Hong Kong ought to capitalise on the alternatives arising from US-China tensions to draw extra expertise to its educational and tech sectors, heads of the town’s high medical faculties have mentioned, forward of a go to to the world’s largest biotechnology occasion in Boston.
Representatives from the medical colleges of the College of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Chinese language College of Hong Kong (CUHK) will be a part of the delegation of the government-funded Hong Kong Science and Know-how Parks Company (HKSTP) attending BIO 2025 between June 16 and 19.
The occasion is reportedly the most important globally for the biotechnology trade.
Responding as to if the worsening US-China rivalry had affected their work, Professor Wallace Lau Chak-sing, dean of drugs at HKU, mentioned the tensions had as an alternative supplied incentives for expertise to affix Hong Kong’s establishments.
“We proceed to have many consultants from the US supporting our work in our faculty of biomedical engineering. We even have a global advisory board during which lots of the advisers are skilled professors from the US,” he mentioned.
“We shouldn’t be too apprehensive concerning the scenario. We must always benefit from totally different circumstances to draw expertise.”
