Silicon Valley & Los Angeles VIP Business Study Tour – AI & Healthcare Innovation

This delegation will take you on an in-depth exploration of the frontier of IT innovation—Silicon Valley. Through a series of project inspections, corporate visits, mentor-led sessions, and networking events, you will fully experience the collision of Eastern and Western innovative thinking, broaden your international perspective, gain insights into the latest trends in artificial intelligence and the healthcare industry, and build a global network within the high-tech ecosystem.

For the past 50 years, Silicon Valley in the United States has served as the driving force behind innovation in the IT industry and the birthplace of cutting-edge IT technologies. Along this dozens-of-miles-long corridor in Silicon Valley, more than 10,000 high-tech companies are concentrated, alongside elite talent from around the world in the fields of engineering technology, programming, and management.

Here, you’ll find Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Here, visionary figures who have shaped our era—such as Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, and Reid Hoffman—have emerged. Here, a 50-year head start in technological leadership has been established. Here, you’ll discover the world’s most comprehensive startup ecosystem and the most disruptive forces of innovation. This is the place that changes the world. It is also where entrepreneurs experience the clash of Eastern and Western innovative thinking, broaden their international horizons, and undergo transformative growth and renewal. This is Silicon Valley—the global hub of innovation and the gathering place for brilliant engineers. As a godfather-level entrepreneur once said, “If you don’t visit Silicon Valley for three months, you feel like you’re falling behind!”

As exchanges between China and the United States become increasingly frequent and convenient, entrepreneurs visiting Silicon Valley are no longer satisfied with mere “tick-box tourism”; instead, they seek in-depth business matchmaking and services.

Los Angeles, located in southwestern California, is the second-largest city in the United States and the largest city in the American West. It is often referred to as the “City of Angels.” Covering an area of approximately 1,291 square kilometers, Los Angeles is a major hub for commerce, industry, international trade, science, education, entertainment, and sports in the United States. It is also one of the primary centers for the U.S. petrochemical, marine, aerospace, and electronics industries. Furthermore, Los Angeles is home to many world-renowned higher education institutions, such as the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California, and Pepperdine University.

Renowned scholars from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, along with leading figures from tech giants, will personally deliver lectures to share cutting-edge technological applications and research achievements in the fields of artificial intelligence and healthcare. Spark insights into cross-border investment and industry collaboration!

The visitor list includes companies such as Google, NVIDIA, Idealab incubator, and ObEN (consumer-grade artificial intelligence).

Let’s delve deeply into the investment logic and management models behind top-tier venture capital firms such as GGV Capital, Danhua Capital, Greylock Partners, and Khosla Ventures, to understand where the next wave of explosive growth will emerge.

Visited QB3 California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Stanford Health Care, and Apostle Inc., a company specializing in novel cancer diagnostics. Topics covered included biochips, cell atlases, and CRISPR gene editing.

Enjoy drinks and lively conversation with industry leaders and Silicon Valley elites at an exclusive dinner, where they will unravel the mysteries of Silicon Valley innovation for you up close!

Featuring Renowned Silicon Valley Mentors: Exclusive Curriculum for the Closed-Door Exchange Camp of China-US Innovation Leaders, Combining Instruction with Experiential Learning to Share Expertise in Corporate Operations Management and Cross-Border Investment Between China and the US.

Shoucheng Zhang: Professor at Stanford University / Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences / Founder of Danhua Capital. J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Physics at Stanford University; Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He joined the Department of Physics at Stanford University in 1993. His primary research field is condensed matter physics, with a focus on topological insulators. He has achieved numerous world-class, original innovations in areas such as high-temperature superconductivity, the quantum Hall effect, spintronics, and strongly correlated electron systems. In 2013, he founded Danhua Capital, which focuses on investing in innovative companies originating from Stanford University and Silicon Valley.

Tim Draper: Founding Partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), a venture capital firm that manages $2 billion in assets and has invested in more than 200 startup companies. Tim Draper earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Bill Gross: Founder of Idealab. Bill Gross established Idealab in March 1996. With extensive experience in entrepreneurship, Bill founded his first company in the solar energy sector during high school. After graduating from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Gross founded GNP Development Inc., where he developed HAL, a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3. In 1985, GNP was acquired by Lotus Development Corporation. In 1991, Mr. Gross founded Knowledge Adventure, which was later successfully acquired by Havas/Vivendi. Bill currently serves on the boards of directors of multiple companies. He is also a board member at the California Institute of Technology and the ArtCenter College of Design (ACCD), one of the world’s leading design institutions.

1. Upon receipt of the registration information submitted by guests, our staff will promptly contact you to confirm matters related to your registration.

2. Confirm registration and sign the contract.

3. Guests shall pay 70% of the total trip cost to reserve their spots in the study tour.

4. Upon confirmation of payment, Silicon Valley Hi-Tech Innovation Association will issue official invitation letters to guests to assist with visa applications.

5. The guest pays the remaining balance after the visa is approved;

Note: If the visa application is denied, Silicon Valley Gaochuang will deduct a fee of $500 per invitation letter and then refund the remaining portion of the trip expenses that is eligible for reimbursement.

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