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China says will achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
China is accelerating the pace of low-carbon innovation to combat the challenges and threats posed by climate change. President XI Jinping pledged in September 2020 to achieve carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. National plans and initiatives were laid out to achieve these targets in December 2020. China’s Special Envoy on Climate Change Mr. XIE Zhenhua stressed in his keynote that these goals demonstrate China’s solemn commitment to tackling climate change to the world which require Herculean efforts.
In this high-powered “China Masters Series” live webinar, Mr. Xie shared China’s roadmap to achieve carbon neutrality and exchanged views with international climate experts on building a cooperative, win-win global climate management system. The forum is co-organised by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF) yesterday.
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HKUST and TFAHK Partner to Nurture FinTech Talent
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today with Tencent Finance Academy (Hong Kong) (TFAHK) to nurture FinTech talent.
HKUST and TFAHK representatives sign an MoU on nurturing FinTech talent.
Leveraging HKUST’s outstanding academic foundation in FinTech and Tencent’s practical industry experience, the MoU – witnessed by representatives from the HKSAR Government, HKUST and TFAHK – aims to establish a strategic partnership in fostering the development of FinTech by nurturing talents and collaborating on education and research and development projects. It sets out the plan for both parties to collaborate on the FinTech case study series for tertiary education purpose, with the goal to provide real business cases for students to comprehensively improve their knowledge on FinTech.
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HKSI & HKUST Join Hands to Enhance Performance of Cycling Team
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) Executive Director Mr. Adam KWOK Kai-fai donated HK$6 million in 2019 to the Sports Aerodynamics Science Initiative Project, jointly launched by the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Over the past two years, the HKSI and HKUST teams actively conducted cycling tests and resistance tests for cyclists, as well as developing low-resistance suits for the Hong Kong Cycling Team, in order to help enhance their performances in the Tokyo Olympics.
Dr. David CHUNG, Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology, Mr. Adam Kwok, Executive Director of SHKP, Dr. Trisha LEAHY, Chief Executive of the HKSI, Mr. SHEN Jinkang, Head Cycling Coach of the HKSI, Prof. Tim CHENG Kwang-ting, Dean of Engineering of HKUST and Prof. ZHANG Xin, Chair Professor of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of HKUST attended the press co