NO.1

7月6日，省人大常委会曲福田副主任一行来园区调研。

曲福田副主任充分肯定了园区推进中以合作的创新举措和取得的工作成果，希望园区未来能进一步拓展应用市场，通过以色列特色创新技术和省内实际需求的高效对接，进一步提升中以创新合作实效，推进园区高质量发展。市委书记陈金虎陪同调研。

On July 6, the CICP received a visit from Qu Futian, deputy director of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

During his visit, Qu spoke highly of CICP's achievements.By adopting new approaches, it has made progress in promoting China-Israel cooperation. It is his hope that in the future, the CICP will continue to serve as a bridge, linking innovation technologies in Israel with companies in Jiangsu. The CICP will further explore market opportunities, thus contributing its part to Changzhou's high-quality development. Chen Jinhu, party secretary of the CPC Changzhou Municipal Committee, accompanied him during the visit. 

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NO.2

7月7日，“中以常州创新园杯”首届江苏省大学生机器人（硬科技）创新创业挑战赛决赛入选项目公布。

经过专家评审，东南大学、南京航空航天大学等19所高校、30个项目入选本次大赛决赛。

On July 7, the first "CICP Cup" Robot (Hard Technology) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for Jiangsu university students released a list of programs to enter the final.

A total of 30 programs from 19 higher education institutes, including Southeast University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, were selected.

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NO.3

7月9日，江苏省环保集团一行参访园区。

江苏省环保集团党委委员、副总经理冯旭松一行参观了以色列中心展厅并实地调研了园区科技型企业沙漠农夫，全面了解了以色列智慧农业、高密度养殖和环保水循环处理技术在园区的实际应用。冯旭松希望园区在中以创新合作中做精、做深，将更多的以色列先进环保技术推广到全省，推动省内环保类企业转型升级。

On July 9, a delegation from Jiangsu Environmental Protection Group visited the CICP.

Feng Xusong, deputy general manager, also member of the company's CPC committee, visited the Israeli Center and AquaFama, a tech enterprise in the CICP. The guests learnt about Israel's smart agriculture, high-density farming and water recycling technologies. Feng hopes that the CICP will introduce more Israeli technologies to promote the future upgrade of environmental protection enterprises in Jiangsu. 

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NO.4

7月10日，中以常州创新园召开半年度工作研讨会。

会议总结了上半年工作经验，研讨下一阶段推动中以创新合作及园区发展建设的思路举措，推进园区全体工作人员进一步解放思想，激发创新活力，展现更大作为。

On July 10, the CICP held the H1 working conference. 

After a summary of the work done in the first half of 2021, the staff moved on to discussed the working plans for the next stage. At the conference, all the staff were inspired to make more concerted efforts to build a better future for the CICP.  

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NO.5

7月15日，“2021年度青年博士计划”新入选成员名单公布。

“青年博士创新计划”是江苏省中以产业技术研究院发挥中以创新融合强磁场作用的重要举措，青年博士联盟作为专家顾问团，链接导入以色列创新资源。经过专家评审，最终确认20名新成员入选。

On July 15, the 2021 Young Doctoral Talent Innovation Program released a list of new members.

The program is a step taken by the Jiangsu China-Israel Industrial Technology Research Institute. As a team of expert consultants, the Young PhD Alliance will divert more innovation resources from Israel to the CICP. After a review and deliberation from experts, 20 new members were enrolled to the program.

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NO.6

7月18日，XBOTPARK 2021科创夏令营在园区开营了！

香港科技大学教授、中以产业技术研究院院长李泽湘发起夏令营挑战，数百位科创青年奋勇接招，来到年轻人硬科技创业的第一站，剖析市场、洞察客户、挖掘痛点，力争在硬科技领域打造出新制造生态。

On July 18, the summer camp of XBOTPARK 2021 opened in the CICP.

The event, launched by Li Zexiang, professor of the HONG KONG University of Science and Technology, director of JCIITRI, attracted hundreds of talents. The participants analyzed market developments, found out customers' pain points and offered their insight. The camp is aimed to build a new eco-system in hard-tech industries. 

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NO.7

7月21日，中以常州创新园与以色列农业部前部长、园区专家咨询委员会成员Orit Noked女士召开工作视频会议。

Orit Noked女士对园区在推动中以创新合作事业上做出的努力与取得的工作成效表示高度赞赏。她提出，以色列农业科技实力雄厚，与中国的合作前景十分广阔，今后将进一步帮助园区对接以色列农业领域创新资源，在项目对接、人才培养、人文交流等方面与园区多元化联动，共同推动高质量项目发展，推进中以创新合作。

On July 21, staff at the CICP held a teleconference with Ms. Orit Noked, Israel's former minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, who now serves as a member on the CICP Advisory Committee of Experts. 

Ms. Noked spoke highly of the CICP on its work to promote China-Israel innovation. From her perspective, as Israel boasts advanced technologies in agriculture and China has a huge market, the two countries enjoy vast opportunities for cooperation. In the future, she would like to channel more resources in this field to the CICP, so as to promote high-quality cooperation in innovation. 

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NO.8

7月28日，常州市副市长许峥带队专题调研园区。

许峥副市长充分肯定园区工作成效，指出园区找准了技术、人才等中以合作的关键要素，下一步要继续聚焦以色列闻名全球的农业技术，积极对接全市农业资源，争取促成更多中以农业创新合作，助推园区发展，助力常州农业产业插上“科技的翅膀”。

On July 28, Xu Zheng, deputy mayor of Changzhou, visited the CICP.

Xu Zheng recognized the efforts made by the CICP in promoting China-Israel cooperation, saying that it has found the key elements such as technology and talent. In the next phase, the CICP will focus on Israel's agricultural technologies. It will facilitate more cooperation programs between Changzhou and Israel, thus giving a boost to the agriculture industry in Changzhou.