Tag: Mainland-Hong
Hong Kong – 2024 Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme opens for applications
2024 Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme opens for applications ******************************************************************* The Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) today (May 13) launched the 2024 Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme to invite proposals for applied research and development (R&D) projects jointly conducted by institutions in Hong Kong and the Mainland under three specific themes: (i) Biotechnology: R&D of innovative drugs to treat chronic diseases; (ii) Artificial Intelligence (AI): research on the security and privacy of AI systems, brain-inspired intelligence, smart healthcare (including medical robots), smart city; and (iii) Sustainability engineering and technology: optoelectronic materials, third-generation semiconductor technologies, advanced ... Read more
Hong Kong – Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Operation against illegal immigration
Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Operation against illegal immigration ************************************************************** The Immigration Department (ImmD) mounted a joint operation codenamed “Mungoshunt-3” with the Hong Kong Police Force and Guangdong Provincial authorities to combat non-ethnic Chinese illegal immigrants for three consecutive days from November 4 to November 6. During the operation, a total of 127 persons were arrested in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province. Officers from ImmD and Hong Kong Police Force had conducted territory-wide anti-illegal immigrant operation and raided the suspected hideouts of illegal immigrants. The ImmD had also mounted a series of territory-wide anti-illegal worker operations to step up enforcement actions ... Read more
Hong Kong – 2023 Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme opens for applications
2023 Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme opens for applications ******************************************************************* The Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) today (May 15) launched the 2023 Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme to invite proposals for applied research and development (R&D) projects jointly conducted by institutions in Hong Kong and the Mainland under three specific themes: (i) Biotechnology: Chinese medicine-based new medicines, research on medicines for treating rare diseases, regenerative medicines for treating degenerative diseases, tissue stem cells isolation and functions evaluation; (ii) Artificial Intelligence (AI): Research on the security and privacy of AI systems, brain-inspired intelligence, smart transportation, smart healthcare (including medical ... Read more