In the morning of September 6th, a HKBU delegation and several UIC representatives headed by the HKBU & UIC President Prof. Ng Ching-Fai visited the Zhuhai High-Tech Zone. Vice-mayor of Zhuai & Party Committee Secretary of the High-Tech Zone Mr. Wang Qingli welcomed the HKBU and UIC delegation. The Director of the High-Tech Zone, Mr. Ren Qiushi, gave a talk about the construction and innovations about the zone. The two parties discussed about future cooperation projects. The delegation later visited some high-tech companies such as the Dingli Communications Corp. Ltd., and the Meizu Technology Co., Ltd.
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Director Ren Qiushi said they are striving to build the Zhuhai High-Tech Zone into a new international center for technological innovation. He hoped that after this visit, the two parties may establish a closer cooperative relationship, and make the best use of the research resources in Zhuahi and Hong Kong. Prof. Ng appreciated the scientific innovational achievements and the creative measures made by the High-Tech Zone. He said the purpose of this visit was to learn about the business environment of the zone and the development of the high-tech industry in Zhuhai, as well as to seek cooperation opportunities. HKBU and UIC may join hands to make the best use of their scientific research resources and human resources, and cooperate with the Zhuhai High-Tech Zone in many fields, including software, Chinese medicine, luminescent materials, etc.
In the symposium that follows, cooperation possibilities emerged in fields such as Chinese medicine and software developing. For instance, UIC could invite David Parnas, one of the pioneers and founders of modern computer sciences and software engineering, to join in to enhance the research and development capacity of the High-Tech Zone, and hopefully, a new platform of software talents with David Parnas at the core could be established. In the field of Chinese medicine, talents could come from the School of Chinese Medicine from HKBU and the Food Science and Technology Program and Statistics Program from UIC. They can work together to set up a domestic standard for Chinese medicine, which would promote the modernization process of the industry.
The delegation was impressed by the hardware construction and software facilities of the Zhuhai High-Tech Zone. Further discussions would be carried out soon by the two parties.
Members of the HKBU delegation include Vice-President (Research & Institutional Advancement) Prof. TSOI Ah Chung, Associate Vice-President Prof. Tang Tao, Associate Vice-President & Director of the Research and Development Department of the School of Chinese Medicine Prof. David Fong, Dean of the School of Chinese Medicine, Prof. Liu Liang, Dean of the Faculty of Science Prof. Rick W. K. WONG, Associate Dean & Director of the Teaching Division of the School of Chinese Medicine Prof. Wendy W. L. HSIAO, Department Head of Physics Prof. CHEAH Kok Wai, Department Head of Computer Science Prof. LIU Jiming, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science Dr. Yiu-ming CHEUNG.
Written by Emily Wu, Translated by Richard Xu
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