Delegation from Qingdao Municipal People’s Government visits CityUHK
A delegation from the Qingdao Municipal People’s Government visited City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) on 22 April and met with CityUHK senior management. The two sides exchanged views on scientific research and teaching cooperation.
The delegation was led by Mr Wang Bo, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee and Deputy Mayor of Qingdao City; and included Mr Yu Bingbo, Deputy Director of the Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and Mr Guan Wei, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shinan District Party Committee and Deputy District Mayor of Shinan District of Qingdao City.
The delegation was warmly welcomed by Professor Freddy Boey, CityUHK President, and members of senior management, including Professor Michael Yang Mengsu, Senior Vice-President (Innovation and Enterprise), and Professor Julie Li Juan, Associate Vice-President (Mainland Strategy).
President Boey and Professor Yang introduced the unique features of CityUHK to the delegation, including its focus on excellence in research and professional education, and its promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship. CityUHK’s HK Tech 300 programme provides diversified education while transforming the University’s research results and intellectual property into applications. The CityUHK Academy of Innovation builds on the success of the HK Tech 300 programme to further promote collaboration between the University and industry in Hong Kong and beyond.
Mr Wang outlined the economic, industrial and scientific research aspects of Qingdao. He commended universities in Hong Kong for their solid foundation and innovative spirit and found the HK Tech 300 programme highly inspiring. He hoped that Qingdao and CityUHK would strengthen cooperation in R&D innovation and talent nurturing.
The delegation also visited CityUHK’s State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution and the Time-Resolved Aberration-Corrected Environmental Electron Microscope Unit to learn about CityUHK’s research capabilities in the marine environment and electron microscopes.
