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We have taken many concrete
steps to build on HKUST's national and overseas links in 2003-04.
HKUST researchers have been active participants
in the China National 863 and 973 programs. We have built up exchange
and academic ties with a growing number of institutions and links
with mainland enterprises. During the year, these connections were
strengthened and extended by a series of high-level mainland visits
to HKUST and a major University delegation traveling to Beijing.
Meanwhile, HKUST continues to internationalize
its campus to bring a truly global feel to Clear Water Bay. Representatives
from 30 countries study, work and live on campus. In 2003-04, these
included 622 non-local students at the postgraduate level and 131
at the undergraduate level. There are an additional 173 students
on self-financed postgraduate programs, including 40 from countries
outside China. These numbers are set to grow in the future. |
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Mainland Moves
In April, the President led an HKUST delegation
to Beijing with visits to the Ministry of Education, Ministry of
Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University,
Peking University and Beijing Finance Street. Several agreements
were signed on undergraduate exchanges and academic collaboration.
Another major accomplishment was the agreement concluded between
HKUST, Finance Street Holding Co Ltd and Beijing International Finance
Training Centre, by which HKUST and the Training Centre will set
up an institute that will be Finance Street's only internationally
reputed joint-venture education services provider.
In another first for a Hong Kong university, HKUST
agreed to help the Zhejiang provincial government establish the
Zhejiang Advanced Manufacturing Institute of HKUST (ZJAMI) in Hangzhou.
ZJAMI seeks to advance design and technology in Zhejiang and will
enable HKUST to provide project and mainland experience opportunities
for our masters and doctoral students.
Closer to home, a delegation led by Mr Li Hongzhong,
Mayor of the PRC Shenzhen Municipal Government, visited HKUST in
June, resulting in an agreement to further enhance collaboration
in technology and senior human resource development. This builds
on the success of the PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institution (IER),
a partnership between the Shenzhen Municipal Government, Peking
University and HKUST to develop high-tech industry and nurture technology
professionals. |
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The Nansha IT Park, a collaborative venture
between HKUST, the Fok Ying Tung Foundation and the Guangzhou
government, has gradually been expanding operations since
its inauguration in December 2002. Companies incubating at
the Park's temporary premises have now been relocated to the
Software Building. The Park also hosted study tours, seminars,
management education, and HKUST training courses in the specialized
technology fields of microelectronics and embedded systems
technologies.
Mainland student recruitment was given a
boost with the setting up of the Mainland Students and Programs
Office. Previously, students were recruited from four provinces
and two cities. This has now been extended to 10 regions and
cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong,
Fujian, Shandong, Sichuan and Hubei. Exhibitions, information
sessions and interviews were held in Shenzhen, Guangzhou,
Shanghai and Beijing. More than 150 applicants from Shenzhen
and their parents visited campus in June.
The Mainland Internship Program grew with
the help of the business sector in Hong Kong and Mainland
China, a donation from the Drs Richard Charles and Esther
Yewpick Lee Charitable Foundation, and financial support from
The Hong Kong Jockey Club. Summer training is now available
in 15 locations for over 200 students, providing an effective
way to develop links and acquire first hand understanding
of mainland enterprises. |
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