Science & Technology Parks in China and Tax Free Zones in the U.S.

I recently sat in on a great panel about doing business in China hosted by the Manufacturer’s Association of Central New York (MACNY) put on by a client of mine, Tech Bridge International, Inc.  Tech Bridge is an international business development and quality consulting company.  It provides consulting services, connections and introductions to Chinese businesses and government officials for companies seeking to do business there (it also operates in Japan).

The conference was interesting for many reasons, but mainly because of the discussion regarding the industrial, science & technology parks in China and the innovation they were driving there.  I had intended to write a post on this a while back, and that’s why I was pleasantly surprised to hear Governor Cuomo’s Tax Free NY proposal yesterday, which he announced in a few Upstate New York cities (Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse). Read more