New innovation and exchange center opens in Qianhai

Qianhai Block V, an international talent innovation and exchange center in the northern district of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub (E-hub), opened yesterday.

Qianhai Block V, a new international center for talent innovation and exchange, officially opens in Qianhai yesterday. Photos courtesy of Qianhai Authority

The 6,000-square-meter facility, which aims to promote the integration of innovation, industry, capital, and talent chains, is positioning itself as a hub for idea exchanges, project incubation, and capital connection for international talent. Its goal is to help Qianhai become a preferred destination for global high-end innovators and entrepreneurs.

The nine-story building houses multiple functional zones, including the Innovation Gateway exhibition space that regularly showcases cutting-edge technological breakthroughs, the Vision Pavilion roadshow area, the Infinite Quarter flexible workspace, an international talent service center, a multi-functional lecture hall, and an academic café.

People work inside the Infinite Quarter, a flexible workspace on the sixth floor of Qianhai Block V.

A small exhibition of local high-tech products is currently on display in the Innovation Gateway on the building’s second floor.

Signature items include a coffee-making robot from Robot Anno, humanoid robots from Engine AI, AI translation earphones from Timekettle, and panoramic sports cameras from Insta360.

High-tech products are displayed in the Innovation Gateway exhibition area on the second floor.

On the fourth floor, the international talent service center offers VR demonstrations on visa procedures and cross-border policy briefings and provides one-stop services for employment, entrepreneurship, and daily life.

Qianhai Block V will also leverage market dynamism to build a platform for deeper integration of innovative technology, industry, academia, and research by hosting high-quality events in collaboration with partners such as The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Pengcheng Laboratory, Elsevier, Boston Consulting Group, and Bilibili.

Guests attend the opening ceremony of Qianhai Block V yesterday. 

During the opening ceremony, the Qianhai SIES Alliance was launched.

The alliance will work with its Hong Kong counterparts to issue 72‑hour experience passes to international professionals — offering 500 flight tickets, 200 coastal rooms, and 1,000 high‑paying jobs — so that they can visit, experience, and inspect the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The latest figures show that more than 3,000 foreign nationals work in Qianhai, and over 5,000 live there. The number of people with a graduate degree or higher exceeds 51,000. In total, some 660,000 professionals in modern services and industrial technology have gathered in the area, and the talent‑clustering effect continues to strengthen.