on e-commerce and digital economy. He highly concerns on the new industrial developing mode of integrating finance and science innovation in Hangzhou and looks forward to future cooperation with local companies. Mr Ernest also welcomed Hangzhou government and enterprises to visit Europe.

Participants Having Discussion

Hangzhou executives attending this meeting have a lot in common with the executives of the European Executive Board team in their business. The two sides found their mutual interests on researching and development of chips, autonomous vehicles, e-learning, industrial integration, renewable energy and other aspects, they left contacts to each other and will continue to search for potential cooperation opportunities.

The ISSCC secretariat also had in-depth communication with European executives on smart mobility, smart management platform, environmental governance and other industries. We took this chance introduce our pilots programs for international standards of sustainable urban development, and hopefully we will have more global partners on   international standardization of sustainable urban development.