On October 21st 2016, both Beijing Branch and Nanjing Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences signed a "Strategic Cooperation Agreement" with Yancheng Municipal government in Beijing, which is following the signing of the "On the Strengthening of Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement" in 2010. Yancheng CPC Secretary Wang Rongping, Mayor Dai Yuan and Beijing Branch Executive Vice President Wu Jianguo, Nanjing Branch CPC Vice Secretary Yang Tao as well as other leaders from both Yancheng and CAS branches attended the signing ceremony.
According to the agreement, the Branches CAS and Yancheng municipal government will further integration of resources, to explore S&T achievements transformation mechanism, to promote the mode innovation and to guide the CAS Institutes to build the platforms for S&T, innovation and the public technical service with the Yancheng industrial demand by the construction of Yancheng Branch of Jiangsu S&T Service Center. They will further to attract high level talents actively participate in the talent plans of “Jiangsu technology mayor group”, “Jiangsu Innovative Talents” and “Yancheng 515 Talents Plan" for concentration of CAS S&T resources. Based on the cooperation, they will devote themselves to construct diversified tech innovation and the service system in Yancheng in order to promote eco & social development of Yancheng.
At the meeting, the institutes from Chinese Academy of Sciences and the industrial parks, enterprises from Yancheng signed a number of agreements to build a platform for S&T innovation and some Industrialization projects.
