Zhongguancun the Belt and Road Industrial Promotion Association or ZBRA for short, is an independent social organizationand serves as an international cooperation platform for the integration ofsci-tech innovative enterprises into the Belt and Road development. Members of ZBRA come from enterprises, scientific research institutions, universities and organizations within and out of China. Headquartered in Beijing, ZBRA sets upits liaison offices in North Africa, ASEAN countries and North America.

Principle

  Mutual trust, cooperation, sharing willingness, all-win

Mission:

  In response to the the Belt and Road Initiative, ZBRA assumes the mission of integrating China innovative technologies with the Belt and Road advancement. ZBRA strives to innovate the development pattern of Chinese enterprises and organizations through a range of training programs, including transferring the innovations, cooperating with overseas scienceparks, assisting international talents innovation and entrepreneurship and among others. Meanwhile, ZBRA is committed to creating opportunities for Chinese technological companies expanding along the Belt and Road countries through integration of innovative resources, market-driven system and industry synergy. It is expected that ZBRA will promote Zhongguancun innovation pattern into an oriental route along which the Belt and Road countries will achieve win-win cooperation.

Innovative Platforms and Activities:

  International Youth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, CirrusProgram, Cirrus Program Scholarship, Zhongguancun the Belt and Road IndustrialDevelopment Forum, Training Program for the Belt and Road Leading Enterprises.Among those programs undertaken, International Youth Center for Innovation andEntrepreneurship aims to promote cooperation on innovation and enterpreneurshipof advanced and applicable technologies between China and the rest of theworld, and facilitate the Belt and Road practical cooperation through cultivatinginternational young talents, thus to achieve the integrated and coordinateddevelopment of innovation between China and the whole world.

Members:

  Enterprises, scientific research institutions,universities and organizations within and out of China.

Functions:

  Information sharing

  Projects matching & commercialization

  Market guide & Industries coordination

  Investment and financing service

  Cross culture, technology and talents exchange