The second Belt and Road Global Young Scholars Seminar opens at the Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on April 16. [Photo/Official website of CNITECH]

"Ningbo has an awesome business climate and amazing policies for startups. It'll be my first choice if I decide to come back for work," said Wang Yongjie, a postdoctoral fellow of the University of Michigan, after attending the annual Global Young Scholars Seminar in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province on April 16.

The second Belt and Road Global Young Scholars Seminar opened on April 16 at the Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology (CNITECH) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and attracted nearly 100 young scholars from 16 countries and regions around the world.

Hosted by the local talent office, the science & technology association of Ningbo, and CNITECH, the four-day seminar aims to gather outstanding global young talents to discuss cutting-edge science and technology and promote cooperation between Ningbo and countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. 

The attendees will share their academic achievements in new materials, new energy, advanced manufacturing and biomedicine, as well as visit Cixi and Hangzhou Bay New Zone to gain a better understanding of Ningbo.

"Ningbo has been strengthening innovation and talent attraction in recent years and has introduced more than 1,000 high-level talents as of the end of last year," said Huang Zhengren, director of CNITECH. Huang expressed hopes of attracting more global talents to Ningbo through the seminar.

"Ningbo is well-known in China for its respect toward researchers. I'm impressed by the achievements that CNITECH has made over the years," said Liu Xuan, a postdoctoral researcher from the SOLEIF Synchrotron Radiation Center in France. 

"We use image analysis technology to help with the early diagnosis of cancers. I know that CNITECH has started developing this technology as well, so I think it would be great fit for me," said He Hailong, a postdoctoral researcher from the Helmholtz Center for Health Research in Germany.