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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.










            15   Including the University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of
              Hong Kong, the University of Science and Technology, City
              University of Hong Kong, and Baptist University of Hong Kong.
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