Innovate UK drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas. They connect businesses to the partners, customers and investors that can help them turn ideas into commercially successful products and services and business growth. Innovate UK fund business and research collaborations to accelerate innovation and drive business investment into R&D. Their support is available to businesses across all economic sectors, value chains and UK regions. Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation. For more information visit innovateuk.ukri.org. 



100%Open is one of the world’s leading open innovation companies. From their London studio they work globally to help create new products and services by connecting large organisations to the best people, ideas and technologies in the world. They work with partners, suppliers, clients and consumers, believing that open innovation is more efficient, creative and faster than when innovating on your own. With a 30-piece open innovation toolkit they have successfully run open innovation programmes around the world for the like of Ford, UBS, the MOD and LEGO.


The Department of International Trade  secures UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment. They champion free trade as one of the few international economic departments on Whitehall.



The Future Cities Catapult’s aim is to to help UK firms develop innovative products and services to meet the changing needs of cities, and to sell them to the world. They bring together businesses, universities and city leaders so that they can work with each other to solve the problems that cities face. 

From the Future Cities Catapult’s Urban Innovation Centre in London, they provide world-class facilities and expertise to support the development of new products and services, as well as opportunities to collaborate with others, test ideas and develop business models.


The China-Britain Business Council helps British and Chinese businesses and organisations work together in China, the UK and third markets around the world. With 60 years of experience and experts across the UK and China, they work in a strategic partnership with the British Chamber of Commerce in China to deliver streamlined services to our joint members.

Future Cities Mission to China - Partners


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