2023 Pujiang Innovation Forum opens in Shanghai on September 10. (PHOTO: XINHUA)

Edited by WANG Xiaoxia

Scientific and technological innovation is an important force for humankind to jointly address risks and challenges and promote peace and development, said Chinese President Xi Jinping in a congratulatory letter to the 2023 Pujiang Innovation Forum which opened in Shanghai on September 10.

China will firmly pursue a mutually beneficial and win-win strategy of opening up, continue to expand high-level opening up, continue to promote international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation with a more open mindset and a broader range of measures, build a globally competitive open innovation ecosystem, and work with other countries to create an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for scientific and technological development, Xi said.

The letter shows the importance attached to sci-tech innovation and international cooperation, said Wu Zhengxing, a researcher at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Brazil, the guest country of honor at this year's forum, sent delegates from the government, industry, academia and research institutions to exchange views on the latest sci-tech developments and future trends.

Celso Pansera, president of the Brazilian Innovation Research Agency, said the two countries will usher in more results in the field of scientific innovation to benefit both.

"We will build the Pujiang Innovation Forum into an important platform for global sci-tech innovation exchanges to advance international sci-tech cooperation and enhance the common wellbeing of mankind," said Xu Jie, deputy director of the department of international cooperation, China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

Themed "Open Innovation Ecosystem: Innovation for Global Connectivity," this year's forum was sponsored by MOST and the Shanghai municipal government.

The topics under discussion included brain science, frontier physics, life sciences, low-carbon tech, nanotechnology and robotics. Six reports were published on sci-tech development.