On 19 March 2024, Prof. Christopher CHAO, Vice President (Research and Innovation) of PolyU, attended the inaugural Ganzhou Graphene and Textile and Apparel New Material Industry Symposium held in Jiangxi, representing the University to sign a cooperation framework agreement on establishing a strategic partnership with the Government of Xingguo county of Jiangxi. The partnership aims to better gather quality resources to promote the development of textile and apparel industry. Prof. Chao also attended the inauguration ceremony of the Graphene Technology Centre in Xingguo, the first county-level centre of such kind in China. The centre aims to promote the organic integration of new graphene materials in the textile and apparel industry.
In addition, Dr SHOU Dahua, Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Advanced Textiles Technologies and Assistant Professor in the School of Fashion and Textiles, delivered a keynote speech at the Symposium. Dr Shou is a member of various PAIR constituent research units, including the Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems (RI-IWEAR), Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology (RISports), Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality (RCRE), and Research Centre of Textiles for Future Fashion (RCTFF).
Online coverage:
NetEase - https://polyu.me/4908T33, https://polyu.me/4a3oY9o
Sohu - https://polyu.me/3IPFjT6
JX News - https://polyu.me/4cq2Nf8
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