The Plug and Play (PNP) China Day 2020 was successfully held in Wuxi on Aug 6. The event, which is part of the Taihu Talent Summit, attracted more than 340 people, and the live stream of the event was watched by over 1 million people online.
PNP is one of the world's earliest and largest technology startup accelerators. PNP China was founded in 2015 and has set up innovation centers across the nation, including one in Wuxi established two years ago. To date, more than 100 local businesses and 11 projects have been accelerated and incubated through the Wuxi center.
The Plug and Play China Day 2020 takes place in Wuxi on Aug 6. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
This year, PNP held its China Day in Wuxi. A white paper produced by the PNP China Institute of Innovation Ecosystem was released during the event. In the last half decade, PNP has extensively collected and analyzed cases of corporations innovating and startups accelerating since it entered China, and has contributed extensively to innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. PNP summarizes the characteristics of China's innovation environment and formulates innovation methodologies by observing case studies both at home and abroad.
In addition, an online innovation platform entitled "Playbook China" was launched, which to some extent realized PNP's goal of "innovation without boundaries". In this interconnected global platform, users can see a real-time heat map of scientific innovations and track technological development trends. Moreover, users can state their innovation needs, seek matches from PNP's global partners, and find cooperation opportunities through online registration. Free participation in PNP's worldwide online activities is also available.
Whether it is a corporation looking for cutting-edge technology partners or a startup looking to verify its products, innovation needs can be met anytime and anywhere with nothing more than a mobile device.
The Plug and Play online innovation platform "Playbook China" is launched. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
PNP seeks to deepen exchange with businesses, entrepreneurs, governments and colleges in order to help with the digitalization and internationalization of China's innovation environment. At the conference, CEO of PNP China Peter Xu also called on delegates both on-site and online to do what they can to contribute to innovation around the world.
