Global Entrepreneurship Week China spotlights innovation, tech startups

Running through Friday, the week's program spans future intelligence, materials and energy, the low-altitude economy, life sciences and future urban space. Sessions will explore AI-driven industrial applications, new materials ecosystems, low-altitude mobility road shows and a workshop on quantum-city concepts by the Shanghai Bureau of City Planning and Natural Resources.

On Friday, EFG will host its annual Angel Fund Day, including a financing road show for early-stage tech start-ups and the release of its 2025 entrepreneurship data report, covering investment trends, ecosystem shifts and technology hotspots.

For the first time, GEW China is being held at Fuxing Island in Yangpu district, a former industrial zone now revitalized with 300,000 square meters of converted factories and 2,500 talent housing units. More than 300 global incubators, research institutes and investors gathered for the newly launched Fuxing Island innovation conference, where the Fuxing Island innovation hub was formally unveiled.

GEW China has drawn more than 150,000 participants since its inception in 2007, facilitating over 5,000 investment-matching sessions. As of October, EFG has funded 4,664 projects, investing more than 1.2 billion yuan in university-based innovation through training camps, incubation programs and early-stage angel support.