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On December 18th, the 2020 Convention on Exchange of Overseas Talents and the 22
nd Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Western Returned Scholars Association (the Chinese Overseas-educated Scholars Association) and the Guangzhou Municipal Government, and co-organized by 29 cities (institutions) including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing, officially kicked off.
Li Yizhong, former minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and president of China Industry and Economy League, Zhang Shuofu, member of the Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and secretary of Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Yu Hongjun, former deputy minister of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee and deputy director of the National Institute of Innovation and Development Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wang Xunzhang, former vice chairman of Guangdong Provincial Political Consultative Conference and president of Western Returned Scholars Association of Guangdong, Xu Yongji, deputy director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education and executive deputy director of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office, Xia Wenfeng, director of the Overseas Students and Expert Service Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Li Xuetong, deputy director of the Organization Department of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, and other leaders attended the opening ceremony. Zou Peng, executive deputy director of Pengcheng Laboratory, Xu Zongben, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, mathematician, signal and information processing expert, professor of Xi’an Jiaotong University, director of Pazhou Laboratory, Jin Li, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, executive vice president of Fudan University, dean of Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Li Jie, foreign academician of Japanese Academy of Engineering and other academicians and experts at home and abroad attended the opening ceremony. At the opening ceremony, Peter Sachsenmeier, representative of overseas high-level talents, academician of German Academy of Science and Engineering, professor at Oxford University and one of the founders of German’s “Industry 4.0”, delivered a speech at the main venue through the Internet, and the overseas branch venue and the main venue jointly announced the opening of the convention.