The City University of Macau and Zhuhai Gree Group Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement on industry-university-research on 19th March 2025. The two parties will focus on the field of artificial intelligence industry, carry out in-depth cooperation in the incubation of scientific and technological projects, joint training of talents, and industrialization of scientific research results, and jointly create a benchmark for industry-university-research and scientific innovation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. Hong Kang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Gree Group, Jianyong Huang, Vice President of Gree Group, Wanlei Zhou, Vice Rector of City University of Macau, and Tianqing Zhu and Wenjian Liu, Vice Deans of the Faculty of Data Science, attended the signing ceremony.
Vice Rector Zhou Wanlei said that the City University of Macau adheres to the social responsibility and educational mission of 'serving Macau and integrating into the Bay Area', closely follows the talent needs of the country and Macau's development, and is committed to building itself into an internationally competitive metropolitan university. Through this cooperation, City University of Macau hopes to work with Gree Group to build a full-chain system of 'talent training-basic research-technological breakthroughs-achievement transformation-industrial upgrading', jointly cultivate leading talents in data science and information technology, and jointly build a competitive industry-university-research base in education, scientific research, application, and industrial incubation. It will provide an innovative practice platform for young students in Macau, activate Macau's scientific and technological innovation momentum, and help upgrade the scientific and technological innovation industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and moderately diversify Macau's economy.
Secretary Hong Kang said that the City University of Macau has outstanding scientific research and innovation capabilities in industrial fields such as smart cities, the Internet of Things, and big data, which are highly consistent with Gree Group's industrial layout and resource advantages in the fields of intelligent manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and new energy. We expect that the two sides will take this cooperation as a starting point to further deepen cooperation and exchanges in areas such as in-depth collaboration in artificial intelligence, incubation of scientific and technological innovation projects, joint talent training, and co-construction of industrial ecosystems, jointly build an integrated platform for industry, academia, and research in Zhuhai and Macau, accelerate the transformation and application of cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements, jointly promote high-quality development of the regional economy, and work together to create a more dynamic and vital scientific and technological innovation industry ecosystem.
During the signing ceremony, witnessed by Vice Rector Wanlei Zhou and Secretary Hong Kang, Vice Dean Tianqing Zhu and Vice President Jianyong Huang signed a strategic cooperation agreement as representatives of both parties. In the future, the two sides will deepen cooperation in areas such as joint scientific research projects, industry-university-research talent cultivation, and industrial innovation ecosystem construction. Through measures such as jointly applying for scientific research topics and jointly building an industry-university-research integrated platform, they will promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in areas such as intelligent manufacturing and new energy. At the same time, the two sides will explore a joint training model for innovative talents, provide students with internship and employment opportunities, accelerate the marketization of scientific research results, and help upgrade the smart industry in the Greater Bay Area.
This cooperation is a milestone for Gree Group and City University of Macau to actively respond to the national innovation-driven development strategy and deepen the industry-university-research cooperation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. In the future, the two sides will uphold the principle of 'complementing each other's strengths, sharing resources, and collaborative innovation', work together for mutual benefit and win-win results, and jointly create a new model of industry-university-research cooperation, providing strong support for promoting scientific and technological innovation and industrial mutual promotion in the Greater Bay Area.
Zhuhai Gree Group Co., Ltd. was established in March 1985. It is an independent corporate entity funded and authorized by the Zhuhai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the first state-owned capital investment and operation platform in Zhuhai. The corporate credit rating is AAA. Its main businesses cover industrial investment, industrial operation, park development, industrial finance, cultural tourism and leisure, etc. The company strives to build a first-class comprehensive industrial operator and a model for the reform and development of local state-owned enterprises. It has won the title of 'Benchmark Enterprise for the Creation of Guangdong Province's Key State-owned Enterprise Management Improvement Benchmark'. The Group attaches great importance to cooperation with domestic and foreign universities and research institutions, and strengthens exchanges and cooperation between industry, academia and research.
Also attending the signing ceremony were Xin Long, general manager of Gree Group's Gree Technology Industry Development Co., Ltd., Liang Zhao, vice general manager of the industrial investment platform, and Huajie Chen and Lefeng Zhang, faculty representatives from the City University of Macau.
