LegCo Panel on Education begins duty visit to Shanghai and Suzhou (with photos)

The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
 
     The delegation of the Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Education began the four-day duty visit to Shanghai and Suzhou today (August 12) to learn about the latest development of the two cities in promoting patriotic education, strengthening research-academic-industry collaboration, expediting digital transformation in education and enhancing the quality of education services.
 
     The delegation arrived at Shanghai in the morning and first visited the Grand neoBay of Shanghai Jiao Tong University to receive a briefing on the development of Grand neoBay and visit the 1km Incubator exhibition hall. Positioning as a world-class innovation bay area, Grand neoBay comprehensively promotes the transfer of scientific and technological achievements. At present, the Grand neoBay has a cluster of over 4 000 technology enterprises and over 600 high-tech enterprises.
 
     The delegation then visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University Student Innovation Center and exchanged views with the leaders of the university on how to cultivate students' creative and entrepreneurial spirit. Members also visited Minhang Special School for Mentally Retarded Children to understand its education services provided for students with intellectual and physical disabilities.

     In the evening, the delegation had dinner and exchanged views with the leaders of East China Normal University on issues such as patriotic education, teacher training and digital transformation in primary and secondary education, etc.
 
     The delegation will continue its duty visit in Shanghai tomorrow (August 13).
 
     A total of 14 members and non-members of the Panel on Education joined the duty visit. At the invitation of the Panel, the Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, also joined the duty visit.