Shanghai Technology Exchange, International Centre

About STEX-IC

Founded in 2016, the Shanghai Technology Exchange Centre (STEX-IC, registered name is Shanghai Technology Exchange Cross-border Technology Trade Center Ltd.) dedicated to driving strategic and sustainable growth in international innovation cooperation.

Located in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Lin-gang Special Area (“Area”), it enjoys the local strategic opening regimes and mechanisms, namely “Five Freedom and One convenience”. That includes freedom for investment, trade, capital, transportation, employment as well as rapid information access and communications.

Three dimensions

Service system: Integrates Chinese and global technical resources and technology transfer channels, build a cross-border technology trade service system and gather global scientific and technological achievements

Functional system: Carry out pilot projects to facilitate the flow of cross border innovative elements and provide comprehensive, one-stop transaction services to participants in cross-border technology transactions

Facilitation system: demonstrated seamless global innovation collaborations by offering an international innovation facilitation system carrying the functions of offshore services to cross border R&D, incubation as well as tech transformation and industrialisation.

Highlighted advantages

Based in the “Area”, STEX-IC serves as a hub for high-value innovation resources from the Yangtze River Delta Region and across China. Leveraging a range of local beneficial policies, it enhances international innovation collaboration through the following key value-added functions:

·      Policy innovation: pioneering policy innovation initiatives aimed to addressing specific issues of international innovation cooperation;

·      Global tech e-market platform: where tech “sellers” and “buyers” can meet, negotiate and arrange the payments via secure e-commerce platform;

·      Cross-border settlements: initiating a cross-border technology transaction e-financing platform to reduce the banking costs, e.g. currency exchanges;

·      High-tech industry leaders serving as board members: creating more tech transfer opportunities in upstream and downstream within the industry chain.

Value added services

GTTC collaborates closely with both public and private sectors, leading universities and research institutions, cutting-edge innovation facilities, science and technology parks, as well as esteemed academia, industry leaders, and investors. Its mission is to cultivate a world-class, talent-driven international innovation hub, offering one-stop services to global and domestic stakeholders engaged in cross-border innovation. By providing value-added, multifunctional support, GTTC facilitates every stage of the international innovation cooperation journey. These services include, but are not limited to:

·      Channeling innovation resources between China and the globe

·      Joint research projects, and tech parks developments

·      Technology transformation and trade

·      Funds and venture capital investments

·      Start-ups incubation & proof of concept centre

·      Talent services

Resources & networks

·      19 International Collaboration Channels

·      16 Domestic Service Networks

·      1 HK & Macao Service Centre

·      1 Global High-Quality Patent (HK) Centre

Domestic

·      Shanghai

Lingang Offshore Incubation Centre

 Planned Construction Area: 130,000 m2

Add: Building A, No. 333, Haiyang 1st Road, Lin-gang Special Area, Shanghai

·      Hongkong

HK & Macao Service Centre, Global High-Quality Patent (HK) Centre

Overseas

·      Boston 

Boston International Centre

Area: 19 acres

Add: 397 Williams St, Marlborough, MA 01752

·      Singapore (Under development)