CIPPS and SZIDI Signed MOU for Future Cooperation
President Naoki Tanaka, senior fellow Yan He, senior fellow Yoshihiro Hiraoka and the deputy secretary general Tsuyoshi Okamoto from the Center for International Public Policy Studies in Japan visited the Shenzhen Innovation and Development Institute from February 22nd to 25th, 2017 on a research project pertaining hi-tech industry in Shenzhen. President Tanaka attended the 3rd Dameisha China Innovation Forum as distinguished guest speaker last November.
During their visit on 22nd, President Tanaka and senior fellows from CIPPS shared their observations and understanding of past economic development in Shenzhen as well as the city’s economic prospects in the context of changing external landscapes in the close-door discussion with President Zhang, Ling Nan, executive director of academic committee, and Huijian Tang, vice President of SZIDI. With keen interests and expertise in economic policy, the two think tanks decide to exert joint efforts, and contribute to the wider discussion of socioeconomic policy issues in the region. President Tanaka of CIPPS and President Zhang of SZIDI thus signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote mutual understanding and reciprocal cooperation in the area of socioeconomic policy researches through arrangements of bilateral visits, exchange of information, launch of joint research project and conferences and the establishment of potential trilateral communications mechanism among research institutions and think tanks in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
On February 23rd and 24th, the team from CIPPS and Mr. Nan, Mr. Tang of SZIDI visited and held roundtables with 5 leading hi-tech companies and industrial parks headquartered in Shenzhen including Tencent, Han’s Laser, and DJI.
Photo: CIPPS and SZIDI visiting Han’s Laser
Photo: CIPPS and SZIDI visiting DJI
Photo: CIPPS and SZIDI visiting Eva-group
About the Center for International Public Policy Studies
The CIPPS is a private-sector think tank established in March 2007, with primary research interests in emerging economies, sovereign risk, social security, tax and financial system, labor and employment issues, regional revitalization, energy policy, agriculture and so on. President Naoki Tanaka is a well-known economist in Japan with his works widely-cited across the country. The CIPPS has a history of engagements with Chinese government and research institutions including the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University, and Tsinghua University.
