To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, 18 scholars from the founding institutions of the seven Belt and Road academic alliances attended the Forum of the Belt and Road Alliance Founding Institutions on 7 July, hosted by the PolyU Global Engagement Office.

Under the theme of “Jointly Building the Belt and Road”, speakers shared insights on talent development, knowledge transfer and research development with the aim of enabling sustainable advancement of the Belt and Road countries.

In his welcome remarks, Prof. Ben Young, Vice President (Student and Global Affairs) of PolyU, stated that the University had been playing an instrumental role in supporting the country’s Belt and Road Initiative to bring about positive changes in the region.

“We aim to exchange ideas and experiences with representatives from those academic alliances, in order to unlock opportunities for academic and research collaborations with Belt and Road universities,” he added.

The alliances include the University Alliance of the Silk Road, Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Consortium of Universities, University Consortium of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Alliance of International Science Organisations in the Belt and Road Region, ASEAN-China Network for Cooperation and Exchanges among Engineering and Technology Universities, and BRICS Universities League.