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Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship for cross-border learning
COLLABORATIONS FOR INNOVATIONS 30
Lingnan University (LU) and Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT) signed an agreement of collaboration in October 2021 for the “LU-GDUT Service Centre for Guangdong- Hong Kong University Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship” to encourage high-calibre innovation and entrepreneurial talent with an international perspective.
The signing ceremony was conducted virtually at both universities, with Prof Leonard K CHENG, LU’s President, and Prof Xueqing QIU, President of GDUT, signing the collaboration agreement. Mr Andrew Cho Fai YAO, LU’s Council Chairman, Prof Qintai HU, Secretary of the Party Committee of GDUT, Prof Joshua Ka Ho MOK, LU’s Vice-President, and Mr Xueli ZHANG, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and deputy cadre of GDUT, witnessed the signing and jointly unveiled the plaques.
“We are committed to providing a Guangdong-Hong Kong innovation and entrepreneurial platform for students, enabling them to gain experience and adapt to the new cross-border learning and working environments as soon as possible, so as to help new graduates make the most of the invaluable opportunitiesintheGreaterBayArea,”saidPresidentCheng.
The two universities together will launch an “Innovation and entrepreneurship online workshop” and an “Innovation and entrepreneurship winter academy”, and undertake joint research.