On the morning of 21 Jan 2026, a delegation from CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation Limited (CRRC), visited The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and held an exchange meeting with the National Rail Transit Electrification and Automation Engineering Technology Research Centre (Hong Kong Branch) (CNERC-Rail) in Room V1003, Block V. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Yi-Qing Ni.
On behalf of CNERC-Rail, Prof. Ni delivered welcoming remarks and introduced the Centre’s research directions and team profile. Mr. Yang Gao then presented the organizational structure, research priorities, and technology roadmap of the Future Technology Research Department under the company’s Engineering Research Centre. Dr. Yang Lu from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hangzhou Technology and Innovation Research Institute introduced the Institute’s latest research developments. In addition, Prof. S. K. Lai (Associate Professor), Dr. Xiao Wang (Postdoctoral Fellow), Ms. Xin-Yue Xu (Research Student), and Mr. Gang Zeng (Research Student) from CNERC-Rail each presented their recent research work.
Both parties engaged in in-depth discussions on application scenarios for intelligent inspection systems based on multi-source sensor fusion, benchmarking of transportation-domain intelligent Q&A capabilities, small-sample time-series modeling, and PHM-related technologies. They also exchanged views on AI algorithms and system architectures, explored potential collaboration models, and discussed preliminary pathways for joint research and technical collaboration.
