The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) hosted a one-day occasion on the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape yesterday, titled “Face-to-Face Meeting Between Hangzhou Innovation and Technology Enterprises and Macau Youth 2026”.
The occasion was additionally attended by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam and Lyu Yuyin, a deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government within the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR).
In a speech, DSEDJ Director Kong Chi Meng mentioned that his bureau is dedicated to supporting the nationwide technique of constructing a technologically sturdy nation and selling in-depth cooperation between Macau and the Chinese mainland. This, Kong famous, is being achieved by integrating synthetic intelligence (AI) into major and secondary faculty curricula, advancing worldwide training initiatives, and optimising the disciplinary construction of Macau’s greater training establishments to strengthen expertise cultivation.
Kong expressed his bureau’s gratitude to a number of main expertise corporations from Hangzhou* for visiting Macau to change concepts and collaborate, noting that they’ve acquired the standing as “Macau Youth Science Ambassadors”. These corporations specialize in cutting-edge fields comparable to AI, humanoid robotics, aged care service robots, and 3D digital style, Kong mentioned, encouraging Macau’s youth to leverage this chance by visiting outstanding innovation hubs, together with Hangzhou, thereby creating additional alternatives for Macau’s future.
The opening ceremony included a efficiency by the well-known “Hexuan Band” from Hangzhou, a humanoid robotic musical ensemble; its identify “Hexuan” actually interprets to “Chord” in English. It consists of three robotic musicians.
According to a DSEDJ assertion, the six Hangzhou-based science and expertise corporations invited to the occasion have been DEEP Robotics, Hangzhou Lingban Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Qiangnao Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Lingdi Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Taixi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., and Hangzhou Xialing Interactive AI Service Robot Co., Ltd.
The assertion additionally mentioned that representatives from the six corporations will go to the University of Macau (UM), Macau Polytechnic University (MPU), Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), City University of Macau (CityU), in addition to Keang Peng School, Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College, and Escola Luso-Chinesa Técnico-Profissional right this moment and tomorrow. Through displays and exhibitions of their work, they are going to showcase scientific and technological achievements to college and college students, partaking in in-depth exchanges, the assertion mentioned.
During the occasion, the Macau Science Centre signed agreements with the six corporations, aiming to deepen technological exchanges and cooperation in science popularisation between Hangzhou and Macau, and to collectively promote science training in each areas.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the occasion, Kong mentioned that his bureau plans to leverage the “Youth Science and Technology Village” on the Macau Science Centre to rearrange for native college students to review and prepare at enterprises in Hangzhou, establishing an everyday change mechanism. The bureau will collaborate with Macau’s greater training establishments and tech corporations to strengthen the technological literacy of younger folks, promote analysis interactions, and facilitate expertise exchanges between the 2 locations, Kong added.
According to Kong, by utilizing Hangzhou as a place to begin and integrating the benefits of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), the intention is to advertise the long-term growth of Macau’s expertise trade.
* Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang province and one of many nation’s most outstanding political, financial, and cultural centres. Located on the southern finish of the Grand Canal, it’s usually described as a metropolis the place historical heritage meets the digital frontier. The metropolis of about 12.6 million inhabitants is internationally recognised as China’s “Silicon Valley”. It is the worldwide headquarters of Alibaba Group and residential to different tech leaders like NetEase and Ant Group. Hangzhou’s Westlake University is a prestigious, research-orientated college that has turn into a centre for cutting-edge science and robotics. – Gemini
The musical robotic ensemble from Hangzhou performs throughout yesterday’s opening ceremony. – Photos: Armindo Neves
Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) Director Kong Chi Meng delivers a speech through the opening ceremony of the occasion on the Macau Science Centre in Nape.