Not long ago, the HICOOL 2025 Global Entrepreneur Summit (hereinafter referred to as the "HICOOL Summit") was held in Beijing. In this "Global Entrepreneur Carnival", 200 award-winning projects stood out from 10055 entrepreneurial projects, covering fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and brain computer interfaces. Some overseas Chinese award-winning projects integrate international perspectives into local innovation, which is refreshing. We interviewed three award-winning teams of overseas Chinese and listened to how they use innovation to knock on the door of their dreams. AI intelligent rehabilitation and health management robots create technology products with "temperature". At the booth of the Beijing Overseas Chinese Federation, several Antarctic plush seals attracted a lot of attention. This is not an ordinary doll, but a cognitive function maintenance robot called "PARO". It can provide cognitive training and emotional companionship for Alzheimer's disease patients through natural dialogue and brain wave monitoring, and the project won first prize. The cute little seal is not simple, it integrates multiple cutting-edge technologies such as generative AI and EEG monitoring. Practical data from approximately 500 nursing institutions in Japan and Europe shows that this technology reduces the incidence of anxiety symptoms in users by 30%; In the Chinese market, institutional staff generally report that "patients' overall emotions have become more calm" and "the smiles of the elderly have significantly increased". The team that brought this technology back to China consisted of three people - technical expert Honda Yukio from the University of Tokyo in Japan, Japanese Chinese Nami Ando, and Japanese overseas Chinese Tang Yifan. Our core philosophy is to combine Japan's cutting-edge elderly care technology with China's manufacturing and AI research and development capabilities to create AI health robots with international competitiveness. ”Hiroshi Ando, Chairman of Beijing Qianzhan New Generation Intelligent Robot Technology Co., Ltd., stated that China's aging population has become a trend, but there is still room for improvement in the elderly care system. The AI robots brought this time are just a starting point. The team hopes to integrate a complete elderly care system, including the planning and design of nursing homes, aging friendly furniture, sleep management systems, and professional nursing staff training systems, to serve the development of China's elderly care industry. The company's Chief Technology Officer, Yukio Honda, introduced that the biggest challenge in the process of technology implementation is not the technology itself, but how to make the elderly feel that it is useful and willing to use it. In 2008, the CEO of the company, Tang Yifan, went to Japan to study and start a business, mainly engaged in product and technology trade between China and Japan. We have taken measures such as improving operational convenience and providing real experience opportunities to accurately understand and meet the true wishes of Chinese elderly people, and provide personalized and targeted solutions. This is the key to the commercial success of the project. This project is based on our continuous product iteration and resource accumulation. This award is the result of the team's long-term efforts, "he said. Starting a business in China is cool! ”Hiromi Ando stated that talent, manufacturing, and capital are the three key elements of entrepreneurship, and China provides a favorable entrepreneurial environment in these areas, with many startups achieving rapid growth in China. She found that young Chinese entrepreneurs think about their development direction with a global perspective, which will lead to the emergence of more new ideas, products, and services. Meeting like-minded people is the most impressive thing for me. I believe this kind of encounter will become a new driving force for team cooperation and enterprise development in the next step. "On the podium, Wang Baodong, CEO of New Mileage Medical Group, received the second prize trophy with the precise" explosion "of the pen shaped beam scanning treatment head to protect cancer patients. At this moment, the applause from the audience is not only a congratulations on this honor, but also a recognition of the team's independent research and development of the pen shaped beam scanning therapy head system and their ability to overcome the challenges of proton therapy. For cancer treatment, Wang Baodong compares it to a precise strike. "Traditional radiation therapy is like ordinary shells that can damage surrounding healthy tissues, while our particle radiation therapy is like precision guided missiles that can directly hit tumors. He further explained that the pen shaped beam scanning therapy head is the navigation system that controls this "missile". By adjusting the scanning path of particles, it can perform sub millimeter level precise "blasting" according to the shape of the tumor. After 7 years of technological breakthroughs, the team conducted hundreds of electromagnetic calculations and waited in the laboratory, verifying dozens of solutions one by one. Nowadays, their independently developed treatment head has reduced the minimum beam spot radius by 50% compared to previous devices, and the delivery efficiency has doubled. The compact super proton therapy system built on this basis reduces the treatment room footprint by about 80% and the cost by about 60%. When it comes to the rewards of the competition, Wang Baodong believes that the help brought by the HICOOL summit lies in trust and resources. For large medical equipment companies, a major challenge is to establish market trust in domestically produced equipment. The HICOOL Summit promotes innovative projects to connect with multiple industrial zones and professional investment institutions, which not only helps to solve the pain point of "difficult persuasion" of domestic high-end equipment, but also promotes the industrialization process. After graduating from Tsinghua University, Wang Baodong continued his studies and work overseas for more than 20 years, and recently chose to return to China to start a business. When it comes to this decision, he candidly stated that he valued the well-established industrial foundation and favorable entrepreneurial and innovative environment in China. There is a complete supply chain and an active application market in China, which are crucial for technological research and development, "he said. At present, New Mileage Medical Group is actively promoting financing and plans to overcome more technological bottlenecks to build a clinical base with particle radiotherapy as its core business. We firmly believe that Made in China is fully capable of achieving technological breakthroughs, "Wang Baodong's words were full of confidence. He also urged young entrepreneurs to actively participate in competitions like HICOOL, hone their creativity and core technologies, which is the most solid foundation for entrepreneurs. ”The 2.5-micron precision metal foil chip is tens of times thinner than the cicada wing. This is a metal foil resistor chip with a thickness of only 2.5 microns, which is needed in fields such as communication, rail transportation, and aerospace to ensure the stability of signal transmission. ”Beside the booth, Zhao Jun, Chairman and General Manager of Shandong Aerospace Zhenghe Electronics Co., Ltd., introduced to the audience the project that won the second prize at the HICOOL Summit. What is the concept of 2.5 microns? Zhao Jun made such a comparison: the thickness of cicada wings is 2-3 times that of an A4 paper, while 2.5 micron alloy foil is tens to hundreds of times thinner than both. It is not easy to make such a product. Through the efforts of two generations, we have gone through a 47 year journey of technological inheritance, "said Zhao Jun. After completing his university studies in China, he pursued a master's degree at the University of Quebec in Canada, and later went to Hong Kong Baptist University to study, research, and start his own business. After joining Aerospace Zhenghe, his team members have an average of over 20 years of industry experience, covering various aspects such as theoretical calculations, technical processes, and operational management. "This team has always adhered to independent innovation and achieved technological breakthroughs throughout the entire chain from raw materials to finished products. Through industry recommendations, Zhao Jun learned about the HICOOL Summit and realized that it is a platform that can showcase the team's technical strength. The charm of HICOOL lies in its ability to gather cutting-edge technology projects from around the world, and the rigorous evaluation system of the competition makes the winning projects more convincing. I often say that a project standing out at HICOOL is definitely a reflection of its hard power. ”Zhao Jun stated. This participation experience has brought many opportunities for resource docking to Zhao Jun's company and promoted the industrialization process of the project. He said that with the development of industries such as robotics and intelligent driving, the demand for high stability and high reliability chips in the market continues to rise, and the company has opened up a vast market space. If you don't calm down, everything is just empty talk. ”Looking back at the entrepreneurial process, Zhao Jun suggests to young entrepreneurs that entrepreneurship is a down-to-earth and continuous effort process; We should actively embrace new technologies such as AI and transform them into powerful tools; Communicating more with peers in the industry often leads to gaining experience and inspiration. (New Society)