In brief: Welcome to techblog86’s coverage of CHINICT 2010! The event has just gotten underway.

Kicking off the morning are these speakers:

• Franck Nazikian, CHINICT Founder & President

• Senator Michel Guerry, CHINICT President of honour
• Jing Rui, Zhongguancun Science Park Project Officer
• Jerome Broche, EU Trade Counselor (ICT ) to China & Mongolia
• John Chiang, US IT Organization – USITO – President

This is a summary of tweets sent during the interview.

Franck Nazikian:

• 6th edition of CHINICT. 7th edition May 26-27, 2011, that’s next year.

• Thanks Chinese government and other governments taking part, thanks sponsors.
• This year is a turning point for CN tech innovation and entrepreneurship. China a hotbed for tech innovation of world impact.
• 2 of most powerful voices in tech business — livestreaming. TechCrunch is live-streaming this.
• Chin-ization of tech innovation is now gaining momentum. TechCrunch announcement of #CHINICT streaming one of most retweeted article.
• Era of copy-and-paste model (if there was ever one) is over; CN on way to becoming leading superpower.
• Wishing all a great #CHINICT conference whether live or online. Thanks Franck!

Senator Michel Guerry, CHINICT President of honor
(Sorry, pic missing…)

• A great honour to attend #CHINICT for the third time. French senator but not always into politics. Worked for a long time as an engineer.

• Got involved with Bob Noise! (Intel started small but after 40 years, Moore’s Law verified.)
• Explosion, first in Silicon Valley, now in China. China experiencing that in past 30 years.
• Stresses importance of cooperation, cultural and otherwise, between two countries (France, China).
• CN, FR governments cooperate well together.

Jing Rui, Zhongguancun Science Park Project Officer

• Ms Jing Rui now speaking. For those well-versed in the whole thing, it is a Chinese-ish speech in English

• Usual, customary greetings the Chinese way. Giving a quick intro to Zhongguancun (ZGC) Science Park. March 2009: CN gov — ZGC Science Park to become National Innovation Park.
• Over 200,000 hi-tech companies are in ZGC Science Park; more than half do IT. Lenovo, Aigo, Baidu, amongst them.
• 70+ R&D sectors, multinationally funded (by those in the Fortune 500); we’re talking about Microsoft, Oracle, France Telecom.
• Growth rate over 20%. 150 listed companies (60 listed overseas, 90 listed locally).

Jerome Broche, EU Trade Counselor (ICT) to China & Mongolia

• In 2000, China had only 9M Internet users. We’re now at 400M.

• More online chatters in China than in other markets.
• EU: 93% citizens are covered by content, but only a half are connected. Digital divide.
• EU adopted Europe 2020 strategy. ICT part: Digital Agenda for Europe.
• EU now competing against companies with a Web access speed 100x faster. Wow.
• EU: Vibrant digital single market. Need better standards. Greater trust and security.
• EU: Faster networks. Model social safety net. ICTs that spread wider social benefits.
• EU: 7th and last: bigger, smarter investments; invest more in R&D.
• These 7 tell why Europe believes ICTs are big. Wishing conference the best.

John Chiang, US IT Organization – USITO – President

• An honour to attend this annual session. Mentions sponsors — some are members at USITO.

• Innovation does not have an economic element; innovation is becoming increasingly important.
• China is a hub of global innovation, Nazikian. Every gov wants to promote innovation.
• Mentions 17th CCP session: “自主创新” (or innovate on one’s own.)
• We are seeing CN companies play increasingly important roles in the global arena.
• Sends congratulations to the event.