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Commissioner for Innovation and Technology visits PolyU’s InnoHub

PolyU is dedicated to promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. The University fosters academic-led startups to translate research results and innovations into products for mass production, benefitting society at large.   On 27 April 2022,...

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Dr Li Ning visits PolyU for industrial cooperation

On 28 April, 2022, the PolyU team welcomed Dr Li Ning, PolyU Honorary Doctor of Humanities and founder of Li-Ning Company, to the University campus, where he held meetings with some of our leading research teams.   Dr Li is also a former Chinese...

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Director-General Zhong Jichang participates in the distribution of COVID-19 supplies at PolyU

Hong Kong’s emergence from the fifth wave COVID-19 outbreak has underscored the enormous concerted efforts and mutual care across the community in fighting the pandemic. On 27 April, Mr Zhong Jichang, Director-General of the Department of Liaison...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

Grand Rise Technology wins environmental impact award from JUMPSTARTER

PolyU puts a strong emphasis on the societal impact of its educational, research and knowledge transfer endeavours and encourages the PolyU community to translate research excellence into real-world applications for the benefit of society by...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

PolyU research reveals a “rising then declining” trend in vaccine hesitancy

The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted for more than two years, far longer than anyone could have expected. Since the initial outbreak in 2020, the government has imposed various restrictions and has continued to adjust its pandemic control strategies from...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

Flash droughts developing faster in southeast China amid climate change

A new PolyU study published in Nature Communications has found that southeast China – the region spanning from the Yangtze River Delta to Hainan province – is at a higher risk of experiencing more rapid drying, with an increase in the proportion...