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The Secretary for Innovation Technology and Industry Professor Sun Dong began his visit to Budapest Hungary on September 21 Budapest time The visit aims to further deepen exchange and collaboration between Hong Kong and Hungary in innovation and technology IT
In the morning Professor Sun met with the Minister of Science and Technology of Hungary Mr Zoltan Tanacs and the State Secretary for Science Policy and Innovation Dr Peter Horvath in Budapest He reaffirmed Hong Kongs commitment to developing into an international IT centre noting that tangible progress is already underway including efforts in industry development startup nurturing commercialisation of research and development RD outcomes as well as attracting enterprises and talent He expressed a view to deepening collaboration with Hungary in these fields
Professor Sun proceeded to Szeged to visit the Center for Molecular Fingerprinting CMF in the afternoon Accompanied by Dr Horvath Professor Sun received a briefing from the founder of the CMF and a Nobel Laureate in Physics Professor Ferenc Krausz on H4H Program a longitudinal health monitoring study spearheaded by the CMF to promote personalised preventive healthcare The CMF is an interdisciplinary nonprofit research institute dedicated to developing infrared electricfield molecular fingerprinting technology for the early detection of diseases Professor Krausz also introduced the launch of a global initiative protectinghealth which will continue to promote scientific collaboration among the CMF the LudwigMaximilians University of Munich and the University of Hong Kong and will carry out research projects in Hong Kong Professor Sun also toured the laser laboratory and biobank of the Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source Research Institute at the CMF
In the evening Professor Sun called on the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Peoples Republic of China to Hungary Mr Gong Tao and briefed him on the newly released First FiveYear Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20262030 which reaffirms Hong Kongs strategic positioning as an international IT centre as well as IT initiatives in the Chief Executives 2026 Policy Address He pointed out that under the National 15th FiveYear Plan Hong Kong will actively expand cooperation opportunities with international IT partners including Hungary to continuously enhance its innovation capabilities and international competitiveness
On September 22 Budapest time Professor Sun visited the Corvinus University of Budapest in the morning and met with the President and Rector of the University Professor Bruno van Pottelsberghe to learn about the latest development of the University He is particularly interested in the Universitys teaching approach in incorporating business strategy AI data science and digital transformation He understood that the University and the Shenzhen Research Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong CUHK had jointly established a research and innovation platform Academic Innovation Matrix The University signed a cooperation agreement with the InnoHK Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence of the CUHK in March this year to launch a bilateral research project Funded by the Hungarian National Research Development and Innovation Office the project seeks to enhance the safety and trustworthiness of AI architecture to cope with realworld applications
Professor Sun also visited BrainVisionCenter to learn about its latest developments and RD achievements and toured its laboratory The Center focuses on research and product development in neurophotonics and functional neuroimaging Professor Sun welcomed the Center to further strengthen cooperation with the academic and research institutions in Hong Kong to advance translational medicine therapies
Professor Sun concluded his visit to Budapest at noon on September 22 Budapest time and proceeded to Bratislava Slovakia in the afternoon to begin his programme
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