(25 May 2016) Two days of work in Huawei centers in China for Vice President of the Sardinia Region, Raffaele Paci and the delegation of Crs4 (Centre for Research, development and higher education in Sardinia) to perfect the agreement signed in relation to the development of research projects in the field of Smart & Safe City. Vice President Paci and the delegation visited the headquarters in Shenzhen: after meeting with the manager of the electronics magnate, the visit with the presentation of the company’s history and the illustration of the most innovative projects, there was a briefing in the meeting room. Next stop in Shanghai in the laboratories Huawei research and development, where Vice President Paci met the Deputy General Manager Wu Ling and the Italian Consul General in Shanghai, Stefano Beltrame. The new intelligent and safest cities of Sardinia will be developed at the Technology Park in Pula, where Huawei – investing approximately €20 million – and Crs4 will open a joint research laboratory. Sardinia is the co-financer of the project, which for now has provided one million and a half after a Council resolution. “We believe very much in the potential of innovation, research and development in strategic sectors such as ICT. The fact that Huawei has chosen Sardinia to develop a project that is unique throughout Europe shows that Sardinia is has excellent competences in these areas- said Deputy Chairman Paci. We also relaunch, through the Sardinia S3 smart strategy, supporting innovation and more valid high-tech projects in every way possible, with particular attention to globalisation. ” (Red)