HKUST Annual Report 2024-2025

49 L O C A L T O G L O B A L In April 2025, HKUST hosted its first short course for 25 senior Chinese Mainland healthcare executives under “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Medical and Health Scholarship-cum-Fellowship for Top Talent in the Mainland”. In further strengthening of cross-border collaboration, HKUST also convened a symposium on “Hong Kong’s Integration into the National Health Development Strategy”, bringing together senior members of the local and Chinese Mainland medical sector. In a separate initiative, the University also signed an MoU with Microsoft Research Asia to advance medical health education and research. Increasing Knowledge-Sharing Through Industry Partnerships Forging ties with industry in the Chinese Mainland paves the way for valuable knowledge exchange, enabling HKUST to share the latest international breakthroughs and management approaches while gaining critical insights into real-world scenarios in different business sectors. This synergy enhances our research and development endeavors, as well as broader economic and societal contributions. Throughout 2024–25, we advanced several key collaborations. Our partnership with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) led to a HKUST executive training program for more than 30 COMAC executives to foster leadership skills, strategic decision-making, and understanding of global aviation trends and technologies. The program was offered in collaboration with HKUST(GZ) and Hong Kong International Aviation Academy. HKUST also co-organized the seventh COMAC International Science and Technology Innovation Week in Shanghai with COMAC and Chongqing University. Centered on the theme of “Green Intelligence: New Opportunities for Aircraft”, the event attracted hundreds of academics, researchers, and industry professionals. Furthermore, the University solidified a strategic partnership with China Telecom Group for research and talent development; it also established the HKUST-Inspur Cloud Joint Laboratory with the leading Chinese IT conglomerate, Inspur Group, to accelerate AI application development.