In recent years, Hong Kong has made great efforts to promote the innovation and technology industry. After the restructuring of the government, the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau has also been set up to deal with it.
Xu Lizhi, president of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences and former president of the University of Hong Kong, said today (3rd) on the commercial program "Government Good Sunday" that the development of innovation and technology in Hong Kong has lagged since its return, but in response to the epidemic, Hong Kong has begun to focus on research on technologies such as virus detection. Development is slowly on track.
He also mentioned that in the early years, the government proposed an innovation and technology fund and established an applied science and technology research institute, but encountered various difficulties in its implementation. There is also a lack of communication, saying, "It's so stupid to bury it and let people know."
In recent years, Hong Kong has made great efforts to promote the innovation and technology industry.
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Xu Lizhi said that the vast majority of scientific research in Hong Kong is carried out in universities. Although the relevant government funding has increased in recent years, the main reason is that the number of teachers and students involved has increased. The actual increase in each project is very small, and it has not actually helped scientific and technological research and development, " Twenty years ago, there was very little biomedical technology (relevant research), but today it’s all the same, because more people increase the total number of (funding), but inflation can’t catch up, which is pitiful.”
It is suggested that the Hong Kong government can strengthen supporting facilities in other areas
He continued that technological development is one of the driving forces of the new economy. Raising the ratio of technological research to GDP to 1.5% is already a huge increase. With the support of the state, the Hong Kong government can strengthen supporting facilities in other areas. He also pointed out that testing Under the epidemic, Hong Kong has begun to focus on researching technologies such as virus detection, which has brought Hong Kong's innovation and technology development on track.
Xu Lizhi pointed out that the actual increase in university research funding for each project is very small.
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Xu also said that Hong Kong's technological development should be "walking on two legs", including increasing research expenditures and developing into an industry, "to help young people see opportunities, and it will take a long time for them to see new discoveries and new products. The research started 30 years ago, this year, there will be new drugs first, and it can be done to assist in production.” It should also get rid of the idea of “fertilizer water does not flow to other people’s fields”. Everyone wins", cooperating with cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to share the results together.
Advocate for the establishment of joint-school biomedical technology research institutes by universities
He also said that he believes that in the future, cross-institutional cooperation should be encouraged and talents should be concentrated for R&D. He hopes that there will be cross-institutional and interdisciplinary research between universities in the future. However, in reality, colleges and universities have their own systems, and there are Different competition is a zero-sum game, so it is understandable to understand that there is no cooperation. He mentioned that the Institute of Biomedical Technology, which had proposed to establish a joint school, "The last two universities were established on their own. If you want to join research institutes established by other institutions, it will not work." He hoped that the new Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Sun Dong, could study how to strengthen cooperation with all parties.
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