[Concurrent] Xue Yongheng, Director of the Bureau of Innovation and Technology of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
After the "Outline of Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" was announced in February 2019, despite the epidemic, we also have a lot of development.
For example, our Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint laboratories have launched 20 joint laboratories after 2019. Of these 20 joint laboratories, our Hong Kong accounted for 19. This confirms that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been steadily moving forward in innovation and technology cooperation. .
[Explanation] In an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency, the Director of the Bureau of Innovation and Technology Xue Yongheng of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government recently stated that in recent years, Hong Kong and the Mainland have been "steadily moving forward" in terms of innovation and technology cooperation, including the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint laboratory, "Up to 340 million yuan of scientific research funds cross the river" and the Legislative Council allocated 18.1 billion Hong Kong dollars to develop the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park.
They are undoubtedly promoting and deepening cooperation in innovation and technology in the Greater Bay Area.
[Explanation] Xue Yongheng believes that although hardware measures have been continuously improved, he also emphasized that talents are the most important element of innovation and technology, which is essential for promoting the Greater Bay Area to become an international innovation and technology center.
[Concurrent] Xue Yongheng, Director of the Bureau of Innovation and Technology of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
In fact, we see that the most important element of all technological innovations is talents. How can we attract more domestic and overseas talents to serve in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area? This is crucial for us to promote the Greater Bay Area to become an international technological innovation center.
For example, as just said, we will support our academicians to contact foreign experts and scholars to come to our Greater Bay Area to give lectures and provide services. These will be done by the government and the academician alliance together.
Our government may provide some resources to cooperate, and academicians should make good use of such a good network (the government), so as to attract elite scholars from all over the world to share, exchange and even serve us in the Greater Bay Area.
[Explanation] For young people to settle in the Greater Bay Area to develop innovation and technology, Xue Yongheng said that each city in the Greater Bay Area has its own unique advantages. I believe that young people will be able to choose the most suitable city for their development opportunities among many cities.
[Concurrent] Xue Yongheng, Director of the Bureau of Innovation and Technology of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
Based on its own advantages, each city in the Greater Bay Area will give young people the best opportunity to develop and let him make a choice.
Shenzhen has the strengths of Shenzhen, Dongguan has the strengths of Dongguan, and Guangzhou has the strengths of Guangzhou.
Under "One Country, Two Systems", Hong Kong also has our unique features. We must make good use of the characteristics, strengths, and advantages that the country has given us under "One Country, Two Systems" to do our own work and assist young people in innovation and technology. There is development.
Reporter Liang Yuan from Hong Kong
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]