On the afternoon of July 6, the English seminar“YouthTalk Wenzhou: Entrepreneurship and innovation" was held in Qidu Street, Lucheng District, Wenzhou. This seminar is sponsored by Wenzhou People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, co-sponsored by China-India Economic and Cultural Exchange Center, and organized by Wenzhou Overseas Media Center. More than 40 guests including foreigners from 18 countries as Russia, Portugal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Nigeria, as well as experts and scholars from Wenzhou University, representatives of Wenzhou overseas Chinese, and returned entrepreneurs attended the seminar. They conducted interactive exchanges around entrepreneurship and innovation in Wenzhou.

During the seminar, Zhou Huaizhong, vice president of Wenzhou People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, introduced the current situation of Wenzhou's economic development to the participants, especially highlighted Wenzhou people’s ability to make innovation and create wealth. In 2020, the per-capita disposable income of urban residents in Wenzhou ranks 12th in China. Furthermore, Wenzhou ranks 1st in per capita Income/per capita GDP ratio at 85.92%, the highest in China, reflecting Wenzhou residents’ ability to create wealth. Zhou Huaizhong said that Zhejiang and Wenzhou are currently starting to build a national demonstration zone for common prosperity. More international talents from different countries and different cultural backgrounds are welcome to come to Wenzhou to make innovation, start businesses and achieve common prosperity in Wenzhou.

This seminar invited 5 representatives of international talents who are making innovation and working in Wenzhou to share their entrepreneurial and innovative stories.

Sumayyah, a Mauritian doctor from Wenzhou Peace International Hospital, was the first to show her innovative project. She said that she and her team are building a monitoring headset that uses sensors on the earlobe to monitor people’s emotional responses and heart rate changes in different situations, so as to tailor the most suitable rhythm for people to live, work, and study. For example, teachers can duly adjust teaching plan to improve the teaching effect by monitoring student’s emotional changes in daily classroom status.