A delegation from the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), led by Director-General Yu Bin of the DRC's General Office, visited Israel and Germany from Sept 3 to 10 to learn from their technological innovation and innovation system.

The delegation exchanged ideas about innovation policies, education and commercialization with Israel's Industrial Research and Development Center and Israel Institute of Technology. The delegation also visited some enterprises.

In Germany, the delegation visited the Economy and Energy Department and the Dresden University of Technology to discuss innovation policies and 5G technology. The delegation visited venture capital institutions and startups.

Taking part in the visit included Lu Wei, Director-General, and Tian Jietang, associate research fellow of DRC’s Research Department of Techno-economy, and Ma Jun, Director-General of Enterprise Research Institute, and Li Ming and Wang Hui of Almanac of China's Economy.