Hong Kong and Macao Doctoral Visit to Nanshan: Event Brief
On 19 September 2026, the Hong Kong and Macao Doctoral Visit to Nanshan took place in Nanshan, Shenzhen. The organisers confirmed that 30 doctoral participants attended. The group visited Shenzhen InnoX, the Shenzhen Foundation Model AI Eco-Hub and the Global Service Centre. Officials from the Nanshan Talent Bureau were also invited to explain talent-related information, connecting research commercialisation, entrepreneurship and cross-border collaboration with specific platforms and services in Nanshan.
During the discussion, participants described needs arising from their research and entrepreneurial work. Projects covered women’s health monitoring, embodied robotics for the power sector, efficient large models and on-device deployment, robot vision and grasping, fibre-optic endoscopic imaging, industrial equipment fault monitoring, local video intelligence and AI entrepreneurship education. Teams were at markedly different stages: some reported existing business or research activity in Nanshan; others were preparing for incorporation, relocation or commercialisation; and some first wanted an academic position, an industry application setting or a joint R&D opportunity.
Several leads offered a basis for further engagement. A robotics perception project for transparent and reflective objects reported having a prototype and expressed an intention to incorporate in Nanshan. A power-sector robotics project described rented office space and a future relocation plan. A women’s health project sought to pursue commercialisation in Nanshan. Fibre-optic imaging, industrial predictive maintenance and AI education projects also expressed specific interest in further development or cooperation there. These accounts came from the discussion and registration submissions; the project entities, technical conditions and implementation schedules still require verification.
The visit helped turn participants’ concerns into possible next steps: completing project information, confirming intentions to establish operations, finding industry application settings, and checking talent and innovation policies against the actual circumstances of each individual and company. During the discussion, the organisers offered to consolidate clear expressions of interest and help connect projects with relevant departments. Follow-up progress will be recorded through confirmation by the participants, pilot cooperation, incorporation or relocation, and evidence of actual operations, helping build continued cooperation between Hong Kong and Macao research talent and Nanshan’s industries.
Evidence note: The organisers confirmed attendance and the actual visits. Project information was compiled from the AI-generated discussion notes and registration materials they supplied. The AI notes are not a verbatim audio transcript. This brief uses no unverified direct quotations and does not describe intended establishment or relocation as already completed.
