📋 Tender Overview
Project No.
PPSTI_104_2025A
Project Title
APEC Innovation City Workshop: Digital Transformation and Industry-Academia Collaboration Development Policy Exchange
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
APEC Support Fund
Sub-fund
ASF: Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth (IERG)
Project Year
2025
Project Session
Session 1
APEC Funding
115,500
Co-funding Amount
0
Total Project Value
115,500
Sponsoring Forum
APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI)
Topics
Science and Technology; Digital Technology and Innovation
Committee
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
China
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Korea; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Thailand
Expected Start Date
01/11/2025
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Muqian Li
Job Title 1
Chief Researcher
Organization 1
International Technology Transfer Network (ITTN)
Telephone 1
008615801118942
Email 1
limuqian@ittn.com.cn
Project Proponent Name 2
Ning Hu
Job Title 2
Researcher
Organization 2
International Technology Transfer Network (ITTN)
Telephone 2
008613589 225232
Email 2
huning@ittn.com.cn
Declaration
Muqian Li
Project Summary
Building on the outcomes of the APEC PPSTI-funded project PPSTI 01 2017A, this project will address digital transformation challenges in innovation cities across the APEC region. It will facilitate policy exchanges and case study discussions through collaboration with innovative enterprises and academic institutions. The project will organize two events in China and Korea: a workshop on innovation-city policy dialogue, inviting delegations from APEC innovation cities, and a workshop on sharing best practices. These events will foster industry-academia dialogues on technology commercialization, innovation cluster development, and smart and digital technology integration.
To maximize impact, the project will collaborate with the Korean Innovation Center China and Seoul Smartlife Week. By fostering voluntary knowledge exchange, it aims to bridge digital divides and support sustainable urban innovation in developing APEC economies, ultimately contributing to inclusive economic growth and regional cooperation.
Relevance
Region
This project addresses critical challenges faced by APEC economies—particularly developing members—in effectively implementing digital transformation and fostering sustainable industry-academia collaboration within their innovation city strategies.
Many cities in the region face significant barriers such as fragmented policy environments, limited cross-sectoral cooperation, insufficient infrastructure for digital innovation, and gaps in voluntary knowledge sharing between industry and academia. According to the OECD report Enhancing I
