Ceremony mobilizes major projects construction

A groundbreaking ceremony for the major projects construction of Guangzhou Nansha Demonstration Zone for Comprehensive Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao was held in Guangzhou on Sept 26.

It targeted two key construction projects: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) and the Mingzhu Science Park of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

A design sketch of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). [Photo/gznsnews.com.cn]

A design sketch of the Mingzhu Science Park of Chinese Academy of Sciences. [Photo/gznsnews.com.cn]

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, extended her congratulations to the initiating of the two projects.

She said that the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) will contribute to breaking new ground in the exchange of higher education between Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

The Hong Kong government will support the educational development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area under the framework of “One Country, Two Systems” by fostering talents with innovative ability and international horizons.

Ma Xingrui, on behalf of the Party committee and government of Guangdong Province, welcomed all the guests at the site and expressed a resolve to intensify the cooperation and build a better bay area.

The cooperative educational program will deepen the bay area’s technological innovation, industrial upgrading and high-quality development by cultivating talents in the following inter-related fields: data science, robotics and autonomous systems, bio-medicine and biomedical engineering, advanced materials, intelligent manufacturing and artificial intelligence.

The Mingzhu Science Park, a science and education project co-constructed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Guangzhou municipal government, has committed to five facilities including the Guangdong Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute, the Guangdong Intelligent Unmanned System Research Institute, the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Branch and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou.