Visa Information:

You must apply for your own visa at a Chinese consulate or embassy in your home country.

For this, you will need an official invitation letter from us.  To provide that, we need:

A scan of your passport with the photo, the personal information and the signature.  The expiration date of the passport must be at least 6 months past the day you intend to leave China.

A letter of support from your home institution to confirm that it supports you attending the meeting.

Please note that it can take a few weeks for the visa to be processed, so these items need to be sent soon.  "Last minute" requests cannot be accepted.

More useful information on visa application：Guidelines for Visa Application to China

Flight Ticket:

Contributing guests please cover your flight tickets by yourselves.

Invited speakers please check the email for flight information.

About Shenzhen:

Shenzhen has transformed into a global model of sustainable high-tech urbanism, where economic ambition meets ecological precision. In 2025, the city’s GDP exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan (approximately $500 billion). At the heart of this economic landscape lies Nanshan District, which officially became China’s first “trillion-yuan urban district”—a term now cemented in national policy lexicon.

Shenzhen’s technology sector is defined by density, speed, and deep integration with its higher education system. Along corridors like Liuxian Avenue—known as “Robot Valley”—thousands of advanced manufacturing, AI, and robotics firms operate within a highly efficient supply chain network. More than 90 percent of R&D funding here comes from enterprises themselves, fueling a market-driven innovation culture. Sustaining this ecosystem are 17 universities and research institutions across the city, strategically positioned to feed talent directly into surrounding technology hubs and corporate labs.

Yet Shenzhen’s ambition is no longer measured by output alone. The city’s extensive network of parks and greenways has become a defining feature of its urban identity. With over 120 parks and more than 1,200 kilometers of recreational pathways, Shenzhen’s green spaces are not scattered ornaments but a continuous ecological fabric woven through its high-density districts. Every resident lives within walking distance of a park. The city has also electrified its entire public bus and taxi fleet, and its steadily improving air quality reflects a long-term commitment to making livability inseparable from growth.

With a trillion-yuan innovation engine at its core, a city-wide park system that integrates nature into daily life, and universities embedded directly into its industrial fabric, Shenzhen today stands as a working example of how technological leadership and urban livability can be built together.