China News Service, Guangzhou, August 17 (Reporter Wang Jian) ​​The reporter learned from the Pearl River Water Conservancy Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources (hereinafter referred to as the "Pearl River Committee") on the 17th that the Pearl River Water Conservancy Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the "Pearl River Academy of Sciences") has been approved. Preparation for the establishment of the Key Laboratory of Water Safety in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of ​​the Ministry of Water Resources.

  According to the Pearl River Committee, the laboratory is based on the Pearl River Academy of Sciences, and is jointly established by Nanjing Institute of Water Resources, Sun Yat-sen University, Southern University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Guangdong Academy of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Research, etc. Gathering the advantages of water conservancy scientific research resources in the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao to achieve joint construction, sharing and collaborative innovation, focusing on the water security guarantee of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the scientific and technological needs of high-quality development of water conservancy in the new stage, carry out basic applied research and technical product research and development, and serve the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Construction of national strategy and water conservancy center work.

  It is understood that the laboratory consists of four research directions: key technologies for water resources optimization and guarantee in the Greater Bay Area, urban water environment governance and ecological recovery in the Greater Bay Area, extreme disaster prevention and safety in the Greater Bay Area, and integration of water conservancy standards in the Greater Bay Area.

  The relevant person in charge of the Pearl River Committee said that the construction of the laboratory is an important measure to implement the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan Outline" and "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Water Security Plan".

Strive to build the laboratory into a scientific and technological innovation highland for water security in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with global influence in 5 to 10 years, a base for high-level talent training, technology transformation, international academic exchanges and cooperation Demonstration platform for in-depth cooperation in technological integration and innovation.

  The Pearl River Committee revealed that in the next step, the Pearl River Academy of Sciences will rely on the advantages of the unit, in accordance with the relevant requirements of the construction and acceptance of key laboratories of the Ministry of Water Resources, strengthen organization and coordination, with the tenet of "openness, flow, unity and competition", and follow "unified management, hierarchical responsibility". , responsibility to people, fully open" management model, vigorously promote the laboratory preparation work.

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