FDCT holds the Meeting on Guideline Development for the Application for Macao Funding Scheme for Key R&D Projects
15/04/2021
On 14th and 15th April, the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) held the 2021 Meeting on Guideline Development for the Application for Macao Funding Scheme for Key R&D Projects in Zhuhai. Attending the meeting were FDCT’s staff including members of the Administrative Committee Cheang Kun Wai and Ip Kuai Lam, Technology Consultant Liu Liangang, Senior Managers Chu Iek Man and Chan Kong On, Technician Leong Kin Hong, as well as Xu Hongbin, Li Yan and Ma Yi, respectively the Director General, the Deputy Director General and the Project Manager of the China Science and Technology Exchange Center. Mainland experts in the field of advanced electronic materials including Deng Tao, Li Jinmin, Chen Hongda and Cui Ping, those in the field of biomedical materials including Zhang Xingdong, Zhang Xizheng, Xi Tingfei, Fan Yubo and Hu Zebin, and those in the field of precision medicine including He Fuchu, Wang Xiaoning, Li Yixue, Hui Rutai and Zeng Changqing, as well as 27 experts in related fields in Macao were also invited to the meeting.
 
Cheang Kun Wai indicated during his speech that, in order to cooperate with the SAR government in fostering the diversification of various industries, especially that of the big health, the science and technology and other industries, as well as to facilitate the integration of the industrial, academic and research sectors and promoting the transformation and application of results of scientific research as stipulated in the Policy Address for the Fiscal Year 2021, FDCT has decided to develop the application guideline for projects in three distinct fields including “Precision Medicine”, “Biomedical Materials” and “Advanced Electronic Materials”. Furthermore, he also stressed that, the guideline should be developed in accordance with the two principles of “accommodating the country’s need with the strengths of Macao” as well as "combining the forefront of the academic research with the development of various industries” . He hopes that the guideline developed can align with the country's development strategy, give full play to Macao's special advantages, go with the development trend of related disciplines and meet the needs of related industries.

Subsequently, experts from the Macao and the Mainland made separate speeches. During the meeting, experts from the Mainland mainly summarized the national strategic deployment in related fields, the setting and implementation of national key R & D plans and other aspects; while experts from Macao emphasized the development status, research conditions and capabilities of their entities in relevant fields, and, at the same time, put forward suggestions on the resource allocation and the development of the guideline. The two sides also conducted in-depth discussions on the orientation, development direction and ultimate goal of the guideline. Moreover, experts from both sides agreed that the launching of key R & D plans in Macao is crucial to the scientific and technological development in the region, and the content of the guideline will also comprehensively consider the two major relationships, which are, "the Country and Macao" and "Achievements and Economy". At the end of the meeting, FDCT held a private session with Mainland experts to discuss intensively the contents, the criteria for the acceptance review and specific requirements of the guideline, while Mainland experts also made suggestions for the implementation of key R & D projects in Macao.

The China Science and Technology Exchange Center will develop a complete guideline based on opinions provided by experts, and FDCT and the center will also work together to improve the contents of the guideline. Applications for the funding scheme will open as soon as the guideline is completed.


Member of FDCT’s Administrative Committee Cheang Kun Wai gives a speech.

At the Meeting on Guideline Development
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