On January 13, 2021, the seminar on the ECNU alumni innovation and entrepreneurship program was held in the building of ECNU-UH Joint Translational Science and Technology Research Institute in Zizhu International Education Park. The conference was sponsored by the ECNU Alumni Association and Shanghai International School of Chief Technology Officer, and co-organized by Pegasus Brigade. Ding Jianan from the Minhang District Science and Technology Innovation Service Center, Xu Jialin, Deputy General Manager of Wujing Town Investment Promotion Center, and representatives of more than 20 companies established by ECNU alumni attended the conference.
First of all, He Jiaxun welcomed the leaders of the Minhang District Science and Technology Innovation Service Center, Wujing Town Investment Promotion Center and representatives of alumni enterprises. He Jiaxun expressed his hope that CTO School, as an open platform, would take the Joint Research Institute building as the industry-education integration base of the East China Normal University, integrate teaching, scientific research and social service functions, provide services for innovative and entrepreneurial enterprises, and inspire teachers and students with the experience of enterprises, so as to achieve two-way benefits.
At the conference, He Jiaxun awarded enterprise mentor certificates to Qian Qian, CEO of Pegasus Brigade, and Zhao Wenxiang, CEO of Shanghai Symray Biopharma Technology Co., Ltd., two alumni of ECNU.
Ding Jianan from the Minhang District Science and Technology Innovation Service Center, and Xu Jialin, Deputy General Manager of Wujing Town Investment Promotion Center, interpreted the relevant policies and industrial resources of Minhang District and Wujing Town on promoting scientific and technological innovation and entrepreneurship and achievement transformation, announced the follow-up completion plan of the alumni base, and collected the landing demand of alumni enterprises. Local governments would provide financial and service support and help expand publicity channels, the two sides said. Xu Jialing from Wujing Town Government thanked East China Normal University for bringing high quality education resources to Wujing and attracting entrepreneurial enterprises to Wujing.
At the conference, more than 20 entrepreneurial alumni introduced their start-up companies and projects one by one, summarized and shared their entrepreneurial experience, and put forward the difficulties and needs of entrepreneurship. The alumni enterprises involved biomedicine, software development, intelligent education, etc. The representatives of Minhang District and WujingTown Government, Xing Hexiang, Secretary General of East China Normal University Alumni Association and others answered to questions on the site, provided suggestions, and said that they would provide corresponding help and support for entrepreneurial enterprises and help win favorable conditions later on.