The Beijing Economic-Development Area Industrial Technology Innovation Alliance Promotion Association was established in Beijing on Oct 18. One hundred and fifty representatives from 39 member units attended the opening ceremony. As a first step, the association passed its constitution, its rules, the selection method of its first council and board of supervisors, and regulations regarding dues collection. The first council and the board of supervisors were also chosen.

The association is a non-profit organization supported by the Beijing Economic-Development Area management committee, and is intended to further the industrial technology innovation alliance, which joins companies in electronic information, biopharmaceuticals, equipment manufacturing, cultural creation, energy conservation and environmental protection, high-tech services, and airport industry innovation in the Beijing Economic-Development Area.

The goal of the promotion association is to improve the development of the alliance effectively and rapidly, to research and develop new innovative modes for it and to shape it into an orderly cluster to promote the ecological chain in industrial development.

Sheng Licheng, the deputy director of the Beijing Economic-Development management committee, explained that the association has three functions: to routinely connect with government, financial resources and markets to promote the construction and development of the alliance, to encourage development of the alliance as the bridge between the Beijing Economic-Development management committee and leading enterprises, and to assist government in implementing a series of major policy decisions to create a healthy innovative ecological chain.

In the future, the association will gather resources to serve industrial innovation and economic development. It will support companies working in integrated circuits, new displays, industrial Internet, biopharmaceuticals and intelligent manufacturing industrial service platforms, as well as organize academic communication and subject research. It will also assist in sharing of patents and promote importation of technology.

The promotion association will write an annual report and establish industry standards. In addition, it will provide display platforms for new technologies and productions, and encourage all enterprises in the alliance to cooperate in technological research.

The new director of the Beijing E-Town Alliance Promotion Association, Lan Baoshi, planned the recent work. At the opening ceremony, Advanced Medical Equipment Alliance, America-China Biology Alliance and BDA Enterprises Association Branch signed cooperative contracts with Kuangchuang Business School, Manufacturing Alliance and New Material Alliance respectively to lay a solid foundation for future cooperation.