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Budapest university launching partnership with Chinese university with a focus on AI
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Corvinus University of Budapest and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute have launched a partnership that seeks to establish a joint system for research and startup incubation, the Culture and Innovation Ministry said on Thursday.
The cooperation extends to joint support to grow innovative early-stage businesses, the organisation of joint conferences and academic programmes, and researcher and student exchanges. Artificial intelligence will be one focus of the cooperation between the two institutions.
Corvinus University is hosting the AI Transformation Conference and the Chinese-Hungarian AI Innovation Summit, on Thursday and Friday, in the framework of the cooperation.
The ministry said a “key element” of the government’s innovation strategy is fostering stronger international ties among Hungarian universities and research institutions, both in the West and the East.
The four-year agreement between Corvinus University and the CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute has a budget of EUR 19m. It is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
CUHK-Shenzhen reviews 10 years of achievements
As The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen marks its 10th anniversary, the institution has swiftly risen as a leading educational force in the Chinese mainland, carving a niche with its visionary educational philosophy, robust talent recruitment, interdisciplinary approach, internationalization, and whole-person development, the Chinese university’s official website wrote.
“We benchmarked ourselves against world-class universities from the very beginning, taking on the mission of exploring valuable experiences for the comprehensive reform of higher education in China,” said Professor Xu Yangsheng, CUHK-Shenzhen’s founding president and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
“Establishing an international university in Shenzhen, China’s hub of technological advancement in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, by collaborating with a prestigious Hong Kong university allows us to complement each other’s strengths in talent cultivation, scientific research, and technology transfer, thereby achieving rapid progress,” Xu explained.
“Our university was founded with a macro-perspective, grasping global development trends, including the demands that international politics, economics and technology impose on regional and national development strategies. We actively respond to the strategic needs of China and the Greater Bay Area,” he added.
Global talent
In a decade, CUHK-Shenzhen has established itself as a magnet for global academic talent. With a firm commitment to attract a top-tier faculty, the university has recruited more than 650 renowned scholars, including six Nobel laureates, more than 40 academicians and 100 national-level experts.
Recently, Elsevier, a global information analytics company, and the Stanford University released the 2024 list of the world’s top 2 percent scientists. CUHK-Shenzhen has 44 scientists making the Lifetime Scientific Impact Ranking and 65 scientists on the Annual Scientific Impact Ranking.
The university’s student body has also attracted attention. Over the past nine years, CUHK-Shenzhen has consistently ranked as one of the top universities in Guangdong province for admissions based on gaokao (the national college entrance exam) results. In most provinces, its minimum scores for liberal arts and sciences fall within the top 1 percent and 2 percent.
Interesting. One thing Hungarian universities that Hungarians are inventors while Chinese people copy and mass produce inventions. Hungary must protect its inventors and inventions.