Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, June 17 (Reporter Ma Xiaocheng) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), located in Nansha, Guangzhou, will officially open this year.
It is independent of legal person, financial independence and dual school equality with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and is called "Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2.0".
Recently, the State Council announced the "Overall Plan for Deepening Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Comprehensive Cooperation in Guangzhou Nansha to the World", proposing that Nansha should strengthen the joint innovation of science and technology between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
The establishment of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) is a microcosm of Nansha's strengthening of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint innovation in science and technology.
Ni Mingxuan, Founding President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), said that under the general trend of "innovation-driven development", "HKUST 2.0" will not only build a university, but will become the cradle of world-class innovative talents facing the future. , innovation base for enterprises and industries.
"After more than 40 years of reform and opening up, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area already has a complete industrial chain. Governments at all levels have increased their support for innovation and entrepreneurship year by year, and a pioneering, enterprising, open and inclusive innovation atmosphere has been formed in the region. Therefore, it attracts talents, capital and other factors from all over the world." Ni Mingxuan said.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) to settle in, Nansha will further play the role of colleges and universities as the birthplace of innovation, and deploy projects such as Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Innovation and Entrepreneurship Industrial Park around the campus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) to promote the integration of government, production, learning and research. development.
In addition to strengthening scientific and technological innovation cooperation with Hong Kong and Macao, Nansha is building a large number of major scientific and technological innovation platforms locally.
At the construction site of the Pearl Science Park project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nansha, the roar of the road rollers can be heard endlessly, and the construction personnel are working continuously... A new base for many institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will be built here.
The main project of the Southern Ocean Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) is about to be completed, the cold spring ecosystem has been incorporated into the national plan, the National Engineering Research Center for Natural Gas Hydrate Exploration and Development has been approved, and the early stage of the hypersonic wind tunnel and extreme marine dynamic scientific research facility project has been launched Work...Nansha, which used to have a weak foundation in basic scientific research, is gaining momentum and will become a high ground for basic scientific research in the Greater Bay Area.
"In addition to our laboratory, many scientific research institutions will also come here to develop, and the innovative resources here can be expected in the future." said Yang Huayong, a professor at the Guangdong Laboratory of Southern Marine Science and Engineering (Guangzhou).
Only when basic scientific research is combined with industrial applications can more power emerge.
In recent years, Nansha's "real money" has supported the development of the entire chain of technological innovation enterprises. At present, more than 620 artificial intelligence and biotechnology enterprises have gathered. A number of technological innovation enterprises such as Zhaoke Ophthalmology and Yuncong Technology have been successfully listed, and the first commercial enterprise in Guangdong The aerospace unicorn Zhongke Aerospace landed in Nansha, and innovation achievements accelerated.
Standing on the already built Mingzhu Development Building, overlooking the Lingshan Island, Mingzhu Bay is still in the development stage.
On a virtual reality device or tablet, you can see that the planned but unbuilt buildings are superimposed on the existing reality at a scale of 1:1. Mirror World".
"The company chose to start a business in Nansha because of the advantages of industry-university-research agglomeration formed here in the field of artificial intelligence." said Hu Wen, the company's founder.
In the final analysis, technological innovation depends on talents.
Nansha is speeding up the construction of an international talent zone, and has implemented a number of powerful measures to gather talents.
At present, 17,000 high-level and key talents have been gathered. The Southern Ocean Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) alone has gathered 16 academician teams.
Gu Zhenglong, Assistant Dean of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Precision Medicine Research Institute, resigned from his position as a tenured professor at Cornell University and came to work in Nansha full-time.
He said that he "voted with his feet" to continue his scientific research career in Nansha.
"The location advantage here is obvious and the policy support is strong. I am full of confidence in the development prospects of Nansha." Gu Zhenglong said.