Forum on Integrating I&T into GBA and the National System cum Launch Ceremony of the Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology (PReCIT) successfully held

PolyU successfully held the “Forum on Integrating I&T into GBA and the National System cum Launch Ceremony of the Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology (PReCIT)” on 24 November 2022. About 300 staff, students, alums, guests, and leaders from I&T, finance, and academia attended this grand occasion and exchanged views on how Hong Kong can proactively integrate into the Nation’s development plan.

At the opening ceremony, Mr Xu Jie, Deputy Director-General of the Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China; Prof. Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, HKSAR Government; and Ms Li Fangfang, Director of the Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs, Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered video remarks to congratulate PolyU on its 85^th Anniversary and the official debut of PReCIT.

Dr Lam Tai-fai, PolyU Council Chairman; Ms Lillian Cheong, Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the HKSAR Government; Mr Charles Li, Co-Founder and Chairman of Micro Connect and Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited; Prof. Teng Jin-Guang, President; Dr Lawrence Li Kwok-chang, PolyU Deputy Council Chairman; Prof. Wong Wing-tak, Deputy President and Provost; Dr Miranda Lou, Executive Vice President; Prof. Christopher Chao, Vice President (Research and Innovation) and Director of PReCIT; and Prof. Eric Chui, Head of Department of Applied Social Sciences and Co-Director of PReCIT, officiated the launch ceremony.

PReCIT is a university-level interdisciplinary policy research centre with the aspiration to be the leading I&T think tank in Hong Kong and the region. The Centre focuses on three major research areas – carbon neutral cities, the Greater Bay Area I&T development, and the Belt and Road Initiative development in Southeast Asia, with a view to supporting Hong Kong’s evolution into an international I&T hub in line with the National 14^th Five-Year Plan.

The PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) congratulates the tremendous success of the forum and the launching of PReCIT.