Finland-China collaboration in research and innovation

Kari Hiltunen

Counsellor (Science & Technology) Embassy of Finland

芬兰驻华大使馆 科技参赞Director, Tekes Beijing

芬兰国家技术创新局北京办事处 主任

Presentation at Opportunities for R&I Cooperation

with Europe event 30th August 2011

Key actors of the Finnish innovation environment

Key actorsof the Finnish

innovation environment

Finnish IndustryInvestment Ltd

Business AngelsInvestors

Companies

Research institutes

Universities

Academy of Finland

Research andInnovation CouncilMinistry of Employment

and the EconomyOther ministries

Ministry of Education and CultureTekesTechnology Centres

Centres of Expertise

Polytechnics

Regional ELY Centres

Regional Councils

Finnvera

Finpro Sitra

Associations

Inventions

EU structural fundsfor innovation

Private investmentsin innovationInvest in Finland

National Board of Patentsand Registrations of Finland

Investments in different sectorslike environment, health and traffic

National public investment ininnovation and know-how

Strategic Centres for Science,Technology and Innovation

The figures represent the total extent of each organisation in million euros in 2008, those markedwith star are earlier. In parenthesis the share that is funded from the State budget.

**includes polytechnics *** includes R&D costs of corporations foreign units

Pri

vate

Basic research Applied research Business R&D

Business developmentMarketing

Internationalisation

R&Dat companies

4,179* Business

Angels

Approx. 380*

Pu

blic

Finnvera

468 (44)

Universities and

polytechnics**1,165 (482)

Academy

of Finland297 (297)

Ministries,ELY Centres,

sectoral research413 (402)*

Tekes

526 (526)

VTT

245 (74)

From abroad

407***

Innofin7 (5)

Finpro35 (21)

Venture capitalists:

Private 364 Finnish Industry Investment: direct 19, venture capital funds 131,

seed funding 7

Sitra35

Resources in the innovation environment

The Academy of Finland

The Academy of Finland has bilateral agreements on cooperation with three Chinese research funding organisations:

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Joint calls have been implemented in the following fields:

2002: Centre of Excellence project programme, 2002–2005 (NSFC)

2005: Research Programme on Neuroscience, 2006–2009 (NSFC)

2006: Cross-cultural Communication (CASS) 2007: Environment-related Energy Research

(NSFC), Environmental Ecology (NSFC) 2008: Ubiquitous Computing and Diversity of

Communication (NSFC)

State agency under the Ministry for Employment and the Economy- key player implementing national innovation policy

芬兰劳动和经济部直属机构 - 芬兰国家创新政策的主要制定者

Our services 我们的服务 funding for innovative R&D and business为创新研发和商业提供资助 networking Finnish and global companies and

researchers 连接起芬兰与全球的公司和学者

Customers 我们的客户 Finnish and foreign companies located in Finland

位于芬兰的公司，包括芬兰公司和外国公司 universities, research institutes, hospitals etc.大学，研究所，医院等

Resources 资源 budget: 600 million euros annually 预算：每年 6亿欧元 personnel: 360 in Finland and abroad 员工：全球 360名 public organisation under the Ministry

of Employment and the Economy 劳动与经济部直属下的公共机构

Tekes - Creating networks for innovations为创新创立联系网络

DM 43118102-2009 Copyright © Tekes

Tekes funding and services for international research projects and commercialisation

From ideato project

Commercialisingresearch findings

Projectimplementation

on

For what purposes is funding available?Preparation of

projectPartner search

(EU, global)

Internationalcooperation

Researcher mobility (in/out)

FiDiPro - Finland Distinguished

Professor Programme

Preparation of commercialisati

on

Commercialising of research

findings

Tuliprogramme

Tekes services

Funding Expertise Programmesand SHOKs

Int’l cooperationframeworks

Events, publications,

news

Preparation ofinternational

research project

Programmes are Tekes choices for the greatest impact of R&D funding

In 2009, 43% of the funding granted by Tekes was channelled via the

programmes.

The rest of Tekes funding is granted to projects that are outside

the programmes.The focus areas of these projects

are not generally restricted

57 %57 %43 %

Green Mining 2011-2016

National Tekes Programmes (Energy and Environment area)

2005 2010 2012

BioRefine 2007-2012 (200M€)

Water 2008-2012 (90 M€)

Sustainable Community 2007-2012 (100 M€)

Growth from Renewables -Groove

2010 – 2014 (95 M€)

2014

Fuel Cell2007-2013 (144M€)

1. WOOD ENERGY 1999-2003

2. WASTE TO REF & ENERGY 1998-2001

3. CODE 1999-2002

4. WOOD COMBUSTION 1997-1999

5. SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION AND USE OF WOOD FUELS 2002-2006

6. DENSY 2003-2007

7. FUSION 1999-2002, 2003-2006

8. PROMOTOR 1999-2003

9. PROCESS INTEGRATION 2000-2004

10. CUBE 2002-2006

11. CLIMTECH 1999-2002

12. CLIMBUS 2004-2008

13. STREAMS 2001-2004

14. FINE 2002-2005

GREATER BEIJING AREA:

• Official presence and central government relations

• ICT, biotech and energy activity + other fields

• EU and EU member state contacts

PEARL RIVER DELTA:

• Business hub of South China

• High tech production & R&D

SHANGHAI & YANGTZE DELTA:

• Major business hub

• ICT and biotech activity + other fields

• Business and financial contacts

PORTFOLIO:

State agreement S&T 1986 (TT-sopimus): MOST – MEE – (Tekes)

5 year MEE-National Development and Reform Commission MoU 2008, Environmental cooperation

5-year Tekes MoU’s: practical level enablers

(activities so far: eg. Nanotech&advanced materials, ICT/software, Living Labs,

Environment, Healthcare,&biopharma, Mutual project funding)

Shanghai S&T Commission (2005)

Beijing S&T Commission (2007)

Jiangsu Province S&T Department (2007)

Shenzhen S&T Bureau (2007)

Zhejiang S&T Commission (2009)

Program agreements

NAMI agreement Tekes (FinNano + Functional Materials) & MOST 2007

Tekes (FinNano) & Suzhou Industrial Park 2007

ICT Alliance 2010

University agreements

1 year at a time Tekes & Tsinghua University Industry Cooperation Committee 2007

Tekes /Sustainable communities) & Shanghai Tongji University 2007 (5 years)

Tekes China Network

International cooperation in projectsfunded by Tekes

Number of projects Number of projects

Tekes promotes European cooperation

Finland-China collaboration in FP7

21 joint projects funded during FP7 19 Finnish participants

9 universities and research organizations 10 companies

22 Chinese participants 19 univeristies and research organizations 3 companies

Total costs of projects 142 million euros EU contribution 97 million euros

EU contribution for Finnish participants 8,6 M€ EU contribution for Chinese participants 3,8 M€

Thematic Area Number of Joint Projects

ICT 6

Health 2Research Infrastructures 2

Environment 1

NMP 2

Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology 4

Transportation 2

Space 1

Research for the benefit of SMEs 1

Total 21

Finland-China collaboration in FP7

Most frequent Chinese Participants in

Joint Projects

Most frequent Finnish Participants in

Joint Projects

• University of Oulu

• University of Eastern Finland

• Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira

• National Institute for Health and Welfare

• Oy L M Ericsson Ab

• SeaRail Ltd.

• Wapice Ltd.

•Destia Ltd.

• Aalto University

• Finnish Meteorological Institute

• VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

• Peking University

• Sun Yat-sen University

• Nanjing Agricultural University

• Beijing University of Posts and

Telecommunications

• The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Zhejiang University

• China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company

Thank you!

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