Dr. Fu Yuning, chairman, China Merchants Group Limited, was invited by the CUHK Institute of Global Economics and Finance, to deliver a public lecture on ’Economic Cooperation between Hong Kong and Guangdong: Development, Challenges and Prospect’ on 28 February.

In the lecture, Dr. Fu indicated that there were great opportunities for the cooperation between Hong Kong and Guangdong, during the National 12th Five Year Plan period and beyond. Based on respective advantages, new collaboration models can be explored in areas such as service sector, industry upgrade and new technologies. Dr. Fu also pointed out that universities in Hong Kong should play a more important role in transferring their research into viable products so that a win-win situation and a sustainable development of the region could be achieved.