After three years of cloud-based meetings, this year’s Shanghai Mayor’s International Entrepreneur Advisory Conference (IBLAC) went back offline. Chen Jining, Party Secretary of Shanghai, Gong Zheng, Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Shanghai, and 30 top international entrepreneurs from 12 countries around the world exchanged views on the theme of “Change and new opportunities: Building a more dynamic and resilient international metropolis”.

In the sub-topic discussion session and recommendation report, Roland Busch, Chairman, President and CEO of Siemens, shared his unique insights on the topic of digitalization and low-carbon transformation of smes in Shanghai.

As a strategic frontier of scientific and technological innovation and industrial transformation, Shanghai is accelerating the construction of a scientific and technological innovation center with global influence. Smes play an important role in the industrial chain and innovation chain and are an important force for the development of the real economy.

Siemens suggested that Shanghai should take the “Collaborative Innovation Center” as the carrier, strengthen the cooperation between smes and leading enterprises, universities and associations, and provide targeted services for smes in terms of “building platforms, educating talents and building models” to fully release the transformation potential of smes.

With innovative technologies and open platforms, Siemens supports the digital and low-carbon transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises in Shanghai, and cooperates with universities such as Shanghai Jiao Tong University to cultivate innovative talents. For example, Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform, empowers enterprises of different industries and sizes to make digital transformation easier, faster and more scalable through ecological co-creation.

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On the sidelines of the IBLAC meeting, Mr. Boleren, Mr. Xiao Song and the company’s management team met with Mr. Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee. The two sides had full exchanges and discussions on further empowering the digital transformation of Shanghai’s leading and key industries, accelerating the digital and low-carbon transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises through platform economy in the new digital economy track, strengthening cooperation in innovation and digital talent training, and building zero-carbon factories and zero-carbon parks.

Chen Jining said that global leading enterprises such as Siemens are welcome to seize the opportunities of market upgrading, industrial upgrading and consumption upgrading, and further increase investment in Shanghai, optimize business layout and upgrade the level of headquarters around their respective advantages. Shanghai will make every effort to create a market-oriented, legalized and internationalized first-class business environment, accelerate the construction of a regulatory system compatible with a high level of opening up, and support global enterprises to achieve faster, better and sustainable development in Shanghai.

Braeren said: “Siemens and Shanghai 100 years hand in hand, together through wind and rain, common growth. As we enter a new historical stage, with our innovative capabilities in the fields of digitalization and sustainable development, and the convergence effect of open platforms, we will continue to work with Shanghai to identify new opportunities, promote new growth, and help Shanghai become a global digital capital.”

Xiao Song said: “Shanghai is an important engine for Siemens’ development in China, and it is also the forefront of our innovation development. In the future, we will continue to work with Shanghai to build an open ecosystem with digital and low-carbon ‘two-wheel drive’ to share, create and win.”