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The Information and Electronics Engineering Division of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), in conjunction with the China Information and Electronics Engineering Science and Technology Development Strategy Research Center, released the "Fourteen Key Tech-challenges in the Development of China's Electronic Information Engineering (2023)" today (September 25) simultaneously in Beijing and Hong Kong. The press conference in Hong Kong, which was broadcast live, simultaneously with Beijing, was held at HKU and attended by nearly a hundred academics and students.

The press conference was hosted by Yu Shaohua, Deputy-Director of the CAE Information and Electronics Engineering Division. Wu Manqing, Vice-President of the CAE delivered a speech, and Fei Aiguo, Director of the CAE Information and Electronics Engineering Division, announced the "Fourteen Key Tech-challenges in the Development of China's Electronic Information Engineering (2023)" whereas Yu Shaohua introduced the progress made in research.

Wu Manqing, Vice-President of the CAE, said: "As the highest honorary and advisory academic institution in China's engineering and scientific community, the Chinese Academy of Engineering considers technological self-reliance and self-strengthening to be the strategic foundation of national development, while also providing accurate, forward-looking, and timely recommendations for the relevant national decision-making."

Professor Max Shen, HKU Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), was involved in the consultation for the "Fourteen Key Tech-challenges to the Development of China's Electronic Information Engineering" on behalf of HKU. Professor Shen said: "This event is of great significance in tracking the global trends in scientific and technological development, gaining full understanding of the trends in the development in the field of electronic information, and in scientific and technological innovation. HKU will fully leverage its role as a bridge between the Mainland and the international community to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the Mainland and the world in the areas of scientific and technological innovation, industrial transformation and talent development."

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