Hangzhou, a leading hub of China’s innovation landscape, continues to set the pace for the nation’s technology revolution with its vibrant digital economy and unique tech ecosystem. The city has become a breeding ground for high-R&D-capability companies, serving as a key testing ground in frontier fields including biomedicine, artificial intelligence, and big data. The rapid emergence of domestic cutting-edge technologies such as the DeepSeek large model has further cemented Hangzhou’s influential role on the global technology map, highlighting China’s boundless potential and dynamism in the new era of innovation.
On February 22, 2025, Forbes China officially unveiled the “2024 Forbes China Rising Innovators and Entrepreneurs” list in Hangzhou. Dr. Chris Lai, Co-founder and CEO of METiS Technologies, was honored as one of the distinguished innovators. This recognition underscores the maturation and diversification of China’s innovation ecosystem, where AI, biomedicine, and internet technologies intersect, each writing a new chapter of groundbreaking achievement.
