{"id":4393,"date":"2015-06-29T20:17:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T18:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/?p=4393"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:28:57","slug":"day-2-innoway-swiss-embassy-gala-dinner-with-fc-johann-schneider-ammann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/day-2-innoway-swiss-embassy-gala-dinner-with-fc-johann-schneider-ammann\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 &#8211; Beijing &#8211; Innoway \/ Swiss Embassy \/ Gala Dinner with FC Johann Schneider-Ammann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ni Hao!<\/p>\n<p>Our second day in Beijing started at Zhongguancan Innovation Way, the Chinese Silicon Valley. In this creative street we met local representatives, who guided us through selected startup-coffees, incubators and co-working spaces. This hotspot for start-up businesses is heavily supported and promoted by the Chinese government, who wants to foster entrepreneurship and innovation. In the end of our visit we benefited from\u00a0a young Chinese entrepreneur, who\u00a0held an impressive presentation about his personal journey from being a student to become\u00a0a\u00a0start-up founder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2015\/06\/image1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4414\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2015\/06\/image1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the afternoon we were invited by the Swiss Embassy in Beijing. After a warm welcome by our host, Michael Waser, a series of presentations and discussions took place. 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