The annual China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week launches its sub-edition in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, on Sept 15. [Photo/zjol.com.cn]

The annual China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week launched its sub-edition in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, on Sept 15, local media outlets reported.

A total of 24 units from Zhejiang, such as the Binhai New Area in Shaoxing, economic and technological development zone in Jinhua, and Yuhuan city of Taizhou, were granted certificates of the provincial innovation and entrepreneurship base.

Entrepreneurs from a number of local Hangzhou companies also shared their stories of starting businesses and pursuing innovation.

An exhibition on the highlights of former innovation and entrepreneurship weeks, which features online and offline editions, was also launched to display more than 40 typical cases and exhibits of enterprises, universities and scientific research institutes from 11 cities in the province.

Over 30 sub-events, such as an award ceremony for a youth innovation and entrepreneurship competition in Zhejiang province, an innovation and entrepreneurship event between China and central and eastern European countries, and the Hangzhou Fashion Week, will also be rolled out in the coming days, involving over 10,000 entrepreneurial teams and individuals from home and abroad.

Qiantang science and technology town, where the event was hosted, also announced a package plan by tapping into its rich educational resources – 14 universities of over 250,000 students and teachers – and pursuing sci-tech innovation, core industrial development, and government-university cooperation.

A rendering of the Qiantang science and technology town. [Photo/hangzhou.gov.cn]