GSF fosters collaborative innovation ecosystem

The Greater Bay Area Science Forum 2025 concluded on Dec 8 in Nansha district of Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong province, emerging as a platform that fosters a collaborative global innovation ecosystem.

The forum featured nearly 60 events, including main and sub-forums, special activities, project roadshows, and talent recruitment, attracting over 10,000 participants from around the world. More than 50 prominent scientists, including Turing Award winners and academicians, attended the event to discuss key areas such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, green energy, network communications, and low-altitude economy.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences showcased 123 major achievements from 33 institutions and announced plans to transform 3,200 technological research outcomes, greatly enhancing the integration of technological and industrial innovation.

The forum provided a platform for global academic exchanges and offered insight into southern China's role as an innovation hub. It showcased the complete innovation ecosystem of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and highlighted its approach to integrating basic research with industrial applications.

Nansha, with its strategic location and facilities, is ideally positioned to fulfill its marine technology mission. The district has established a technology transfer alliance, gathering 192 innovation entities and service organizations. By developing a comprehensive unmanned system and constructing advanced technology application centers, Nansha is building an innovation ecosystem covering "scenario-application-transformation".

The forum underscored Nansha's role in the broader innovation landscape of Guangdong and the Greater Bay Area, reflecting a significant leap in global innovation. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization's latest Global Innovation Index Report, the "Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou" cluster has become the world's leading innovation hub.

Participants noted that the forum showcased the Greater Bay Area's unique institutional advantages, comprehensive industrial system, and vibrant market forces, offering a "smart innovation" and "co-integration" development model.