The ceremony for the unveiling of the Sino-Italian Advanced Manufacturing Joint Laboratory Industrial Cooperation Base and the University of Bergamo Liaison Office in China took place on Dec 6 in Beijing E-Town, with both having landed in the Zhongguancun (Yizhuang) International Robotics Industry Park.

The Sino-Italian Advanced Manufacturing Joint Laboratory Industrial Cooperation Base and the University of Bergamo Liaison Office in China land in the Zhongguancun (Yizhuang) International Robotics Industry Park on Dec 6. [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

This unveiling marks a new starting point for the inheritance and implementation of Sino-Italian international cooperation in Beijing E-Town. 

The Sino-Italian Advanced Manufacturing Joint Laboratory was jointly initiated in 2017 by Beijing Tsinghua University, the University of Bergamo in Italy, the University of Naples Federico II, and the China Technology Automation Alliance, among other institutions.

To date, the laboratory has become the most important bilateral cooperation platform in the field of Sino-Italian advanced manufacturing. 

It has actively explored and achieved positive results in talent cultivation, research cooperation, technology transfer, incubation, and industrial integration. 

In 2020, it was approved by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology to build the Sino-Italian "Belt and Road" advanced manufacturing joint laboratory, becoming a national-level joint laboratory.

Meanwhile, the city where the University of Bergamo is located – Bergamo – is a renowned industrial city in northern Italy, contributing approximately 1 percent to the industrial output of the Lombardy region. Lombardy is one of Italy's most important industrial and advanced manufacturing regions, and stands as one of the most dynamic and competitive manufacturing bases in Italy and across Europe.

The Zhongguancun (Yizhuang) International Robotics Industry Park is a robotics-themed industrial park created by Beijing E-Town, with a total construction area of 250,000 square meters, comprising 54 corporate headquarters. 

The park focuses on core robot technologies and products, creating the "Yizhuang model" of "key technology + core product + application scenario." 

It primarily introduces high-quality projects such as key technologies, core components, key applications, and frontier innovations. 

By establishing international exchange, exhibition, incubation, robot inspection, and testing platforms, it attracts companies from the "robot +" upstream and downstream industries. 

Currently, the park has introduced such influential platforms as the World Robotics Cooperation Organization and the first provincial-level humanoid robot industry innovation center in China.

In the field of robotics and intelligent manufacturing, Beijing E-Town has gathered leading companies such as Schneider and ABB, accounting for 24 percent of the city's total output, with the robotics industry contributing half of the city's output. 

Seizing this opportunity, Beijing E-Town will further promote innovation cooperation in Sino-Italian advanced manufacturing, aiming to achieve more results in high-end talent cultivation, high-level research cooperation, international technology transfer, and innovative enterprise incubation.