China News Service, June 6. According to Hong Kong's "Wen Wei Po" report, the Youth Academy of Hong Kong (YASHK) under the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences has been established for nearly 4 years and has recently completed the reelection.
The new dean of the institute, the associate vice-president (research and innovation) of the University of Hong Kong, Shun Haozhang, and a group of executive committee members recently held a media gathering. In order to assist the transformation of scientific research, YASHK will add an "industry partner committee", "policy advocacy committee", etc. , hoping to improve the scientific research level of Hong Kong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area by connecting with the scientific research and industrial fields, and making suggestions beneficial to the development of I&T.
Established in 2018, YASHK is a branch of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences. Currently, 53 young scientists have been elected as academicians of the Academy.
Shun Haozhang said that the SAR government has increased investment in innovation and technology in recent years, and the opportunity is rare. YASHK will strengthen its work in industrial transformation, policy advocacy, and talent cultivation in order to seize the opportunity. Therefore, it will adjust the original structure and reorganize the "Knowledge Transfer Committee" for the "Industry Partnership Council".
Zheng Zijian, chairman of the committee and professor of the Department of Textiles and Clothing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said that in order to promote "re-industrialization" in Hong Kong, scientific research results must be transformed and "implemented". Therefore, the committee hopes to play a coordinating and linking role. , funds, etc.
Shun Haozhang added that many professors are not good at transforming scientific research results or setting up technology companies. Therefore, Hong Kong needs to build a complete scientific and technological innovation ecological chain, so that different links such as technological innovation, achievement transformation, patent application writing, and company establishment can attract the best talents. talent, "rather than having top professors do too much at the same time and juggle things they're not good at."
Hong Kong’s land resources are scarce, so it is imperative to cooperate with other cities in the Greater Bay Area for scientific research transformation.
Zheng Zijian said that Hong Kong's staff salaries and land rents are high. If we want to develop high-tech technologies such as deep technology, and open up the flow of logistics and personnel between the two places, it is believed that it will help enhance the overall scientific research capabilities of the Greater Bay Area.
In order to convey the voice of the innovation and technology sector to the SAR government, YASHK will set up a "Policy Advocacy Committee". The chairman of the committee and associate professor of the Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lu Ailan pointed out that the committee will report to the government on the budget, policy address, etc. Make recommendations, including how to use funds and strengthen cooperation among cities in the Greater Bay Area.
As for attracting scientific research talents, Shuen Haozhang said that in order to attract global talents, in addition to salary and development opportunities, equipment and facilities are also important factors. Top experts are coming to Hong Kong." Therefore, the SAR government is urged to introduce more facilitation measures in relevant areas.
In terms of nurturing local talents, YASHK has set up an "Outreach Committee". Ma Guiyi, Associate Dean of YASHK and Associate Professor of the School of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Hong Kong, hopes to introduce the latest research in the scientific community and share scientists through activities such as scientists entering secondary school classrooms and holding scientific lectures. The scientific research road, let middle school students know what the way out of innovation and technology is.