Qu Daokui, chairman of Siasun Robot & Automation Company, converses with officials of the Jinan Innovation Zone online at the sub-venue of the Second Conference of Great Business Partners on June 30. [Photo/dzwww.com]

The Second Conference of Great Business Partners and the International Summit on Innovation and Development for Youth Entrepreneurs opened on June 30 via online channels across Shandong's 16 cities.

The event involves thousands of participants and is an effort by Shandong to further open up and bolster its high-quality development.

The Jinan Innovation Zone signed a total of five key projects at its sub-venue, involving the quantum technology industry, high-end intelligent equipment manufacturing, and e-commerce.

Among them, Siasun Robot & Automation Company will cooperate with the Jinan Innovation Zone to build an industrial software research institute.

The zone, which houses Qilu Software Park and the Import and Export Software Base, offers a strong industrial foundation and professional talent to support the development of the project, said Qu Daokui, chairman of Siasun Robot & Automation Company.

Siasun Robot & Automation Company is a high-tech listed company focusing on robot technologies, affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The cooperation will help boost the city's software industry and cultivate a high-end industrial software industry cluster to further drive the city's high-quality development.

The Jinan Innovation Zone will continue to improve its talent training system, optimize its business environment, and provide more opportunities for high-tech industries.