The institute is a joint venture between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and China Venture Capital Co., Ltd. Headquartered in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, it has set up an operating institute in Shenzhen, which is registered as the Shenzhen Zhongtou Venture Capital Research Development Co., Ltd. It endeavors to promote exchange and cooperation between policymakers and practitioners in Hong Kong, mainland China, and the rest of the world, and to contribute significantly to the development of China’s venture capital industry through activities such as the organization of the “China Venture Capital Forum”, the publication of “China Venture Capital Journal” and “China Venture Capital Yearbook”, the establishment of an “International Cooperative Network of Venture Capital Research Institution”, the study of theoretical and practical issues surrounding China’s venture capital, the offering of professional training programs, and the provision of outstanding services in management consulting and financing.

　　The Institute has a strong and highly efficient, full-time research team that is supported by an increasing number of distinguished experts and scholars from home and abroad who undertake cooperative, part-time, and contract research. By fully utilizing these research capabilities and the resources of all communities, and drawing on state-of-the-art research thinking and methodology, the Institute carries out high quality studies on the practical issues facing China’s venture capital industry. Equipped with the most advanced international management system, a flexible recruiting mechanism and an efficient administrative system, the Institute has become an easily accessed and efficient platform for cooperative research and academic exchange.

　　The Institute plans to develop long-term strategic partnerships with many renowned and international venture capital institutions, and work closely with them in professional training, and management consulting and financing services. In the meantime, it will set up a faculty pool and a management consulting and financing service team who, given their profound expertise and rich experience, will be able to train a large number of high-caliber venture capitalists and project managers for China, and to provide excellent management consulting and financing services for small- and medium-sized hi-tech companies.

　　The institute firmly believes that, with the attention and support from all communities, it will surely become a bridge between policymakers and practitioners in the venture capital industry, a platform for academic exchange between China and the rest of the world, a research base in the Asia-Pacific region, and a cradle for Chinese venture capitalists, thus making important contributions to the development of China’s venture capital and hi-tech industries.