The 2024 Top 500 Unicorn Conference is scheduled to be held in Laoshan district, Qingdao, Shandong province from June 27 to 28. [Photo/Guanhai News]

The 2024 Top 500 Unicorn Conference will be held in Qingdao, Shandong province from June 27 to 28 and will gather nearly 300 participants, aiming to promote exchanges, share insights, drive cooperation, and accelerate the rise of unicorn enterprises globally as well as their catalytic role in economic development.

Huang Taiyan, director of the Research Center of China's Private Enterprises of Renmin University, provided a detailed overview of the conference. He mentioned that unicorn enterprises are crucial to the development of new quality productive forces and the regional economy as a whole. The goal of the 2024 Top 500 Unicorn Conference is to explore and assess the development unicorn enterprises and build an innovative ecosystem conducive to their growth.

This year's event will focus on advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, information technology, pharmaceuticals and health, the automotive industry, financial technology, and other sectors. Discussions will revolve around topics such as innovation strategies, industrial development, technological innovation, business models, application scenarios, financing, and listing, providing a high-end platform for dialogue and exchange among enterprises, capital, and government.