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The Internet giant ATJ in the Mainland is introducing Hong Kong artificial intelligence resources through the joint construction of joint laboratories. The Hong Kong R&D-inland transformation model has spawned a large number of unicorn enterprises such as DJI Innovation, Shang Tang Technology, etc. To establish and use the scientific research resources in Hong Kong and the Mainland. The scientific research results will be shared by both parties to jointly promote industrialization.
The mainland Internet giants ATJ (Alibaba, Tencent, Jingdong) are introducing Hong Kong artificial intelligence resources through joint construction of joint laboratories.
On June 12th, the Hong Kong Chinese University (Shenzhen) in the east of Shenzhen City welcomed the guests of Tencent's AI lab. On the same day, the joint laboratory for machine intelligence built by both companies was unveiled and established, claiming that computer vision will be implemented in the future and natural language processing will be carried out. Joint research in such areas as joint talents including the Doctor of Artificial Intelligence.
Jingdong Group will also sign an agreement with the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) on June 15 to jointly build an artificial intelligence joint laboratory. On May 25th, Alibaba teamed up with Shangtang Technology, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, and the three parties announced the establishment of artificial labor in Hong Kong. Smart laboratory.
In recent years, with the acceleration of the economic restructuring and upgrading of the Mainland, the cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland in the field of science and innovation has continued to accelerate. Hong Kong’s R&D-inland transformation model has spawned a large number of unicorn enterprises such as DJI Innovation, Shang Tang Technology, etc. Once, the establishment of a joint laboratory, and the use of scientific research resources in Hong Kong and the Mainland, scientific research results shared by both parties, and jointly promote industrialization, indicating that the scientific and technological cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland has entered the era of 'co-building and sharing'.
Connecting Hong Kong and Mainland R&D Resources
No matter whether it is the newly born machine intelligence joint laboratory or the Hong Kong artificial intelligence laboratory which is not yet full moon, there are already relatively comprehensive construction drawings.
On June 12, after signing an agreement with Tencent's AI lab, Luo Zhiquan, vice president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), said that the main features of the machine intelligence joint laboratory are financial independence, joint training, and joint research and development.
The joint laboratories are financially independent, and the funding for doctoral students is provided by Tencent AI Lab. Tencent will provide doctoral students with internship opportunities. Qualified graduates will be awarded doctoral degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the joint laboratory will also be available worldwide. Post-doctorate.
'The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) is implementing the system of Hong Kong institutions of higher learning. The application process is adopted at the graduate student stage. Applicants do not need to take the postgraduate exams. There is also no limit on the number of students enrolled. 'Luo Zhiquan said, 'Limiting our enrollment is limited to funding.'
At the same time, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) and Tencent AI lab will conduct joint research in many areas of artificial intelligence, and conduct in-depth cooperation in machine intelligence, computer vision and natural language processing and other machine intelligence fields to build an international first-class enterprise, research and integration Innovation system and complete ecosystem. This is Tencent's basic research field as a company's demand, and it is also the low-level technology that many companies in Shenzhen and even mainland enterprises need for application development.
After the signing of the joint laboratories by Tencent's forefoot, JD Group can not wait to cooperate with the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). According to the staff of the university, on June 15th JD Group will sign a joint labor contract with the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). Smart lab agreement.
Xu Yangsheng, principal of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), said that the cooperation between the two companies to set up a joint laboratory is a powerful alliance that is expected to promote the development of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao Bay Area and global artificial intelligence.
Both Hong Kong Chinese University (Shenzhen) and Tencent have a strong background in the field of artificial intelligence. Hong Kong Chinese University (Shenzhen) has established a number of national and local joint engineering laboratories for robotics and smart manufacturing. Key Labs, and three Nobel Scientist Research Institutes and a Turing Award Scientists Laboratory. Tencent AI Lab currently has 70 top research scientists and 300 application engineers in China and the United States. Research papers have covered top international academic conferences.
This means that the joint laboratories have achieved scientific and technological resources in Hong Kong and even overseas, and introduced common connections for the resources of the Mainland's corporate sector, providing platform conditions for the cooperation and integration of the two.
Tencent rival Alibaba.com and its collaborators also share the same considerations for scientific research resources that link both Hong Kong and the Mainland. According to earlier news, the Hong Kong Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is positioned as a platform for scientific and technological exchanges between the Mainland and Hong Kong.
Kechuang cooperation 'co-building' era
The construction of a joint laboratory game is also breaking the convention of cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland.
At the beginning of reform and opening up, the cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland was mainly the processing trade of 'front and back factories'. Hong Kong's technology was transferred to factories in the Mainland. This model enabled the economic development of the Pearl River Delta region. In recent years, the economic transformation in the Mainland has been accelerated and promoted continuously. 'Shuangchuang' and the transformation of scientific research achievements, a group of patented technologies developed in Hong Kong, found suitable soils for transformation in Shenzhen, the Pearl River Delta region and even the wider hinterland.
The Shangtang Technology Co., Ltd., which participated in the joint venture, has its visual identity and deep learning skills from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The drone company DJI, which is known around the world in recent years, has its technology derived from the graduate of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Wang Hao. design.
According to market analysis, Hong Kong universities and research institutes have higher potential energy in the areas of artificial intelligence, biopharmaceuticals, and other universities and research institutes in the Mainland. At the same time, due to the limited local market in Hong Kong, the Mainland is particularly close to Hong Kong. The Pearl River Delta region has a wide range of applicable markets. Therefore, the Hong Kong R&D and the Mainland's transformation model is feasible.
Hong Kong's R&D-inland transformation model is more advanced than the Hong Kong technology-inland production model in the past. Its advantage is to make up for the lack of scientific research resources and talent resources in the interior of the Pearl River Delta region in particular.
Take the Pearl River Delta cities as an example. Except for Guangzhou, which is the capital of Guangdong Province, with Zhongshan University, two 985 colleges and universities and some scientific research institutes of South China University of Technology, there are almost no universities or research institutes in other cities. Shenzhen is famous for its scarcity of higher education and scientific research institutes. Currently, it is mainly based on new research and development institutions established by enterprises and social capital. The emergence of the Tencent AI lab at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) is the embodiment of Shenzhen's “Compensation Board”.
In contrast, Hong Kong has four top 100 universities in the world including the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The 21st Century Business Herald reporter learned that one of the goals of the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau that is brewing is to establish an international science and technology innovation center. Prior to this, the Hong Kong SAR Government was promoting the “Creation Project” and the Guangdong Province also positioned international technology. Industrial Innovation Center. Many economists have analyzed the development of enterprises such as DJI Innovation. Hong Kong R&D - Mainland transformation, Hong Kong Science and Technology + Pearl River Delta manufacturing will be one of the feasible cooperation modes in the future.
However, the aforementioned model still has a major drawback. Despite the lack of scientific research resources in the Pearl River Delta region, scientific research resources in Guangzhou and Shenzhen can still play a role. The operation of this model completely ignores the role of scientific research resources in the Pearl River Delta Region.
Zhou Linsheng, deputy chairman of the China Economic System Reform Research Institute, believes that Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau need to establish cooperation mechanisms between industry, universities, and research institutes to allow Hong Kong universities to pair up with enterprises in the Pearl River Delta to understand the specific needs of companies and industries, thus promoting the integration of basic research and industrial applications. .
According to Zhang Wei, Director of Tencent's AI lab, Tencent and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) can simultaneously play different functions of high-tech companies and first-rate universities in basic research.
Previously, Tencent had invited visiting scholars. Scientists came to visit the company and participated in the research of the company. They could understand the frontier problems in the industry and find the specific direction for their basic research. The companies can get basic research results that are more suitable for the application. This 'win-win' situation will continue in the joint laboratory model.
Luo Zhiquan told the 21st Century Business Herald reporter that the joint lab also focuses on the key technologies of the industry. The research results will be shared by the school and Tencent and can be applied in Tencent, and can also be extended to more enterprises in the Mainland through the transfer of intellectual property rights.