Lingnan University takes over as new co-chair of Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance
The Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance Council Annual Meeting and Presidents’ Forum 2025–26.
The Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance Council Annual Meeting and Presidents’ Forum 2025–26 was held on 16 April, and attended by officials from the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges (Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs) of the Ministry of Education, the Education, Science and Technology Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR, the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government, and the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, as well as representatives from all member universities of the Alliance. Prof Xin Yao, Vice-President (Research and Innovation) and Tong Tin Sun Chair Professor of Machine Learning at Lingnan University, led the Lingnan delegation.
Prof Yao delivers a speech.
There was a smooth handover ceremony, and Beijing Normal University and Lingnan University officially took over as the co-chairs of the fourth term of the Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance. Prof Yao delivered a speech on their behalf, promising to fulfil their responsibilities as co-chairs completely, work with all member universities to deepen cooperation in talent cultivation, discipline alignment, and research collaboration, and raise the Alliance platform to a higher level of quality and efficiency.
Under the theme “Digital Empowerment and Innovative Collaboration: New Paths for the Integrated Development of Higher Education in Beijing and Hong Kong”, the forum held in-depth discussions on talent cultivation cooperation between Beijing and Hong Kong, disciplinary and research innovation collaboration among universities, and the practice and vision of opening-up, charting the course for integrated development of higher education in both regions.
Handover ceremony of the co-chairs of the Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance.
Officiating guests speak at the Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance Council Annual Meeting and Presidents’ Forum 2025–26.
Prof Yao meets with a guest from the Education, Science and Technology Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HongKong S.A.R.
Lingnan University delegation meets with the Peking University delegation.