On June 1st and 2nd, China Perception: 100 International Doctors Explore the Optics Valley was held in Wuhan. Sponsored by China Scholarship Council and undertaken by Huazhong University of Science and Technology, this activity had attracted over 100 international doctors of Chinese Government Scholarship from 5 top universities for participation, including Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University, China University of Geo-science (Wuhan), Central China Normal University, Wuhan University of Technology. They grasped a deeper understanding of the Optics Valley and China by interacting with a batch of star enterprises.
In the morning of June 1st, the First Roundtable for World Youths and Chinese Entrepreneur Elites was held and the assistant president Yuan Hanqiao delivered the opening speech. He said Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST) paid high attention to the education for international students and had cultivated over 6000 talents from over 140 countries throughout the world. In 2013, HUST was entitled as The Demonstration Site for Education for International Students in China and in 2015, there were around 3300 international students from 131 countries studying on campus, which witnessed the rapid development of education for international students. He encouraged the international students to immerse into the local culture and life during the stay in Wuhan and wished them to become a new Wuhan citizen after perceiving this city. Prof.Wang Jian from Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics delivered a speech titled as Light in Optics Valley Light up the Futher, in which he displayed the origin and development of Optics Valley, the future industries and some vital research programs.
“Welcome to join us!” During the conference, representatives from 7 enterprises delivered orientation speeches, including Wuhan Overseas Scholar Business Park, Humanwell, HGTECH, Wuhan Huagong Genuine Optics Tech Co., Ltd, Fiberhome, Waterstone Pharmaceuticals Group and Country Garden Holdings Co.,Ltd. They demonstrated their companies from different aspects covering brief introduction and structure of the company, brand value, typical cases and the policy about introducing in the international doctors and so on, which had aroused intensive attention from the doctors at present.
“Hello. I’m a doctor majoring Imaging Medicine in Tongji Medical College and I want to know what the requirements are for the international students to start up a business.” ”Hi. As a student of liberal arts, I don’t know too much about technology. How could I establish a company back in my hometown then?”
In the Q&A part, the doctors asked the enterprises a number of questions to their interest and in response, the enterprise representatives answered the questions one by one from perspectives of the favorable polices that the international doctors could enjoy, the development prospects and so on.
Ms. Li Tingting, the deputy director of Division of International Student Affairs of China Scholarship Council, Mr. Zhang Fudong, the deputy director of Investment Promotion Bureau of Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone expressed the opening remarks as well. Present were Mr. Yu Hailin and Ms. Zhao Xiaofeng, the dean and vice dean of School of International Education in Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Ms. Zhao hosted the conference.
After the conference, the internationals doctors were led to visit places like HGTECH,the Administrative Service Center in the Optics Valley, Wuhan Institute of New Energy and so on, from which they were exposed intensively to the public service level in the Optics Valley and its technology research capability.
It’s said that China Perception was organized by the China Scholarship Council, aiming at adhering to spirit of the conference about International Students in China and implementing the policies on Comprehensive Opening Up in the New Times. It’s to facilitate the scholarship international students to better perceive China’s economy, social development, history and traditional culture and improve their sense of honor. Since 2015, a series activities on social practices and culture experiences have been conducted and this activity China Perception:100 International Doctors Explore the Optics Valley was designed to lead the scholarship international doctors into the local government and enterprises for a better understanding of the city they are studying in, from which they could feel its management level and high-tech industry development by themselves.
百名外国博士生与光谷亲密接触
（记者 赵睿）6月1日、2日，由国家留学基金管理委员会主办、华中科技大学承办的“感知中国——百名外国博士进光谷”活动在江城武汉举行。来自华中科技大学、武汉大学、中国地质大学（武汉）、华中师范大学、武汉理工大学等5所高校的由中国政府奖学金资助的百名外国博士走进光谷，亲密接触一批明星企业，与企业代表对话，让外国博士生深度感知中国，了解光谷。
1日上午，首届中国光谷·世界青年与中国企业精英圆桌会举行。校长助理袁汉桥致开幕辞。他表示，我校高度重视外国留学生工作，目前已为全球140多个国家培养了6000多名各类人才，2013年，我校被中国教育部授予“全国来华留学示范基地”。2015年在校留学生来自全球131个国家、人数达3300余人，留学生教育快速发展。他鼓励留学生在武汉学习生活期间，多体验武汉的风土人情，感知武汉的发展，做一个新武汉人。
光电国家实验室王健教授作了题为“Light in Optics Valley Light up the Futher（光谷之光点亮未来）”的主旨演讲。他从光谷的起源与发展、未来产业的一些重要研究项目等方面作了精彩分享。
“Welcome to join us（欢迎加入我们）。”会上，留学生创业园、人福医药、华工科技、华工科技正源光子、烽火科技、中美华世通生物医药科技、碧桂园等7家企业分别派代表发言，他们从公司简介、企业结构、品牌价值、典型案例、海外博士引进政策等方面进行宣讲，引起了在场博士生的浓厚兴趣。
“您好，我是来自同济医学院图像医学专业的博士生，请问外国留学生在中国创业需要什么条件？”“您好，请问作为一名文科生，不了解技术，如何在自己家乡建立技术型公司？"
现场提问环节，博士生们结合自己的兴趣，向企业代表抛出一连串问题，企业代表从外国博士生在武汉发展所享有的优惠、发展的前景等方面一一回答。
国家留学基金管理委员会来华事务部副主任李婷婷，东湖高新技术开发区管理委员会投资促进局副局长张甫东出席会议并致辞。国际教育学院常务副院长余海林出席开幕式，副院长赵晓峰主持会议。
会后，博士生们还先后深入华工科技华工激光、华工科技正源光子、人福医药、光谷公共服务中心、武汉新能源研究院、烽火科技等企业，亲身体验光谷的公共政务水平和技术研发实力等。
据悉，“感知中国”是国家留学基金管理委员会为贯彻中央关于做好新时期对外开放工作，全面落实全国留学工作会议精神，增进中国政府奖学金生对中国经济、社会发展和传统历史文化的认知和了解，增强中国政府奖学金生的荣誉感，自2015年开始面向中国政府奖学金来华留学生组织的社会实践和文化体验活动。此次“感知中国——百名外国博士进光谷”活动旨在带领中国政府奖学金外国博士生走进政府、走进企业，让大家深度了解所在的城市最具发展活力的高新区，亲身感受这个城市的管理服务水平和高新产业发展实力。
