Core Insights - The 2025 "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Conference" has officially launched a nationwide project solicitation, focusing on four key areas: AI hardware, AI software, biomedicine, and high-end equipment manufacturing, with a registration deadline of January 15, 2026 [1] Group 1 - The conference is co-hosted by multiple organizations, including the China Association for Science and Technology and the Shenzhen Science and Technology Association, and has collected a total of 24,873 quality innovation and entrepreneurship projects since its inception in 2020 [3] - Approximately 180 top investment institutions and 1,204 industry experts have participated, successfully assisting 2,014 projects in securing market financing, with a cumulative financing amount exceeding 25 billion [3] - The conference has developed a comprehensive service model that includes six key stages: project solicitation, preliminary review, final review and industry matching, investment and financing matching, project result release, and post-conference services [3] Group 2 - To enhance resource matching efficiency and break regional barriers, the conference will establish district-level sub-venues and implement a regional linkage mechanism involving "one association, one park, one fund, one bank" [3] - The conference will also release authoritative rankings, including a comprehensive TOP 50, TOP 10 for each track, and TOP 5 for technology cooperation, while evaluating the best organizing units and outstanding cooperation institutions [4] - Accompanying activities such as project exhibitions and industry forums will be held concurrently with the conference [4]