Chongqing - Rapperswil Innovation Center, the branch of Sino-Swiss Technopark (SSTP), is now under busy construction in Switzerland, which will further advance the cooperation between Chongqing and Switzerland.

Rendering of Rapperswil Innovation Center in Switzerland. (Photo/SSTP)

Gateway for Sino-Swiss communication and technology flow

After completion, Rapperswil Innovation Center will incubate three new technology, engineering, and material enterprises in Switzerland and attract more international parks and platforms that Switzerland has invested in Chongqing. 

It will create a new gateway for Sino-Swiss communication and technology flow, promote regional cooperation, and advance innovation.

Located in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, Rapperswil Innovation Center will cover a construction area of about 4,000 square meters and will be implemented in 2025.

The innovation center will establish a comprehensive network linking governmental organizations, companies, and capitals, set up an ecological system of startups and mature enterprises, and become the first contact station for Swiss innovation enterprises intending to link with Asia and the hub for Asian enterprises planning to enter the European market. 

Additionally, the center will be China’s offshore innovation and entrepreneurship base for overseas professionals and the offshore incubator for Sino-Swiss Technopark in Switzerland.

On top of the venue and basic support, the Rapperswil Innovation Center will provide startups with services to enter the Asian market, bridging the cooperation between Swiss startups and Asian partners. 

The service focuses on human resource and administration service, entrepreneurship assistance and training, “Sino-Swiss Technopark Cup” innovation and entrepreneurship competition participation, and Asian market connection.

The Sino-Swiss Technopark opened in 2018 in Liangjiang New Area. (Photo/Ran Yulin)

As a key international industrial park, SSTP opened in 2018 in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, which has already attracted over 30 scientific and technological enterprises settled in. 

By virtue of the strategic positioning and industrial advantages of Chongqing and Liangjiang New Area, it is devoted to building a comprehensive park integrating with international headquarters bases and innovation enterprises incubating business.

In recent years, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, as the opening hub for gathering foreign investment, enterprises, and talents, has established opening platforms of finance, convention and exhibition, logistics, and information, reflecting an industrial agglomeration effect. 

The new area has further improved its international influence by building Sino-Swiss, Sino-German, Sino-Korean, and Sino-Japanese industrial parks.