An inauguration\nceremony for the University of Macau-Huafa Group Joint Laboratory and Zhuhai UM\nScience & Technology Research Institute was held today (25 October). The\nestablishment of the joint laboratory and the research institute is an example\nof cross-border industry-academia collaboration to align Macao\u2019s development\nwith national development. By bringing together innovative people and advanced\ntechnologies from Zhuhai and Macao, the laboratory and the institute hope to\ncreate a world-class hub for collaborative innovation in order to promote\nindustrial upgrading and commercialisation of research results in the\nGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.<\/p>
At the ceremony,\nUM Rector Yonghua Song and Huafa Group General Manager Li Guangning signed a\nstrategic cooperation framework agreement. Many distinguished guests attended\nthe ceremony. They were Wang Xindong, secretary general of the Liaison Office\nof the Central People\u2019s Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region;\nGuo Yonghang, secretary of the Zhuhai municipal committee of the Communist\nParty of China (CPC); Lam Kam Seng, chair of UM\u2019s University Council; He Dihua,\na second-class inspector of the Department of Science and Technology of\nGuangdong province; Sou Chio Fai, director of the Higher Education Bureau of\nMacao; Zhao Jianguo, deputy secretary of the Zhuhai municipal committee of the\nCPC; Lau Wai Meng, director of Macau Post and Telecommunications; Yan Wu, vice\nmayor of Zhuhai; Lau Wai Meng, deputy director of the Economic Bureau of Macao;\nNiu Jing, secretary of the Management Committee of the Hengqin New Area; as\nwell as representatives and leaders from UM and the appropriate departments in\nZhuhai and Hengqin New Area.<\/p>
Rector Song says\nthat the joint laboratory will provide a platform for UM and Huafa Group to\ncarry out concrete cooperation in various areas. For instance, both parties\nwill carry out close cooperation in technological innovation in order to\npromote the moderate diversification of Macao\u2019s economy and industrial\nupgrading in Zhuhai. Rector Song adds that with the great support of the\ngovernment of the Hengqin New Area, the planning and refurbishment of the new\nbuilding of the Zhuhai UM Science & Technology Research Institute took less\nthan six months to complete, and the various research centres are now ready for\nuse.<\/p>
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As the only\npublic comprehensive university in Macao, UM is committed to nurturing\nprofessionals in various fields to serve society. Thanks to the support of the\ncentral and Macao SAR governments, the university has established a variety of\nacademic disciplines in such fields as electronic information, engineering and\nmaterials, biomedical sciences, artificial intelligence, and brain science,\nwith significant progress in scientific research and innovative capacity in\nrecent years. Huafa Group is an industry leader, a state-owned enterprise, a\nprovider of comprehensive financial services, and a leader in industrial\nupgrading. Both parties will cooperate in spirit of the Outline of the\nStrategies for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay\nArea, in order to achieve a win-win result, to establish a platform for\ntechnological innovation on the west bank of Pearl River, and to make a\ncontribution to the development of the Greater Bay Area.<\/p>
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