Hangzhou named by the Economist the top city of growth potential in Tech

-Hangzhou (Zhejiang) emerges top in the 2021 emerging city overall rankings, followed by other large cities on China’s east coast.

-Cities in south-eastern Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces have the strongest economic growth potential and are best placed to benefit from China’s expected transition to a more technology-driven growth model during 2021-25.

-Hangzhou (Zhejiang), and Nanjing and Suzhou (both Jiangsu) will benefit from the central government’s expected innovation and productivity drive under the 14th Five Year Plan (2021-25), as they have attracted large inflows of skilled workers.

The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU) finds the tech hub of Hangzhou ranks the top in terms of growth potential in the next five years, followed by other large cities in eastern coastal China. In a special report, China’s emerging city rankings 2021: unpacking opportunities under the 14th five-year plan, The EIU forecasts that these cities will play an important role over the next five years in the national strategy of transition to a technology-driven growth model.

Hangzhou is facing an important window period of “Asian Games, metropolis and modernization”, and the promotion of the city’s internationalization level is of vital importance. As an important part of hangzhou’s international construction, it is of great significance to provide various services for international talents.

Hanhai (Hangzhou)Cross-border Entrepreneurship Center, co-established by Hanhai Holding Group and Hangzhou Gongshu District, is a cross-border acceleration platform for international talent innovation and entrepreneurship projects. Hanhai (Hangzhou)Cross-border Entrepreneurship Center is located in Hangzhou International talent innovation Park (Gongshu District)(The park specializes in serving foreign entrepreneurial talents and cross-border project acceleration. The park is directly managed and operated by the Organization Department of the District Party Committee, and is an important fulcrum and project for the implementation of Hangzhou’s internationalization strategy), With international office space for high-tech talents, and this platform as the fulcrum, hanhai cross-border service team provides overseas high-tech talents and enterprises to enter China, Hangzhou market cross-border accelerated services, but also relying on hanhai overseas platform for Chinese enterprises to “go out” to provide services.

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