Edinburgh, SZ deepen cooperation

THE mayors of Shenzhen and Scotland's capital city Edinburgh on Wednesday promised to expand their cooperation on the first anniversary of a joint incubator project for creative exchange.
 

　　Speaking at the anniversary event in Edinburgh, Donald Wilson, Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, hailed the city-to-city links on both sides, and looked forward to more cooperation in the creative, and information and communication technology sectors, among others.

　　Shenzhen Mayor Xu Qin said that during the visit his delegation had explored opportunities for cooperation in more sectors in Edinburgh including biotechnology and 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 is the world's first UNESCO City of Literature.

　　Three companies from Shenzhen producing unmanned flying vehicles, medical equipment, electronic products, and video games won separate recognition at the Creative in Edinburgh Competition Awards organized by Edinburgh Shenzhen Creative Exchange.

　　Two memorandum of understandings were signed between the 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.

Incubators were jointly established in Edinburgh and Shenzhen in September 2015 and May 2015 respectively with up to two years of free incubation space as well as local support and business advice to help local creative and tech companies explore the other city's market.