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| Overview of HK-SZ cooperation Despite frequent exchanges between the two cities, collaborations
in general have been rather fragmented and disorganised. Without
Overlooking the same narrow riverbed, Hong Kong and Shenzhen’s a targeted industrial policy to guide the synergistic development of
biotech industries, academics, and research institutes collaborate industrial academic and research collaboration, there will continue to
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frequently. Six Hong Kong universities have established research be poor coordination between the tertiary education sector, research
institutes at the Shenzhen Virtual University Park to pursue institutes and enterprises. This leads to the failure to leverage the
advanced research in support of the national plan and for cities’ complementary strengths and maximise their advantages.
Shenzhen’s technological development. These institutes also
provide a crucial platform for the implementation of research
projects and the cultivation of R&D talent in the Mainland. | Overview of the development of the
Hong Kong’s universities have also participated in research Hetao Shenzhen/Hong Kong Innovation
infrastructure of all kinds. Examples include the Shenzhen-Hong
Kong Institute of Brain Science, jointly established by the HKUST and Technology Co-operation Zone
with Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Going forward, the Hetao Shenzhen/Hong Kong Innovation and
Academy of Sciences (SIAT); the HKU-managed University of Technology Co-operation Zone at the Loop (Co-operation Zone)
Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital with full financial support from
the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government;
as well as the Clinical and Translational Medical
Centre being organised by the Hospital. Besides,
BGI Group in Shenzhen has been in collaboration
with CUHK and HKUST on genomic research
and jointly established research centres and
laboratories in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong, the University of Science and Technology, City
University of Hong Kong, and Baptist University of Hong Kong.
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