Diamond Sponsor：
China Dezhou New Energy and Bio-Industry Talent Recruiting Pilot Project
Dezhou is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province China with a long history and population of 5.7 million. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei to the north. The municipality of Dezhou comprises 11 county-level sub divisions and 2 national development zones and 11 provincial development zones.
Dezhou lies on the main rail route from Beijing to Shanghai, which is known as Jinghu Railway. It is also one of the 23 stations on the exclusive Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. Dezhou has always been an important transport hub since ancient times, with its reputation of “unction of Nine Arteries” and “Portal of the Capital” gradually established. In addition to two railways (the other is Shide Railway leading to Shijiazhuang), National Highway 104, 105 and some provincial roads cross the city as well. The Yellow Riverand the Grand Canal (China) both run through it.
A new industrial zone hailed as the “Solar Valley” is being built for experimenting with clean- energy urban projects and massive use of household utilities such as solar-powered water-heaters. The Washington Post describes Dezhou’s Solar Valley as the “clean-tech version of Silicon Valley”.
Nowadays one of the biggest and most famous industries in Dezhou is solar energy industry, with two main corporations included—Himin Group and its partner Ecco Solar Group. Dezhou increased its international reputation as host of the 2010 International Solar City Congress. Himin Group has developed into the world’s largest solar water heater manufacturer. Dezhou has set an example of how renewable energy can become a more common reality throughout the world.
Besides the development of renewable clean energy, Dezhou also focuses on the development of financial industry. Dezhou has 37 banks, 51 insurance companies, 13 securities and futures companies, and 8 futures exchange center. In 2017, 4 companies from Dezhou successfully listed, raising capital 3.186 billion RMB. Over the years, Dezhou has developed multiple financial products and exchange channels with diversity, high-level and high efficiency. Now over 500 national and international investment companies have established cooperation relationship with Dezhou, more than 200 companies came to Dezhou for business, over 100 financial organizations have established subsidiary companies in Dezhou.
Gold Sponsors:
Yixue Squirrel AI
Yixue Squirrel is the first pure-play AI-powered adaptive learning service provider for K-12 students in China. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, Yixue Squirrel AI offers the high-quality and personalized after-school tutoring programs in school subjects such as Chinese, Math, English, Physics and Chemistry. Yixue Squirrel AI provides accurate diagnoses on students’ knowledge states and provides adaptive learning paths for students. Four years since its establishment, Yixue Squirrel AI has rapidly expanded and built over 1,000 schools across 200 Chinese cities and helped more than 1 million students. Through a series of “human vs. AI-powered machine” teaching competitions, Yixue Squirrel AI has proven its efficiency in teaching and instructions. The “AI teachers” reduce 80% of inefficient learning time for students. Yixue Squirrel AI is funded by Qingsong Fund, CASH Capital, Greenwoods Investment, New Oriental, TAL, SIG, NGP and Zhenghe Island. It is becoming the leading Unicorn in AI-powered education space in China.
The Jin Law Group
The Jin Law Group is a specialized corporate and securities law boutique in New York City founded in 2010. Our legal team includes top-notch lawyers from big law firms with outstanding credentials and a wealth of experience. Each attorney has at least 15 years of experience in their respective practice area. As a small firm, we offer the one-on-one service you will not typically find at a large firm.
We offer strategic legal services for clients ranging from startups and entrepreneurs to venture capital firms, private equity firms and Fortune 500 companies. Our team advises business ventures on the countless legal matters that arise at all stages of their growth and development, including financing, acquisitions, initial public offerings and litigation.
Silver Sponser:
PKU-Peiwen Investment (Beijing) Co.,Ltd.
PKU-Peiwen Investment (Beijing) Co.,Ltd. is a subsidiary of Peking University. It is a platform specialized in the investment, design, development, operation and management of industrial campus. As part of PKU-Peiwen Education Co., Ltd., the firm started from the decades of works of the parent company in the field of education, literature and publishing industries, combined with top quality resources on a global basis, and gradually developed five main business areas: education, healthcare, literature, scientific innovation and healthy living.
The PKU-Peiwen science and education innovation industry campus project is one of the most important projects of the firm, pioneered the idea of science education driven innovation, facilitating coordination between advancement of the industries, talents and the municipals. With the help of the five business focus areas, the firm accelerates municipals and regional economic development in a fast, highly efficient and sustainable way.
Haitou Global
Haitou Global was founded in 2014 in New York and is a leading online global asset allocation platform, providing investment management, wealth management and financial technology products and services. Haitou Global manages a Registered Investment Advisor, private funds, and a Money Service Business. Haitou Global operates Investment Center in New York, Wealth Center in Los Angeles and Technology Center in Beijing. Haitou Global is focused on investment opportunities in developed market including the U.S. and Europe and emerging markets including Southeast Asia, China, and Africa. Haitou Global has launched mobile investment platforms to transact wealth management products and alternative assets online.
GAA Chain is committed to incorporating global alternative assets into one chain, with the ultimate goal of becoming the world’s largest alternative assets trading platform. GAA Chain will be able to digitize global alternative assets and put them online with the help of blockchain.
Bronze Sponser:
China Telecom Americas
China Telecom Americas, a wholly-owned US-based subsidiary of China Telecom Corp. Ltd. Starting from May 2015, China Telecom Americas has launched its CTExcel mobile communication service targeting all of the mobile phone users (applies to all local operators). It became the first Chinese telecom operator to offer its own branded mobile communication services in the United States. CTExcel products contain various plans, offering unlimited global and national wide call, global texts and data service. To better meet customers’ needs for communication between China and America, CTExel pioneered a Sino-US dual number product. Users could have both an American local number and a China virtual number with one SIM card, which facilitates their families and friends to contact them at anytime at a competitive price, and receive one-time password from China. For additional information, please visit our website: www.ctexcel.us; or follow us on WeChat @CTExcelUS
The Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA is a non-profit and non-political organization. It was founded in August 1992 in New York City. The missions of CAST-USA include:
As a cross-regional (in the United States), cross-industry, and cross-discipline science and technology organization, CAST-USA has developed into one of the largest and most influential organization for professionals in the fields of science and technology, as well as entrepreneurs and investors, with 16 regional chapters and professional societies, 6 additional regional chapters being built throughout the States, with members including researchers in top universities and research institutes, professionals in top 500 multinational corporations or well-known large companies, many are experts in their respective fields, some have become top management elites and well-known academic leaders. CAST-USA has also set up representative offices in over a dozen large cities in China, including 3 offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou respectively, 9 liaison offices in other cities, and 8 more liaison offices being set up.
CAST-USA and its chapters hold hundreds of large and medium-sized science and technology activities each year, including nation-wide annual conferences, regional conferences and chapter conferences and other activities, where many well-known experts from the United States and China are invited to address and discuss academic, technology, economy, finance and social issues, to provide the members with a platform for academic exchanges. CAST-USA and its chapters also regularly organize career development and cultural exchanges, and other activities to provide members with a platform to support each other to promote their studies, work and social life. CAST-USA regularly publishes the “Overseas Scholars” magazine and monthly newsletter, which cover academic and cultural activities, foreign exchange and cooperation activities, as well as the latest developments in science, technology and business in China and the United States, with various kinds of job and investment opportunities, as well as many other immediate concerns from members.
CASTUSA-Greater New York is the founding chapter (and the only chapter for a number of years in the 1990s) and one of the most active. There are more than 5000 members and science and technology professionals in its network. Famous former members include Robin Li, founder and CEO of Baidu, Inc.
CASTUSA-GNY organized many events during the year, including:
Blockchain Technology Forums I(4/22/18) and II(5/13/18)
AI in Finance Forum (8/25/18)
Environmental Protection Innovation Conference (8/11/18).
Data Science and Software Engineering Career Workshop(4/21/18)
How to Start a Tech Company (5/20/18)
Ant Financial Technology in Finance Conference (5/20/17)
For more information, go to www.cast-usa.net and www.castgny.org.