Delegation from CPC Jinjiang Municipal Committee visits PolyU to support Nation’s development as sports powerhouse and Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation
Led by Mr WANG Mingyuan, Secretary of the CPC Jinjiang Municipal Committee, and Mr DING Shizhong, Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Board Chairman of the ANTA Sports Group, a delegation from the CPC Jinjiang Municipal Committee visited The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) on 27 March. PolyU Council Chairman Dr LAM Tai-fai, President Prof. Jin-Guang TENG and members of the University’s management and research teams engaged in in-depth exchanges with the delegation, and presented PolyU’s cutting-edge research achievements in advanced textile technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and sports technology, aspiring to contribute to China’s development as a sports powerhouse and the realisation of the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.
Dr Lam Tai-fai said, “As a patriotic university with great affection for our country and Hong Kong, PolyU has always upheld its educational mission of nurturing students who have a strong sense of National pride and serving the great cuse of National rejuvenation. The National ‘15th Five-Year Plan’ explicitly calls for accelerating the building of a strong sporting nation. Universities in Hong Kong, local governments and National enterprises should together shoulder this mission of our times, working hand in hand to foster sports culture, develop the sports industry and create world-class National brands, thereby promoting high-quality development and contributing to the country’s development into a sports power and the rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation.”
He added that the collaborative innovation between PolyU and ANTA Sports Group goes beyond scientific research. It aims at serving National strategies and deeply integrating “what the Nation needs” with “what PolyU does best,” enabling National brands to reach the pinnacle of the global market, and enhancing China’s voice and influence in the global sports industry.
Prof. Jin-Guang Teng remarked, “PolyU’s academic achievements are not only targeted at publication in top international journals, but also at translation into real-word applications — they should hit both the ‘bookshelf’ and the ‘shop shelf’. To expedite the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent as set out in the ‘15th Five-Year Plan’, we are committed to promoting the transfer and application of our research outcomes beyond Hong Kong, integrating them deeply with industries in Chinese Mainland and embedding them in the country’s overall development.”
Mr Wang Mingyuan expressed high expectations for collaboration between Jinjiang and PolyU in synergistic innovation, deep integration and joint talent cultivation. He said, “At this year’s ‘Two Sessions’, the ‘Jinjiang Experience’ was written into the outline of the ‘15th Five-Year Plan’. As we embark on the first year of this new plan, we must stand at a new starting point and make new accomplishments. We hope to leverage PolyU’s advantages in technology, talent and innovation to support the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation in Jinjiang, injecting stronger impetus into our ongoing efforts to foster integrated innovation between ‘entrepreneurs and scientists’.”
Mr Ding Shizhong also expressed strong expectations for impactful PolyU research and future collaboration. He stated, “As a company that has expanded from operating in China into the world markets, ANTA Sports Group will invest more resources in innovation going forward. We hope to carry out further cooperation with PolyU in innovation, and to jointly establish state-of-the-art sports science laboratories, developing Jinjiang into a global innovation hub. PolyU joined ANTA’s ‘Sports Industry Innovation Consortium’ last year, and many of our collaborative initiatives on technology transfer have already been implemented. Looking ahead, ANTA and PolyU will further expand collaboration in joint talent cultivation, industrial transformation and the application of technology.”
The delegation visited the PolyU Industrial Centre to learn about the University’s latest research advancements, particularly its breakthroughs in textile technologies, sports technology, flexible electronics and AI.
PolyU has long been highly supportive of Jinjiang’s technological innovation drive. In 2023, the University established the PolyU-Jinjiang Technology and Innovation Research Institute (the Institute), its first technology and innovation research institute set up outside the Greater Bay Area. Last year, with the support of the Jinjiang Municipal People’s Government, the Institute further established a tourism management centre and a nursing innovation centre in Jinjiang to launch more diversified collaboration among industry, academia and research sectors.
At the end of last year, PolyU organised the “PolyU Technology Transfer and Commercialisation Conference cum 1st Annual General Meeting of Mainland Translational Research Institutes (2025)” in Jinjiang, providing a robust platform for in-depth dialogue and integrated innovation between mainland entrepreneurs and scientists, and supporting Jinjiang’s development as a source of scientific and technological innovation and a hub for emerging industries. To date, PolyU has signed more than 60 collaboration agreements with Jinjiang enterprises and incubated 17 technology-based companies.
Dr Lam Tai-fai, Prof. Jin-Guang Teng and members of the University’s management and research teams posed for a group photo with the delegation.
The delegation visited the PolyU Industrial Centre to learn about the University’s latest research advancements, particularly its breakthroughs in textiles technologies, sports technology, flexible electronics and AI.
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