Startups Live Pitch- Scale up in China
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION PARTY 🎉🎉🎉
🚀 SCALEUP IN CHINA 🇨🇳
in Partnership with Grand Union of Innovation
Organised by China Ventures
Date: Friday, 06th February 2026
Time: 3:30 PM - 8:30 PM (GMT)
Venue: Grosvenor Street, London W1K 3HP
Format: Hybrid (in-person & online)
HOW TO PARTICIPATE AS A STARTUP
Submit a short pitch deck covering:
Problem & Solution
Team & Traction
China Market Angle
Secure your opportunity to engage with key Chinese investors and accelerate your scale-up journey in one of the world's most dynamic tech markets.
RSVP by email: [email protected]
About Grand Union of Innovation (GUI)
Grand Union of Innovation, headquartered in Hefei, represents one of China’s largest multi-stakeholder innovation ecosystems. It reflects China’s strategic reforms in science and technology investment, is building a world-class innovation hub.
Hosts tech companies: over 2,500
Guidance Fund: CNY 30 billion
Network: Partners with 300+ private equity and venture capital investors, managing 209 funds totalling over CNY 230 billion
Scope: One stop support tech-focused enterprises across their entire lifecycle
Why Hefei?
Hefei, capital of Anhui Province, is a central transportation hub within a 500km radius covering 500 million people, 50% of China’s GDP, and 40% of its consumption.
Hefei has rapidly emerged as a global leader in core cutting-edge technologies and future industries. Often called China's "Quantum Center" and "Speech Valley," it ranks among the world's top scientific research cities (12th globally in the 2025 Nature Index) and China’s 2nd recognised Comprehensive National Science Center.
Key Areas Where Hefei Leads Globally:*
Quantum Technologies — Hefei is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost hubs for quantum research and commercialization. Home to "Quantum Avenue" with over 30 leading companies (e.g. Origin Quantum, QuantumCTek), it hosts breakthroughs like the Micius quantum satellite (world's first), record-setting quantum computers (e.g., Origin Wukong and Zuchongzhi series), and the most concentrated quantum industry cluster in China. It's a global leader in quantum computing, communication, and measurement.
Speech Recognition and AI Voice Technology — Known as "China's Speech Valley," Hefei is powered by iFlytek, a world-leading company in intelligent speech and AI. iFlytek dominates global benchmarks in voice recognition, synthesis, and multilingual processing, making Hefei the epicenter for these technologies.
Controlled Nuclear Fusion — The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), dubbed China's "artificial sun," holds world records for plasma confinement (e.g., over 1,000 seconds in 2025), positioning Hefei at the forefront of fusion energy research.
Electric Vehicles (EVs) and New Energy — Hefei is the world's largest EV manufacturing hub, hosting NIO's headquarters and advanced factories, along with major players like Volkswagen (Anhui), BYD, and JAC. It's a leader in smart EV production, battery tech, and related ecosystems.
Photovoltaic (Solar) Inverters and Energy Storage — Sungrow Power, headquartered in Hefei, is the world's largest manufacturer of solar inverters, with leading shipments for over a decade and massive cumulative installed capacity (over 870 GW as of mid-2025).
Display Panels (LCD/OLED) — BOE Technology's multiple high-generation production lines in Hefei (including the world's first Gen 10.5 TFT-LCD line) have made the city a core hub for large-size displays. BOE is the global leader in LCD, OLED, and flexible displays.
Other strengths include integrated circuits, biomedicine, deep space, and high-end equipment manufacturing, with growing clusters in photovoltaic modules, lithium batteries, and AI applications.
Hefei's rise is driven by strategic government investments (the "Hefei Model"), top-tier research institutions, and rapid industrialization of frontier science. It's transforming from an inland city into a global innovation powerhouse, the Economist has featured it as “an unlikely tech cluster exemplifies China’s economic vision, but the ‘Hefei model’ will not be easy to emulate”.**
* Sources: Grok, China Ventures
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