The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and China Railway Electrification Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (CREEG) recently held a ceremony for signing a strategic cooperation agreement on technology research and application, as well as the establishment of a joint laboratory in Beijing. Through the Beijing-Hong Kong technology cooperation mechanism, both parties aim to cultivate high-calibre talents with innovative theories and practical experience, and to establish a global hub for rail transit innovation as well as a model for industry-academic integration. This collaboration will support the national strategy of "strengthening the country through developing transportation" and contribute to the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region aw well as the construction of a national benchmark city of digital economy.
CREEG, a key member of China Railway Group Limited and a dual Fortune Global 500 company, is the national team and main force in the construction of electrified railway network and urban rail transit in China. This partnership will leverage the strengths of both parties to expolre innovation in rail transit.
In the ceremony Prof. Yi-Qing Ni, Chair Professor of Intelligent Structures and Rail Transit in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at PolyU, signed a strategic cooperation agreement on technology research and application with Mr. Yu-Bing Li, Chief Engineer of the Electrification Company of CREEG. Professor Ni is the Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Railway Electrification and Automation (Hong Kong Branch) and Dean of the PolyU Hangzhou Technology Innovation Institute.
PolyU's delegation took the opportunity to visit the Electric Traction Equipment Research and Development Center of Beijing Electric Traction Company of CREEG. They gained insight into CREEG's latest technological developments and innovative achievements in intelligent construction, digital technology application, and intelligent operation and maintenance systems for rail transit. Both sides had in-depth technical exchanges and discussions on the intelligent and digital development of rail transit.
