Delegates From Nansha Development Zone Of Guangdong Province And HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute Visit ASTRI

Delegates from Nansha Development Zone of Guangdong Province and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, including Mr. Xie Ming, Deputy Director, Administrative Committee of Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone, Mr. Liu Cheng, Director, Department of Technological Management, Industrial and Sci-Tech Informationization Bureau, Administrative Committee of Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone, Mr. Franco Li, Assistant to the Dean and Manager, Research Administration Unit, Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, and Ms Eva Wu, External Cooperation Officer, Research Administration Unit, Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute visited ASTRI on 21 June 2016. ASTRI’s Chief Executive Officer Dr. Frank Tong, Vice President, Intelligent Manufacturing Dr. Thomas Liu, Director of Chief Technology Officer Office Mr. Ryan Chung, and Manager of Chief Technology Officer Office Mr. Vincent Hou extended a warm welcome to the delegates and held meeting with the delegation to introduce to them ASTRI’s latest technologies.

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Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) is founded in 2000 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. As Hong Kong’s largest government-funded research and development centre, ASTRI is a key force and super connector driving innovation and technology advancement in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, and the global innovation ecosystem. This role is strengthened through its merger with Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI).

Committed to bringing high impact research from lab to market, ASTRI advances interdisciplinary, market driven R&D that delivers practical innovations for industry and meaningful benefits for society.

Its technological strengths and capabilities enable AI powered, cross disciplinary ICT and advanced materials solutions across Smart City, FinTech, Digital Health and Life Sciences, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and Advanced Electronics, New Energy and Energy Storage, and Green and ESG Technologies.

Over the years, ASTRI has cultivated a strong pool of I&T talent and earned numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations and contributions to industry and the community. Following the merger with NAMI, ASTRI’s cumulative global patent portfolio has grown to over 1,500, with more than 2,200 technologies successfully transferred to industry.

With enhanced scale and capabilities, ASTRI is uniquely positioned to elevate Hong Kong’s innovation capacity, accelerate technology commercialisation, and drive societal and economic progress through world class applied research.

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