Asia Invest Alliance - Strengthening the Photonics Industry EU-China aims to establish a network between European and Chinese Associations from this sector and in doing so expand the capacity of the associations to assist the industry. It wants to increase the capacity of industry associations for the Photonics sector in the EU and China to provide better services to their member companies who want to enter the EU/Chinese Market and strengthen the level of cooperation among SME’s in the EU and China by helping to build confidence on both sides.

To achieve this goal, the project focuses on three main activities:

• A series of five workshops will be held in China and managed by the Project Partners. Through knowledge transfer from Europe to China, but also from China to Europe, a common language between the partners shall be created. This provides the basis for developing new projects together and for improving the services for the member companies.

• The interactive internet platform Photonics Networks shall facilitate the approach from Chinese and European companies. It contains information on the Chinese and European market and its particularities and will be maintained and updated by the project partners.

• One part of the interactive internet platform is a company assessment guide. This guide will allow companies to assess risks, product suitability, market entry opportunities, environmental aspects.