Shenzhen Institute Of Standards And Technology And Shenzhen Municipal Government Financial Services Office Visit ASTRI

Delegates from Shenzhen Institute of Standards and Technology (SIST) and Shenzhen Municipal Government Financial Services Office (FDSO) visited ASTRI on 5 December 2016. Dr Ryan Chung, Director, Chief Technology Officer Office met the delegates including Ms Huang Manxue, Deputy Director of SIST and Mr Hu Hao, Senior Staff of Shenzhen FDSO. The delegates were introduced to ASTRI’s background and viewed a number of demonstrations of our FinTech applications such as Blockchain, face recognition, cybersecurity information sharing platform, and Chinese handwriting character recognition.

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Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) is founded in 2000 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. As Hong Kong’s largest government-funded research and development centre, ASTRI is a key force and super connector driving innovation and technology advancement in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, and the global innovation ecosystem. This role is strengthened through its merger with Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI).

Committed to bringing high impact research from lab to market, ASTRI advances interdisciplinary, market driven R&D that delivers practical innovations for industry and meaningful benefits for society.

Its technological strengths and capabilities enable AI powered, cross disciplinary ICT and advanced materials solutions across Smart City, FinTech, Digital Health and Life Sciences, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and Advanced Electronics, New Energy and Energy Storage, and Green and ESG Technologies.

Over the years, ASTRI has cultivated a strong pool of I&T talent and earned numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations and contributions to industry and the community. Following the merger with NAMI, ASTRI’s cumulative patent portfolio has grown to over 1,500, with more than 2,200 technologies successfully transferred to industry.

With enhanced scale and capabilities, ASTRI is uniquely positioned to elevate Hong Kong’s innovation capacity, accelerate technology commercialisation, and drive societal and economic progress through world class applied research.

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