Tai'an named innovation-driven demonstration city
China DailyTai'an in Shandong province has been included in the list of 39 innovation-driven demonstration cities in China, according to an announcement by the China Association for Science and Technology. Innovation-driven demonstration cities are those designated to accelerate the implementation of China's innovation-driven development strategy and create a number of regional influential innovation hubs. To date, the Tai'an Association for Science and Technology has established relations with 108 academic societies at national and provincial- levels, and formed 103 platforms for government-industry-education-research cooperation. "Without the help of Tai'an Association of Science and Technology, we would not know such a good place for planting ganoderma lucidum," said Tao Lei, deputy general manager of the company.