谢建超，广东连平人，资深媒体人，哲学博士，世界创新大会创始人，中国创新大会发起人。现任世界创新大会组委会秘书长，世界创新大会有限公司董事长。曾长期在中国国务院发展研究中心系统从事新闻媒体和经济发展研究工作，主要关注及开展科技创新、经济创新、产业发展、国际创新合作等领域研究，致力于服务国家创新发展和促进国际创新交流合作公益事业，提出致力把世界创新大会打造成为具有全球影响力的国际创新交流合作平台和国际创新标杆盛会目标，让创新更好地造福人类。

2016年，为贯彻习近平主席关于创新发展系列重要讲话重要指示精神，谢建超发起超创办“中国创新大会（CIC)”国际交流合作平台倡议，致力于促进中国与国际的创新交流合作，服务国家创新发展。倡议得到了国务院发展研究中心、科学技术部、国家发展和改革委员会、工业和信息化部、广东省委和省政府等有关部门的大力支持，并成立中国创新大会组委会。

2017年6月，首届中国创新大会在广州隆重举办。时任广东省委书记胡春华、国务院发展研究中心主任李伟、科学技术部部长王志刚、工业和信息化部部长苗圩、广东省省长马兴瑞等重要领导出席大会并致辞，钟南山院士、林毅夫教授、郑永年教授、马化腾董事长、李书福董事长、曾庆洪董事长、罗杰斯金融家等著名专家和企业家作主旨演讲，来自全球1500名政界、科学界和企业界代表出席会议并开展相关领域的合作，会议取得巨大成功，引起国际社会广泛关注。

2018年，谢建超在“中国创新大会（CIC)”的基础上创办“创新全球论坛（IGF)”。2019年，谢建超提出将“中国创新大会”和“创新全球论坛”合并更名为“世界创新大会(WIC)”，并成立世界创新大会组委会，谢建超出任世界创新大会组委会秘书长。大会主旨是“促进国际创新交流合作，让创新更好地造福人类”；愿景是“立足中国，面向世界，致力打造具有全球影响力的国际创新交流合作平台和国际创新标杆盛会，努力成为链接全球政界、工商界、科学界的桥梁和纽带”。由此，世界创新大会向“国际化、市场化、专业化”发展迈进。

经过九年的精心培育和发展国际性会议，世界创新大会已成功举办八届年度盛会，以及中国创新大会、创新全球论坛等，来自100多个国家和地区的政府官员、国际组织负责人、工商界领袖、科学家、青年科学家和学者等9000多名嘉宾出席会议。近百位重要嘉宾在大会作主旨演讲，签署了一系列科技创新与经贸投资合作协议，取得了丰硕成果，国内国际影响力不断增强。

目前，世界创新大会已与100多个国家、地区政府部门和国际组织建立了良好的联系；与200多家跨国企业、创新领军企业和科研院所建立了合作伙伴关系；汇聚了300多位全球顶尖科学家、企业家、青年科学家和学者资源；融合了会议交流、创新合作、产业投资、智库咨询、国际贸易、创新技术成果交易等功能，为大会理事会员和各国政府、企业不断提供丰富而有价值的创新服务。

Xie Jianchao, a native of Lianping, Guangdong, is a senior media personality, Doctor of Philosophy, founder of World Innovation Congress, and initiator of China Innovation Congress. He is now the Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the World Innovation Conference and the Chairman of the Board of World Innovation Conference Ltd. He has been engaged in news media and economic development research in Development Research Center of the State Council of the People's Republic of China for a long time, mainly focusing on scientific and technological innovation, economic innovation, industrial development, international innovation cooperation and other areas of research, committed to serving the national innovation development and promoting international innovation exchange and cooperation for the public welfare, and put forward to strive to make the World Innovation Conference a globally influential platform for international innovation exchanges and cooperation and an international innovation event, so as to make innovation better and more effective. It proposes to strive to make the World Innovation Conference a globally influential international innovation exchange and cooperation platform and an international innovation event, so that innovation can better benefit mankind.

In 2016, in order to implement the spirit of President Xi Jinping's series of important speeches and instructions on innovation and development, Xie Jianchao initiated the initiative of founding the “China Innovation Conference (CIC)” international exchange and cooperation platform, which is dedicated to promoting China's innovation exchanges and cooperation with the international community, and to serve the country's innovation and development. The initiative received strong support from the Development Research Center of the State Council, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government and other relevant departments, and set up the Organizing Committee of China Innovation Conference.

In June 2017, the first China Innovation Conference was held in Guangzhou. Hu Chunhua, then Secretary of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Li Wei, Director of Development Research Center of the State Council, Wang Zhigang, Minister of Science and Technology, Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Ma Xingrui, Governor of Guangdong Province, and other important leaders attended the conference and delivered speeches, and renowned experts and entrepreneurs, such as Academician Zhong Nanshan, Prof. Lin Justin Yifu, Prof. Zheng Yongnian, Chairman Ma Huateng, Chairman Li Shufu, Chairman Zeng Qinghong, and Rogers Financier, gave keynote speeches. 1500 representatives from the global political, scientific and business circles attended the conference and carried out cooperation in related fields, which was a great success and attracted wide attention from the international community.

In 2018, Xie Jianchao founded the Innovation Global Forum (IGF) on the basis of the China Innovation Conference (CIC), and in 2019, Xie Jianchao proposed to merge CIC and IGF and rename them as the World Innovation Conference (WIC), and set up the Organizing Committee of WIC. In 2019, Xie Jianchao proposed to merge “China Innovation Conference” and “Innovation Global Forum” and rename it as “World Innovation Conference (WIC)”, and set up the Organizing Committee of WIC, with Xie Jianchao as the Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of WIC. The main theme of the conference is “to promote international innovation exchange and cooperation, so that innovation can better benefit mankind”; the vision is "based on China, facing the world, and strive to build a globally influential platform for international innovation exchange and cooperation and international innovation benchmarking event, and strive to become a bridge and link between global politics, business and the scientific community. It strives to become a bridge and link between the global political, business and scientific communities. As a result, the World Innovation Conference is moving towards the development of “internationalization, marketization and specialization”.

After nine years of careful cultivation and development of international conferences, the World Innovation Conference has successfully held eight annual events, as well as the China Innovation Conference, Innovation Global Forum, etc., with more than 9,000 guests attending the conference, including government officials, heads of international organizations, business leaders, scientists, young scientists and scholars, etc. from more than 100 countries and regions. Nearly 100 important guests delivered keynote speeches at the conference, and a series of science and technology innovation and economic, trade and investment cooperation agreements were signed, achieving fruitful results and increasing domestic and international influence.

At present, the World Innovation Conference has established good connections with more than 100 national and regional government departments and international organizations; established partnerships with more than 200 multinational enterprises, innovation leaders and research institutes; gathered more than 300 global top scientists, entrepreneurs, young scientists and scholars' resources; and integrated conference exchanges, innovation cooperation, industrial investment, think-tank consulting, and international trade, It integrates conference exchange, innovation cooperation, industrial investment, think-tank consulting, international trade, and trading of innovation and technology achievements, providing rich and valuable innovation services for the members of the General Assembly Council, governments and enterprises.

Email：xie.jianchao@wewic.com