Press Release

HKBU and Tsinghua to collaborate on translational research in China's Greater Bay Area

Thursday, 07 Mar 2019

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Research Institute of Tsinghua, Pearl River Delta (Tsinghua-PRD) have established a research collaboration partnership. With funding, space and policy support from the Guangzhou Municipal Government, the partnership aims to facilitate the commercialisation of HKBU research with the technology incubation resources in Guangzhou. HKBU is the first local tertiary institution to collaborate and sign an agreement with Tsinghua-PRD under the Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

 

At a signing ceremony on 6 March 2019, the two institutions signed a partnership MOU and an affiliated research collaboration agreement. The ceremony was officiated by Mr Zhan Decun, Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau; Mr Sun Xuewei, Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of Guangzhou Development District; Professor Ji Shishan, Deputy Secretary General of Tsinghua University and Dean of Tsinghua-PRD; Professor Rick Wong, HKBU Vice-President (Research and Development); Professor Huang Yu, HKBU Associate Vice-President (Mainland); and Professor Liu Jiming, HKBU Associate Vice-President (Research).

 

As the first collaborative project under the partnership, Tsinghua-PRD will invest RMB5 million in support of the commercialisation of a novel antimicrobial susceptibility testing system invented at HKBU.

 

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Professor Ji Shishan (front row, 3rd from left) and Professor Rick Wong (front row, 4th from right) sign a partnership MOU on behalf of the two institutions, while Mr Wang Debao (front row, left), Associate Dean of Tsinghua-PRD, and Professor Zhang Jianhua (front row, right), HKBU Dean of Science, sign a research collaboration agreement on behalf of the two institutions. Professor Ji Shishan (front row, 3rd from left) and Professor Rick Wong (front row, 4th from right) sign a partnership MOU on behalf of the two institutions, while Mr Wang Debao (front row, left), Associate Dean of Tsinghua-PRD, and Professor Zhang Jianhua (front row, right), HKBU Dean of Science, sign a research collaboration agreement on behalf of the two institutions.
Professor Ji Shishan (front row, 3rd from left) and Professor Rick Wong (front row, 4th from right) sign a partnership MOU on behalf of the two institutions, while Mr Wang Debao (front row, left), Associate Dean of Tsinghua-PRD, and Professor Zhang Jianhua (front row, right), HKBU Dean of Science, sign a research collaboration agreement on behalf of the two institutions.