Most national AI pilot zones in China are megacities —Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Tianjin.The newest one went to Wuxi, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu.
A total of 449 Wuxi companies are set to attend the 140th China Import and Export Fair, known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, from Oct 15 to Nov 4.
Wuxi Abogen Biosciences has signed a licensing agreement with Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis that could be worth up to $7.78 billion, setting a record for outbound licensing by a Chinese mRNA company.
Foreign trade in Wuxi grew 30 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of this year, reaching 695.82 billion yuan ($98.23 billion).
The 15th Wuxi Municipal Congress of the Communist Party of China opened on Sept 22, tasked with reviewing the past five years, setting goals for the next five and electing a new municipal committee and disciplinary inspection commission.
Chinese autonomous driving startup QCraft opened its Wuxi Digital Intelligence Center at Liangxi Sci-Tech City on Sept 16, a strategic move to strengthen the city's data ecosystem for autonomous driving and embodied artificial intelligence.
Four Wuxi-based tech firms are showcasing robotics and AI-powered services at the China International Fair for Trade in Services, which opened on Sept 9 in Beijing.
More than 60 buyers from 25 countries and regions traveled from Yiwu, Zhejiang province, to Wuxi, Jiangsu province, on Sept 4 for a sourcing event focused on smart manufacturing.
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