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24 Apr, 2017

‘International Summit on Belt and Road Innovation and Entrepreneurship cum Dinner Gathering’ in Hangzhou

In celebration of PolyU’s 80th Anniversary,Zhejiang University’s 120thAnniversaryand the 20thAnniversary of Zhejiang University-PolyU Joint Centre,Ir Prof.Xu You Lin,Dean of the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE)and Prof. Albert Chan, Head of the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE), together with a programme team of BRE’s MSc in International Real Estate- Zhejiang(IRE),were invited to the ‘International Summit on Belt and Road Innovation and Entrepreneurship cum Dinner Gathering’ in Hangzhou on 22 April 2017 In the Summit, the guests-of-honour included Prof. LiLu,Director-General of the Department of Educational, Scientific and Technological Affairs at the Liaison Office of The Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR,Mr. Guo Huawei, Chief, Department in the Education, Zhejiang Province of China and Mr. Eddie Ng Hak Kim, SBS, JP,Secretary for Education of the HKSAR Government. In addition,Prof. Sir James Mirr lees,Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences for 1996, shared his wisdom and insight into the theme of ‘Belt and Road Initiative–Innovative Growth’ in his keynote speech.Also, there were two plenary sessions about ‘Business Opportunities and Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Education and Innovation’, respectively. Afterwards, a dinner gathering was held for guests, alumni,students and staff to celebrate this important milestone and catch up with one another.Prof. Timothy W.Tong, JP and Prof. Wu Zhao hui, the respective Presidents of PolyU and Zhejiang University,gave a rapturous welcome to every participant in the dinner where the official establishment of Zhejiang University-PolyU Joint Centre’s Alumni Association was announced.Also, Dr Stanley Yeung, Programme Leader of IRE shared,‘It was very exciting forusto catch upand network with a lot of IRE graduates on this wonderful occasion.’ This one-day well-packed programme was a roaring success, bringing participants diverse perspectives on the subject ‘Belt and Road Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ and a joyful celebration in the hope off urther flourishing development of PolyU and Zhejiang University.

22 Apr, 2017