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Donald Wilson (C), Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, Xu Qin (L), Mayor of China's Shenzhen, and Chinese Consul General in Edinburgh Pan Xinchun attend the first anniversary of a joint incubator project of creative exchange in Edinburgh, Britain, Sept. 7, 2016. The cooperation and collaboration between China's vibrant southern city of Shenzhen and Scotland's capital city on Wednesday celebrated here the first anniversary of a joint incubator project of creative exchange. (Xinhua/Guo Chunju)
EDINBURGH, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- The cooperation and collaboration between China's vibrant southern city of Shenzhen and Scotland's capital city on Wednesday celebrated here the first anniversary of a joint incubator project of creative exchange.
Speaking at the anniversary event, Donald Wilson, Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, hailed the city-to-city links between both sides, expecting more cooperations in the creative industries, information and communication technology sectors among others.
For his part, Xu Qin, Mayor of Shenzhen, said during the visit his delegation explored cooperation opportunities in more sectors in Edinburgh including biotechnology, informatics, as well as culture and art, noting that Shenzhen is China's first United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) City of Design and Edinburgh, the world's first UNESCO City of Literature.
Three companies from Shenzhen engaged in unmanned flying vehicles, medical equipments and electronic products, computer and video games separately won the Creative in Edinburgh Competition Awards organized by Edinburgh Shenzhen Creative Exchange.
Moreover, two memorandum of Understandings were signed between both cities to finance and support technology startups and make preparations to operate a co-educational school for a minimum of 1,500 pupils in Shenzhen.
Joint incubators were established in Edinburgh and Shenzhen respectively in September 2015 and May 2015 for the local creative and tech companies to explore the market in the other city with up to two years' free incubation space as well as local support and business advice.
