EFCIFrench-Chinese Entrepreneurs for InnovationEvents
Forums, private exchanges, Coffee Chats, afterworks, hackathons, and cross-disciplinary sessions make EFCI visible in the room, not only online.
EFCI co-hosted a session with Jin Xing and partner communities, exploring expression, personal brand, long-term impact, and the choices behind public presence.
A practical panel on China, Africa, and the United States, covering M&A dynamics, partnerships, business development, and localized strategy.
Speakers from fashion, media, film, luxury, and communication discussed how art can become a strategic driver of innovation and long-term value.
Drawing on 32 years of finance and tax practice, Zhao Aili combined fiscal logic with Inamori's management philosophy to help founders read the fundamentals behind growth — a curated, small-format private session.
ESCP Chine and EFCI co-hosted an open-mic night near the Eiffel Tower, where 40+ France-China founders and high-potential talents exchanged openly around real projects and resources.
Participants from business and tech ecosystems formed mixed teams to tackle sustainability challenges and move toward concrete solution concepts.
Ning Jie, a data and AI engineer with 10+ years at SFR, Le Monde, L'Oréal, and Kering, joined 20+ participants to discuss industry shifts, career transitions, and freelancing in France.
Together with AFCIE, EFCI hosted a BCI salon: Flexolink founder Dr. Sun Yu and guests from Mentalista and NaoX discussed non-invasive brain-computer interfaces, flexible EEG patches, and France-China collaboration.
With ESCP Chine and PSL Chine, EFCI gathered nearly 60 guests from AI, energy, healthcare, finance, and consulting around commercializing scientific thinking and technologizing business decisions.
Zhao Aili spoke on reading and choosing people — from Enneagram patterns to real cases — with 30+ founders from energy, education, fashion, AI, and healthcare.
20+ founders and researchers in France studied Kazuo Inamori's management philosophy with Zhao Aili, sharing reflections on running a business and personal growth.
EFCI's first Seine riverside mixer brought 40+ guests together around AI, energy, and healthcare topics — plus careers and life choices — with AI-grouped digital event cards as icebreakers.
