
"Hong Kong Joint Initiative for the Development of Green Biomanufacturing Industry" Officially Released
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Hong Kong is in a golden period for the development of new productive forces in the field of biotechnology. This seminar aims to integrate Hong Kong's R&D advantages and mainland manufacturing capabilities through joint initiatives.
China News Service, Hong Kong, September 22 (Reporter Qiu Zhaoxiang) The "Green Biomanufacturing Industry Development Seminar" and the "Hong Kong Green Biomanufacturing Industry Development Joint Initiative" conference hosted by Bauhinia Magazine and the International Biotechnology Innovation Collaboration Center were held in Hong Kong on the 22nd. The seminar brought together many experts from industry, academia and research to discuss the infrastructure construction and development path of Hong Kong's green bio-manufacturing industry.
Huang Xiaohua, deputy president of Bauhinia Magazine, said in his speech that Hong Kong is ushering in a golden period for the development of new productivity in the field of biotechnology. This meeting is an important step in gathering consensus among all parties and promoting the green bio-manufacturing industry to take root in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. He hoped that the joint initiatives put forward at the meeting would further enhance Hong Kong's position in the biomanufacturing innovation chain and industrial chain, and help build an industrial chain of "Hong Kong R&D and design, mainland large-scale manufacturing, and global market realization".
During the keynote speech session, many guests expressed in-depth insights on core topics such as basic science, park ecology, open source infrastructure and industrialization implementation. In his speech, Deng Zixin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, used terpenoid research and vitamin E synthesis as examples to analyze how synthetic biology can serve as the core engine to drive and reshape a new round of changes in global biomanufacturing.
Kwong Wai-kuen, deputy director of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park Co., Ltd., gave an in-depth analysis of the unique advantages and synergy opportunities of the Loop Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone and the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in the transformation of biotechnology achievements in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
In addition, many guests jointly launched the "Joint Initiative for the Development of Hong Kong's Green Biomanufacturing Industry" at the meeting. This initiative is committed to promoting the standardization and international development of Hong Kong's green bio-manufacturing industry. All parties will work together to build a new ecology of green bio-manufacturing industry with global influence.

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