Collaboration Meetings

(From left) Ms. Wing Wong, Director of China Engagement; Professor Benny Zee, Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services; Ms. Wang Wurong, Vice President of Tencent; Professor Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President; Professor Sham Mai Har, Pro-Vice-Chancellor take a group photo

Vice President of Tencent, Ms. Rose Wang visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on 1 November to discuss the progress and future collaboration plan of the New Cornerstone Investigator Program. CUHK participants included Professor Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President; Professor Sham Mai Har, Pro-Vice-Chancellor; Professor Benny Zee, Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services; and Ms. Wing Wong, Director of China Engagement.

The New Cornerstone Investigator Program was launched on 30 April 2022 with the goal of invigorating research into basic sciences. It is a non-profit program providing long-term support to outstanding scientists in basic research of profound importance to humankind. This independent program is led by scientists with funding from Tencent that has pledged to provide RMB 10 billion to the program over 10 years while exploring the feasibility of a long-term sustainable fund. Focusing on mathematics and physical sciences, and biological and biomedical sciences, the Program encourages interdisciplinary research with the hope to facilitate scientists to discover new phenomena, achieve scientific breakthroughs and create new fields.

Group photo of partcipants at the online meeting between CUHK and Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory held an online meeting on 9 November to discuss the development progress of the CUHK Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Research Institute and collaboration projects in talent training. CUHK participants included Professor Alan Chan, Provost; Professor Sham Mai Har, Pro-Vice-Chancellor; and Ms. Wing Wong, Director of China Engagement. Representatives from Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory included Director Professor Tang Xiao-Ou and relevant members participating in the research institute.

In September 2021, CUHK and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory joined hands to establish the CUHK Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Research Institute to foster scientific research, target cutting‑edge areas, and help Hong Kong develop into an international innovation and technology hub as laid down in the National 14th Five-year Plan.