The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and CUHK Medical Center recently signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement and will collaborate on medical talents cultivation, faculty exchanges, and advanced scientific research. This cooperation, in line with the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area), is expected to foster close collaboration in medical and healthcare resources in the Bay Area, leverage Hong Kong’s advantages in internationalized medical education, inheriting the education system of the Faculty of Medicine CUHK to nurture qualified medical talents, and promote the public health and well-being.

Under the agreement, both institutions will join hands to cultivate medical talents with international perspectives through training and learning opportunities offered by CUHK Medical Center for medical students at CUHK-Shenzhen, following teaching plans adhering to the medical education system in Hong Kong, discussed and agreed by two sides; and to further facilitate faculty exchanges as a team of academic medical staff from CUHK-Shenzhen with strong educational background, professional competence, and professional ethics will visit CUHK Medical Center and receive guidance from doctors to enhance their teaching and mentoring capacities. The two institutions are committed to promoting innovation and transformation of medical research findings in the Greater Bay Area, taking advantage of clinical and professional resources of both sides, gathering outstanding medical research talents at home and abroad, pioneering clinical research in competitive fields, fostering the landing of international advanced medical research projects, and facilitating the transformation of research findings.