On November 27, a delegation headed by President Henry Lane Fox from Founder Factory, a British incubator, made a visit to BJAST. Liu Qingjun, vice president of BJAST, on behalf of BJAST, expressed a warm welcome to the delegation.

Liu Qingjun said that all British start-ups are warmly expected to visit China and join hands with Chinese enterprises and that BJAST is poised to give full play to its advantages and build a bridge of cooperation between Chinese and British enterprises and between Chinese and European enterprises.

Li Junkai, director of the Foreign Cooperation Division, introduced the participants and BJAST. President Henry gave a brief introduction to Founder Factory and its advantages. He said that as a British technology incubator, Founder Factory is ready to give full play to its own advantages, keep in line with the spirit of exchanges and mutual learning and act as a bridge to build a channel for exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and European enterprises.

Liu Qingjun expressed that BJAST has and will run in an open way, take the initiative to expand the international cooperation network. So far, BJAST has come into partnership with 300-plus scientific research institutions, universities, high-tech enterprises and incubators around the globe, including Europe. As China is stepping up efforts to grow to be an innovative country, BJAST is poised to work closely with Founder Factory to provide support for pushing forward scientific research cooperation between China and Europe, transformation of scientific and technological achievements and innovation and entrepreneurship.