This is the 1143rd issue of "One Day in Hong Kong"
Li Jiachao: Hong Kong's biotechnology financing scale leads the world to enhance competitiveness In his video speech, he said that the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is determined to develop innovation and technology, inject new impetus into the economy, and enhance the competitiveness of Hong Kong. Hong Kong's R&D strength and foundation are strong, bringing together world-class authoritative experts and outstanding innovation and technology talents in different fields, and the scale of biotechnology financing is even more advanced in the world.
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Li Jiachao emphasized that the world is in an era powered by innovative technology, and the biggest opportunity and growth driver for global development lies in China. He emphasized that Hong Kong will give full play to its unique advantages under the ", one country, two systems" and , and develop Hong Kong into an international innovation and technology center that attracts global attention under the unprecedented innovation and technology opportunities brought by the country's development. Contribute to becoming a world power in science and technology.
Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the SAR Government, attended and delivered a speech, saying that the SAR Government is formulating clear development directions and goals for the future development of Hong Kong's innovation and technology. First of all, it is necessary to improve the innovation and technology ecosystem and coordinate the mutual development of upstream, middle and downstream. On the upstream side, in addition to supporting basic scientific research, we will step up efforts to support Hong Kong's original scientific innovation, further strengthen the basic scientific research advantages of local universities, and consolidate their upstream competitiveness. In the midstream, universities will be encouraged to attach importance to technical services, applied research, and innovation and entrepreneurship, and greater efforts will be made to support universities in promoting the transformation and industrialization of scientific research results. As for the downstream, support the development of Hong Kong's advantageous technology industries, nurture local technology companies, and attract domestic and foreign companies to settle in Hong Kong. At the same time, it helps traditional industries to shift to high value-added production, realizes " re-industrialization", and drives new economic growth points. Secondly, it is necessary to enrich the talent pool of innovation and technology, drive the development of innovation and technology and practice the industrialization of science and technology.
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Sun Dong also mentioned that the state has always been the most solid backing of the Hong Kong SAR. Hong Kong has also cooperated with Greater Bay Area and Mainland cities to jointly promote the construction of an international technology innovation center in the Greater Bay Area. Among them, the governments of Shenzhen and Hong Kong will jointly build a cooperation zone consisting of the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Park and the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park to realize "one zone and two parks". It is expected that the Shenzhen branch of the Science Park will be completed around the end of this year.
Chen Yong: Mutual recognition of judgments between the two places facilitates the integration of Hong Kong companies into the Greater Bay Area and reduces judicial costs
The Hong Kong Legislative Council has previously reviewed the "Mainland Civil and Commercial Judgments (Mutual Enforcement) Bill" to implement the SAR government and the Central Supreme People's Court The Arrangement on Mutual Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Cases by the Courts of the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, signed on January 18, 2019. On the 28th, Chen Yong, deputy to the National People's Congress, member of the Legislative Council, vice chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong and chairman of the New Federation of Socialist Associations, coordinated about 70 people including representatives of the National People's Congress, members of the Legislative Council, and representatives from all walks of life in Hong Kong, together with the Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong, Lin Dingguo and Deputy Director Zhang Guojun held a face-to-face meeting to deepen the industry's understanding of the arrangements for mutual recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial cases with the mainland.
Chen Yong said that the mutual recognition of judicial judgments between the two places will allow Hong Kong businessmen to integrate into the development of the Greater Bay Area, reduce the judicial costs for the business community in the Greater Bay Area, and more effectively protect the rights and interests of civil and commercial enterprises. He also said that the relevant groups of the Legislative Council have held many meetings so far, and he hopes that the Department of Justice can attend the Legislative Council more, explain to the electoral committee and the public, listen to the opinions of all parties, and improve the judicial mutual recognition system.
Secretary for Justice Lam Ding-kwok also published a blog, pointing out that the exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland in people's livelihood and economic and trade activities are becoming more and more close, and there are voices in the society from time to time to expand the scope of the mutual recognition and enforcement of civil and commercial judgments between the two places. The second reading of the "Mainland Civil and Commercial Judgments (Mutual Enforcement) Bill", which resumed its second reading in late October, is respondingThe society has demanded in this regard, and the arrangement is a new milestone for mutual legal assistance in civil and commercial matters between the two places.
The Hong Kong Hospital Authority's research has confirmed that Chinese medicine can effectively improve the symptoms of the new crown. Clinical research was conducted on the efficacy of the treatment, and the results of the study were announced on the 28th. It was found that traditional Chinese medicine can improve the clinical symptoms of the new crown, effectively treat its sequelae and symptoms, and improve the lung function and physique of patients.
From September 2020 to December 2021, the research team of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority collected clinical data of 150 patients who recovered from COVID-19 to understand their TCM syndromes and related health conditions. It was found that during the diagnosis period, most of them had fever, fatigue, dry cough, muscle or joint disease, and headache.
In terms of rehabilitation, studies have shown that after receiving TCM treatment, the patient's lung function has improved. Only 5% of the recovered patients met the standard in the six-minute walking test, and received TCM treatment for three months and six months. Months later, the compliance rates rose to 10% and 15% of recovered patients, respectively. At the same time, their risk of pulmonary obstruction was also reduced, and sequelae such as cough, wheezing and fatigue were also improved. The research paper related to
was published in the international journal "Chinese Medicine" last month. The team expects that the research will improve the level of evidence-based scientific research in TCM in Hong Kong, demonstrate the clinical efficacy and advantages of TCM on an international scientific research and academic platform, and actively support and promote more TCM research projects in the future, including providing TCM diagnosis and treatment services for COVID-19 inpatients. And strengthen the cooperative treatment of Chinese and Western medicine.
Previously, 39 members of the Legislative Council and the electoral committee issued a joint statement, urging the Chief Executive to seriously consider establishing a new structure of the Chinese Medicine Authority in his policy address. To coordinate Chinese medicine services in Hong Kong.
They also called for making good use of Hong Kong's traditional Chinese medicine talents, clinical experience, scientific research achievements and connections with the mainland, to shoulder the heavy responsibility of Hong Kong's medical and health care side by side with Western medicine, and to cooperate with the country's policy of vigorously promoting traditional Chinese medicine.
