Introduction of the Global Network for Innovation Services

A、Background

Innovation opens up new sources for economic growth and serves as the driving force of cultural preservation and integration and major contributor to social advance. With COVID-19 pandemic having wreaked havoc on human society and facing the opportunities and challenges brought by the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial upgrading, we attach greater importance to the cultivation and support of the youth talents, and facilitate their exchange and cooperation towards a more convenient and efficient way that benefits young people from different countries and regions. We aim to promote the youth talents’ innovation and development and share the fruits of development worldwide.

In 2021, the Beijing Overseas Talents Center (BOTC) worked with social organizations at home and abroad to jointly release the Beijing Consensus 2021 for Global Youth Innovation and Development. They called on outstanding scientists, entrepreneurs, experts, scholars, social activists and relevant organizations to show encourage the participation of young people across the world in innovation and development. Many influential organizations and individuals signed up for the consensus and expressed their willingness to lend a helping hand to the development of youths. Thanks to their concerted efforts, progress has been made in the attraction, employment, retention and utilization of youth talents.

This year, the BOTC will collaborate with relevant organizations to create the Global Network for Innovation Services (GNIS) to better promote the innovation and entrepreneurship of young people, facilitate the mobility of talents and innovation resources in the world, and strengthen the two-way flow of talents between China and the international community.

B、Aims and Functions

The Global Network for Innovation Services is launched by the BOTC and relevant organizations and functions as an exchange and service platform for the global youth talents. With youth talents as the core, innovation and development as the driving force, digital construction as the support, and precision service as the means, the GNIS is designed to accelerate the global flow of youth talents and provide more opportunities for youth talents who want to start their future development in Beijing.

1. To implement a youth-first development philosophy

The GNIS will provide the policy information on innovation services and talents flow in Beijing and worldwide, and promote the building of young people-friendly policies, a social and market environment to provide youths with more development opportunities, gather innovative elements, stimulate the vitality of young people in innovation, and release “Beijing Voice” to support and promote the innovative development of young people.

2. To build an international exchange platform for global youth

The GNIS will leverage the Beijing International Youth Innovation and Development Forum, the Global Youth Innovation Talk, the GT²HR Recruitment Fair for Global Talents and the Beijing Tour for Overseas Talents, as well as special publicity activities held by other cooperative agencies, to allow youth talents at home and abroad to participate in academic exchanges, display their achievements and showcase their talents in innovation, so as to make their voices heard, fulfill their global obligations and support global development.

3. To promote youth talents' employment

The GNIS will help to build "Beijing Standard" for attracting international youth talents and accelerate the building of talent pools in the construction of a big pool of high-caliber talent. In addition, it is expected to help young domestic talents go abroad, give full play to its roles in the cultivation of global talents, foster international and versatile talents, and transform the capital city into an international talent hub and key link in the overall development of an innovation highland.

4. To create a first-class service ecology for the talents

The GNIS will do its utmost to meet the diversified demand of the talents, push for the building of residential communities, apartments, hospitals, schools and service stations for international talents, create a pleasant, lovely and dynamic living place, make talent service work international and efficient, and promote the smooth flow of youth talents across the world.

C、Cooperative Mechanism

The GNIS will promote voluntary participation and adhere to the principle of joint contribution, participation and benefit-sharing. All the cooperative organizations will promote the consensus building, resource sharing and mutual benefit.

The GNIS will cover research institutes, universities, enterprises and social bodies and bring together rich sci-tech and human resources in artificial intelligence, bio-pharmaceutical, information technology, new materials, new energy, humanity and social sciences. With the " GNIS " website and the irregular exchange activities as carriers，all the cooperative organizations will make concerted efforts to support the innovation and development of young people, jointly participate in the building of the GNIS, share talents-related policies and services, and contribute to the global flow of youth talents and the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Global Development Initiative.