On the afternoon of November 16, as one of the important series of activities of "21st Conference onOverseas Chinese Pioneeringand Developing in China",the special activity of "Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation between Hubei and Africa" organized by the Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province was successfully held in East Lake International Conference Center. Liu Zhitian, member of theCPC Party Committeeand Deputy Director-General of the Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. The activity adopts the integration of "online + offline" and "keynote speech + achievement display". Eigntguestsmade presentationsand nearly 90 representatives attended the meeting. The activity also displayed the achievements of more than 20 organizationsin scientific and technological cooperation with Africa in recent years.

  At the meeting, experts and scholars from Wuhan University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, OCOGlobal, and Africawideshared Africa's investment environment and investment policies, construction and operation management of African projects, training methods of African local talents, joint research on Africa, etc.It has provided valuable experience for enterprises, universities, scientific research institutes and relevant service institutions in Hubei Province who are interested in carrying out cooperation with Africa.

  Next, the Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province will make use of the advantages in technology, talents, products, industry, and productivity, further strengthen scientific and technological innovation and technology transfer with Africa and bring advantageous industries of Hubei to develop in Africa, making positive contributions to the high-quality development of Hubei Province.