From July 28 to 30, the “Global Talents’ Tour of Hefei” Cambridge University Young Talents Special Event was held in Hefei. Seven PhD holders from Cambridge University engaged in a three-day visit, during which they closely connected with key research institutions, emerging tech enterprises, and talent service platforms, personally experiencing the scientific innovation vitality and development potential of this innovative city.

At the talent exchange seminar held in the Silicon Valley Tower, representatives from the Municipal Talent Work Bureau, the Communist Youth League Municipal Committee, and the Grand Union of Innovation held face-to-face discussions with the PhD delegation. Topics included talent policy interpretation, entrepreneurship funding, and achievement transformation platforms.

During the exchange, several young PhDs expressed their willingness to cooperate: Zhang Ruohan, Chair of the Cambridge University Chinese Students and Scholars Association, hopes to establish deep collaboration with Hefei in the field of spectroscopy and looks forward to visiting this innovative city together with her laboratory team in the future. PhD candidate Dong Haofan showed strong interest in the deep space exploration laboratory and looks forward to cooperating on exploring more application scenarios of wireless communication technologies.

“This is my first time in Hefei. I didn’t expect the city to develop so rapidly and have such a strong innovation atmosphere,” said Hu Xuyi, a PhD from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He noted that with numerous innovative enterprises and booming industries, he is eager to engage in deeper exchanges and cooperation with Hefei in the future.

To gain an in-depth understanding of Hefei’s industrial ecosystem, during the visit the delegation toured companies including Geovis Technology, Dendrite Precision, Ovctek, the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, and NIO. They conducted on-site research on Hefei’s industrial chain layout in fields such as artificial intelligence, new energy, and biomedicine. During the visit, the delegation reached a preliminary testing agreement with Sungrow Power on the “application of terahertz technology in photovoltaic inspection.” At Ovctek, they had detailed discussions with the technical head about practical implementation scenarios of “metasurface lens medical imaging” technology.

“The night view by Swan Lake is stunning, but what attracted me more is Hefei’s innovative capabilities in cutting-edge fields,” said Zhang Ruohan. She added that the team was deeply impressed by Hefei’s achievements and potential in science and technology development. The full-chain support from laboratory research to industrialization made the team members experience the “Hefei speed” of achievement realization.

It is reported that this Cambridge University special session is one stop of the “Global Talents’ Tour of Hefei” series of events. In the future, Hefei will continue to link up with top global universities, adopting a “industry demand + talent appeal” dual approach to build a talent hub with stronger international competitiveness.

Source: Hefei Evening News