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COP 25, China and beyond 2020 – higher ambitions and enhanced actions, together

Published December 6, 2019 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

All eyes are now turning toward the two-week long UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 (December 2 - 13, 2019) in Madrid. There is a strong and broad engagement from academia, civil society, the business sector and cities, as well as a strong...

Coopetition – for Knowledge, Innovation and a Sustainable Future

Published November 6, 2019 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

For a knowledge and innovation nation with one of the highest R&D-intensities[1] in the world, the policy process of Sweden’s Research and Innovation Bill is of great strategic importance. A comprehensive and intensive process at the...

China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Study Tour – for knowledge, inspiration and trusted networks

Published October 21, 2019 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

Back-to-back with the 5th China-Sweden Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology our office organised a China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Study Tour to Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou during 25 – 27 September. The participants of...

5th China-Sweden JCM on S&T Cooperation in Beijing

Published October 4, 2019 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

The 5th China-Sweden Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology Cooperation, the high-level biannual meeting for policy dialogue and information exchange, took place in Beijing on 24 September. The JCM was co-chaired by Li Meng, Vice...

If not now, when? If not me, who? – Jack Ma’s Alibaba and Alibaba after Jack Ma

Published September 18, 2019 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

After 20 years of toil, tears and sweat, but most of all, guts and dreams of success, Jack Ma stepped down as the executive chairman of Alibaba. This was on 10th of September - Jack Ma’s 55th birthday, Alibaba’s 20 year anniversary and the...

Climate x Innovation x Fashion = Transformation of China’s fashion production and consumption?

Published September 2, 2019 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

The 27th of August is a special day for both Sweden’s and China’s fashion industry, on which both demonstrated their common awareness of fashion industry’s role in combatting climate change as well as their willingness to take actions of...

Illustration: China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

Illustration: China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).

China’s future strategic competitiveness and the role of research and innovation

Published August 15, 2019 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

A new Chinese phrase, “ka bo zi technology” has emerged – as the result of the stop of supply of some key components and/or technologies by foreign firms to China. A direct translation is “cracking-neck technology”, i.e. vital blockage...

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