The 2016 China-Israel technological cooperation forum, part of the 19th China International Fair for Investment & Trade, will be held in Xiamen on September 5, it was announced at a press briefing on July 7.
The event, with a theme of innovation and cooperation, aims to make Xiamen a regional center where Israel can transfer its cutting-edge technologies, incubate new technologies and invest in China.
The three-day forum will include rich activities such as a youth innovation and entrepreneurship summit, and an investment and incubation forum, as well as a fair for industrial technologies with over 100 promotional conferences.
The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute has invited 4,000 technology companies to the forum. More than 300 representatives from both countries’ governments and financial institutions will attend it as well.
China has decided to extend its visa waiver policy to ordinary passport holders from Canada and the United Kingdom starting from Feb 17.
Forty-one new port-of-entry duty-free shops have been established nationwide, with Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport, Xiamen Wutong Passenger Wharf, and Xiamen International Cruise Center included on the list.
