[Hong Kong Quick Review]
Author: Jiao Lei (Professor and doctoral supervisor of the Institute of Higher Education, South China University of Technology)
Hong Kong has abundant high-quality higher education resources, and many universities have performed well in world university rankings. The University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the City University of Hong Kong have been recognized as the world's top 100 by well-known institutions. The "Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" clearly states that it "supports the cooperation of universities in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in running schools, and encourages the joint construction of advantageous disciplines, laboratories and research centers." With the further advancement of the national strategy of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, well-known Hong Kong universities have begun to set up schools in Guangdong. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), and the Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University Joint International College have "settled" in Guangdong. In Guangdong, the University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan), and Metropolitan University of Hong Kong (Zhaoqing) are under construction or under preparation. Guangdong and Hong Kong cooperate in education and complement each other's advantages, taking multiple measures to empower education and industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Adopt an international education model to cultivate the talents needed in the Bay Area
Compared with mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong’s higher education has international advantages. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area aims to build a world-class bay area, and international talents are an indispensable core component.
Guangdong and Hong Kong jointly run schools, follow the international education model, make full use of the advantages of Hong Kong universities in international talent training, and combine the needs of the Greater Bay Area to cultivate globally competitive talents. For example, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) clearly uses English as its basic working and teaching language. At the same time, under the concept of "HKUST becomes one, and the two schools complement each other", the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) open and share courses and research facilities, encouraging teachers from both schools to jointly guide students, and students can also study both at the same time. School degree courses. Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College also implements English teaching and aims to cultivate liberal arts international talents. Its teaching team comes from more than 30 countries and regions around the world.
Optimize the layout of disciplines and majors to support the development of industries in the Bay Area
The establishment of disciplines and majors is related to the key areas and directions of university talent training, scientific research, and technology transfer, and plays an important supporting role in regional industrial structure. The "Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" points out that it is necessary to "cultivate and expand strategic emerging industries" and "promote the development and expansion of new generation information technology, biotechnology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, etc. into new pillar industries." The industrial development positioning of the Greater Bay Area provides guidance for the establishment of disciplines and majors in universities in the region.
The universities jointly run by Guangdong and Hong Kong take the construction of the Greater Bay Area as an opportunity to closely follow the industrial development direction of the Bay Area, optimize the layout of disciplines and majors, and support the long-term development of the Bay Area industry. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) is guided by the needs of the Bay Area and focuses on artificial intelligence and robotics, big data and data science, biomedicine, financial logistics and other majors to support the development of local emerging industries and future industries. Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University Joint International College has added majors in data science, big data technology, and artificial intelligence. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) abandoned the traditional way of setting up departments and established four hubs connecting multiple disciplines: function, information, system and society. The hubs cover research directions in multiple emerging fields. For example, the "functional" hub includes advanced materials , earth and ocean atmospheric sciences, microelectronics, sustainable energy and environment and other fields.
School-enterprise scientific research collaboration helps Bay Area enterprises transform and upgrade
Hong Kong universities have strong scientific research capabilities, and the Greater Bay Area provides a nearby and broad space for the transfer and transformation of scientific research results of Hong Kong universities.
Guangdong and Hong Kong jointly run universities and enterprises in the Greater Bay Area to carry out extensive scientific research cooperation, jointly build scientific research platforms, collaboratively carry out core technology research and development, solve "stuck neck" technical problems, provide strong support for enterprise transformation and upgrading, and help achieve innovation-driven sustainable development . The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) has established a series of joint laboratories with enterprises, such as the CUHK (Shenzhen)-Keying 3D Display Technology Joint Laboratory, the CUHK (Shenzhen)-Boya Life Regenerative Medicine Engineering Joint Laboratory, etc. ; Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College and China Unicom (Zhuhai) cooperated to establish a big data collaborative innovation center, etc.
Support innovation and entrepreneurship and incubate high-tech enterprises in the Bay Area
Building an international science and technology innovation center is one of the important strategic goals of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The universities jointly run by Guangdong and Hong Kong attach great importance to innovation and entrepreneurship, strengthen cooperation between industry, academia and research, and have spawned a number of high-tech enterprises.
The Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University Joint International College focuses on industry-university-research cooperation and has established an industry-university-research base in the Zhuhai Science and Technology Innovation Park to support innovation and entrepreneurship activities in areas such as artificial intelligence and "Internet of Things+", cultivate and incubate entrepreneurship projects for teachers and students, and help the latest Industrialization of scientific research results. The Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Center of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), in conjunction with enterprises and other resources, provides training, funding and other support to the entrepreneurial teams of teachers and students at the school, and assists the entrepreneurial teams in promoting technology transfer. The universities jointly run by Guangdong and Hong Kong generally focus on the incubation of high-tech enterprises and promote the development of high-tech industries in the Greater Bay Area.
In the future, as more Hong Kong schools “settle” in mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area and build closer relationships with enterprises, scientific research institutions, local governments, etc. in the Greater Bay Area, their spillover effects on the Greater Bay Area will be even more evident. (Guangming Daily)