The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, started his see to Budapest, Hungary, on September 21 (Budapest time). The see intends to additional deepen exchange and cooperation in between Hong Kong and Hungary in development and innovation (I&T).

In the early morning, Professor Sun consulted with the Minister of Science and Technology of Hungary, Mr Zoltán Tanács, and the State Secretary for Science Policy and Innovation, Dr Péter Horváth, in Budapest. He declared Hong Kong’s dedication to turning into a global I&T centre, keeping in mind that concrete development is currently underway, consisting of efforts in market advancement, start-up nurturing, commercialisation of research study and advancement (R&D) results, along with drawing in business and skill. He revealed a view to deepening cooperation with Hungary in these fields.

Teacher Sun continued to Szeged to go to the Center for Molecular Fingerprinting (CMF) in the afternoon. Accompanied by Dr Horváth, Professor Sun got an instruction from the creator of the CMF and a Nobel Laureate in Physics, Professor Ferenc Krausz, on H4H Program – a longitudinal health tracking research study led by the CMF to promote customised preventive health care. The CMF is an interdisciplinary non-profit research study institute devoted to establishing infrared electric-field molecular fingerprinting innovation for the early detection of illness. Teacher Krausz likewise presented the launch of an international effort “protecting.health”which will continue to promote clinical cooperation amongst the CMF, the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich and the University of Hong Kong, and will perform research study tasks in Hong Kong. Teacher Sun likewise explored the laser lab and biobank of the Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source Research Institute at the CMF.

At night, Professor Sun contacted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of individuals’s Republic of China to Hungary, Mr Gong Tao, and informed him on the recently launched First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2026-2030), which declares Hong Kong’s tactical positioning as a global I&T centre, along with I&T efforts in the Chief Executive’s 2026 Policy Address. He mentioned that under the National 15th Five-Year Plan, Hong Kong will actively broaden co-operation chances with worldwide I&T partners, consisting of Hungary, to constantly boost its development abilities and worldwide competitiveness.

On September 22 (Budapest time), Professor Sun checked out the Corvinus University of Budapest in the early morning and consulted with the President and Rector of the University, Professor Bruno van Pottelsberghe, to find out about the current advancement of the University. He is especially thinking about the University’s mentor method in including organization technique, AI, information science and digital change. He comprehended that the University and the Shenzhen Research Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) had actually collectively developed a research study and development platform “Academic & Innovation Matrix”The University signed a co-operation arrangement with the InnoHK Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence of the CUHK in March this year to release a bilateral research study job. Moneyed by the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office, the task looks for to improve the security and credibility of AI architecture to manage real-world applications.

Teacher Sun likewise went to BrainVisionCenter to find out about its newest advancements and R&D accomplishments, and visited its lab. The Center concentrates on research study and item advancement in neurophotonics and practical neuroimaging. Teacher Sun invited the Center to even more reinforce co-operation with the scholastic and research study organizations in Hong Kong to advance translational medication treatments.

Teacher Sun concluded his check out to Budapest at midday on September 22 (Budapest time) and continued to Bratislava, Slovakia, in the afternoon to start his program.