According to the "China Unicorn Enterprise Development Report (2024)" released at the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting, there are 369 unicorn enterprises in China. Yunnan GuoTitanium Metal Co., LTD., as the world's largest titanium sponge production enterprise, ranks 201th among the world's unicorn enterprises in China with an annual titanium sponge production capacity of 80,000 tons.
Zhongguancun Forum is a national platform for global science, technology and innovation exchange and cooperation in China. It is jointly organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Association for Science and Technology and the City of Beijing, with the support of nearly 10 ministries and commissions, including UNESCO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Science Parks and Innovation Regional Association and the Ministry of Education. After 17 years of development since 2007, Zhongguancun Forum has become a global, comprehensive and open high-end international forum for scientific and technological innovation.
The 2024 Zhongguancun Forum opened in Beijing on April 25. Leaders of relevant countries attended and addressed the opening ceremony. About 1,000 people, including more than 100 countries and regions, more than 150 foreign government departments and international organizations, domestic and foreign scientists and business leaders, attended the forum.