UNIDO总干事格尔德·穆勒到访上海ITPO
联合国工业发展组织总干事格尔德·穆勒（Gerd Müller）率团于7月4日-6日首次访沪。代表团参加了2024世界人工智能大会暨人工智能全球治理高级别会议，并与上海市市长龚正进行了双边会谈。会谈后，总干事一行专程赴上海ITPO调研，讨论落实龚正市长提出的进一步深化合作的要求。
总干事首先肯定了上海ITPO对于UNIDO与中国政府共同设立联合国工业发展组织全球工业人工智能联盟卓越中心（UNIDO AIM Global CoE）所做出的贡献。
他指出，需要进一步强化联合国工业发展组织全球投资和技术促进办公室网络（UNIDO ITPO Network）与总部技术合作部门（Technical Cooperation Departments）的协同来响应上海提出的“把更多合作项目落在上海，共同促进和加速全球工业发展”的期望。同时，他还指出，AI是未来发展的核心驱动力，在助推全球可持续目标实现的过程中将扮演重要角色。希望上海ITPO在其中继续扮演关键角色，作为企业与企业、企业与国家间联系的桥梁，加速技术创新与应用的步伐，减小不同国家和地区间的技术鸿沟。
UNIDO副总干事兼执行干事邹刺勇、UNIDO总干事办公室主任曼努埃尔·马蒂亚特（Manuel Mattiat），UNIDO亚太区域协调处主管赵杰先生、UNIDO驻华代表康博思（Stephen Kargbo），总部初级专业职员张楚仪参加会谈。
之后，总干事一行在上海交通大学校长，中国科学院院士丁奎岭的陪同下赴上海交通大学及上海人工智能研究院实地调研。
Gerd Müller, Director General of UNIDO led a delegation to Shanghai for the first time to attend the World Al Conference & High-Level Meeting on Global Al Governance between July 4 to 6. During this mission, the UNIDO delegation met with Mr. Zheng Gong, Mayor of Shanghai Municipality. After the meeting, Mr. Gerd Müller visited the UNIDO Shanghai Investment and Technology Promotion Office (UNIDO ITPO Shanghai) to discuss on how to implement Mayor's expectation.
Director General first acknowledged the contributions made by the Shanghai ITPO towards the joint establishment of the UNIDO AIM Global CoE by UNIDO and the Chinese government.
He emphasized the need to further strengthen the collaboration between the UNIDO ITPO Network and the headquarters' Technical Cooperation Departments to respond to Shanghai's proposal of "bringing more cooperative projects to Shanghai, jointly promoting and accelerating global industrial development." Additionally, he pointed out that AI is a core driving force for future development and will play a crucial role in advancing global sustainable goals. He hopes that ITPO Shanghai will continue playing a key role as a bridge between enterprises and nations, accelerating the pace of technological innovation and application, and reducing the technological gap between different countries and regions.
Mr. Ciyong Zou, Deputy Director General and Managing Director of UNIDO, Manuel Mattiat, Head of the Director General’s Office, Mr. Jie Zhao, Chief of UNIDO GLO/RFO/ASP, Stephen Kargbo, Representative of UNIDO CRO, and Ms. Chuyi Zhang, Junior Professional Officer of TCS/DAI.
With the companion of DING Kuiling, President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director General visited Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Research Institute.
