BEIJING, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 22 November 2024 - The 2024 Beijing Changping Forum on Life Science, themed "Explore Life for A Shared Future" was grandly kicked off on November 22. The forum aims to further create an innovative ecosystem that is open, international, and full of market dynamism. It will help build Beijing Zhongguancun Life Science Park into a cutting-edge "Life Science Valley", accelerate the development of a pharmaceutical and healthcare industry highland with global competitiveness, and promote the high-quality development of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry in Beijing. A rich offering of offline and online activitiesBuilding a life science forum with international standards and influence The forum adopts the "1+8+1+N" model and provides offline + online simultaneous livestreaming, so as to build a life science forum with international standards and influence. Specifically speaking, the "1" stands for holding an opening ceremony. Lei Ping, Deputy Director of the National Medical Products Administration; Sun Shuo, Deputy Mayor of Beijing, and leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology were invited to address the event. 500 people, including diplomatic envoys in China, Nobel Prize winners, well-known scientists at home and abroad, heads of scientific research institutions, representatives of international organizations and business associations, heads of pharmaceutical and healthcare enterprises, and investors attended the opening ceremony. Springer Nature Group released the 2024 Global Life Sciences Cluster Innovation Development Report for the first time and the Top 20 List of Scientists in Nature Index Bioscience and Health Science, and the China Association of Medical Equipment announced the establishment of the Medical Equipment and Surgical Skills Training Center, which is the first intelligent surgical skills training center project in China in collaboration with the Amsterdam Medical Skills Center of the Netherlands. Besides, the International Medical Equipment City, a high-end medical equipment industrial cluster especially built by Changping District, was officially inaugurated. The number "8" refers to holding eight parallel forums. The Forum on Innovation and Development of Advanced Medical Equipment, International Medicine R&D Forum and Forum on Innovation and Development of Synthetic Biological Manufacturing Technology took place based on cutting-edge fields in pharmaceuticals and healthcare sector; the Changping Forum on Innovation of Financial Investment in pharmaceutical and healthcare and Medical Equipment Intellectual Property Protection Forum was held based on the idea of technology serving the industry ecosystem; the Forum on Global Expansion of Products, the China-Russia Pharmaceutical Talent Development and Market Access Seminar, and the Chinese Medical Equipment Internationalization Development Seminar was held to promote international cooperation in healthcare. The second "1" means holding an exhibition display. Under the theme "Focusing on Cutting-Edge Technology to Lead Innovative Development," the forum will invite a wide range of pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. It also featured dedicated zones for frontier technologies, beauty and health innovations, and major medical equipment, providing a comprehensive display of the achievements of "Life Science Valley" and the latest advancements in life sciences. "N" means a series of supporting activities. Some related activities held by pharmaceutical and healthcare industry associations and enterprises were included in the series of activities of the forum to strengthen the momentum of the activities and continue to amplify influence. By regularly holding a series of forums such as the 2024 Clinical Biobank Innovation and Development Forum and the 2024 pharmaceutical and healthcare Industry Innovation and Development Forum, the forum continuously optimizes the innovation ecology, upgrades the development level, and builds a "new benchmark" for world-leading science and technology parks. Theme release, inaugural ceremony, and project signing ceremonyBuilding a platform for cooperation, exchange, and common development At the opening ceremony, the 2024 Global Life Sciences Cluster Innovation Development Index Report, the Top 20 List of Scientists in Nature Index Bioscience and Health Science, and Project Plan of the Medical Equipment and Surgical Skills Training Center were released, and the International Medical Equipment City was also inaugurated. International Medical Equipment City is a specialized and complex industrial park focusing on high-end medical equipment, precision medicine, biotechnology, and other directions under the guidance and support of the National Medical Products Administration and the Beijing Municipal Medical Products Administration. The total...