Connecting the Future: Greater Bay Area Study Deepens Knowledge Exchange and Cooperation
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Connecting the Future: Greater Bay Area Study Deepens Knowledge Exchange and Cooperation
On 20th-22nd, June 2024, Prof William K.M. Lee, Director of HKU SPACE led a delegation of 29 senior management and alumni members on a three-day two-night study tour to the GBA. The tour included visits to prominent enterprises such as Tencent, China's largest Internet technology company headquartered in Shenzhen; Huawei European Town, technology leader Huawei's largest research institute; Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, an internationally influential new materials R&D centre; XbotPark and Direct Drive Tech, innovative robotics bases; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Science and Technology Leading Talents Innovation Drive Center; and UBTECH Robotics Inc., the leader in humanoid robots. Through these intensive visits, the delegation gained deeper insights into the development of the GBA, laying a solid foundation for knowledge exchange and collaboration in the future.

Group photo: Visiting Tencent’s headquarters, experience their unique enterprise culture.

Tencent Headquarters.

Visiting Tencent, showcase the latest development technologies and services to the delegations.

Prof William K.M. Lee, Director, introduced HKU SPACE
Group photo: Visiting the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory Base, discussing the challenges faced by startups and strategies to promote the development of technology talent.
Group photo: Visiting the Songshan Lake robotics base, interact with the rapidly developing Songshan Lake Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao GBA Innovation-Driven Center and startups, and understand the development of innovation and entrepreneurship in Dongguan.
The seminar with Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory.

Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory.

Prof William K.M. Lee, Director, presented a souvenir to the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory delegate.

Group photo: Visiting enterprise ‘UBETECH’, learning about the development of global humanoid Robots, communicating with UBETECH’s senior management about their products in the industry.

UBTECH's senior management shares the enterprise’s development and culture.

UBTECH's senior management shares the enterprise’s development and culture.
Seminar with UBTECH, speech by Prof William K.M. Lee, Director.

Photo of Prof William K.M. Lee, Director, UBTECH's senior management and humanoid robot panda Yoyo.

Photo of Dr Joey Lam with UBTECH humanoid robot panda Yoyo.

Photo of Dr Andy Lock, UBTECH senior management with humanoid robot panda Yoyo.
Group photo: Visiting Huawei Enterprise Business Descartes Exhibition Hall, gain a deep understanding of Huawei’s technological development.
Group photo in Huawei European Town.

Huawei European Town.

Group photo: Culture exploration in Nantou Ancient City.