December 16, 2014

HKBIO’s Chairman, Prof Albert YU was invited to attend the opening ceremony for Fok Ying Tung Research Institute Building at the Nansha IT Park in Guangzhou on December 16, 2014. At the ceremony, HKUST signed an agreement on setting up the National Supercomputer Center in Nansha to further strengthen the development of the platform for technology transfer between Hong Kong and the Mainland. Moreover, various agreements were also signed between the Institute and its partners, including the Ministry of Public Security, Guangdong Environmental Monitoring Centre, China Telecom, SINOPEC Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, East China University of Science and Technology, Guangdong University of Science and Technology, NXP Semiconductors and Shandong Qiquan Group, among others, to further enhance education, research and industry collaboration with the Mainland.