On the afternoon of November 29, the People's Government of Guangdong Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences signed a cooperation agreement in Guangzhou to accelerate the construction of the International Science and Technology Innovation Center in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. Huang Kunming, Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, Hou Jianguo, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Wang Weizhong, Governor of Guangdong Province attended the event and witnessed the signing of the agreement. Huang Kunming, on behalf of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, expressed gratitude to the Chinese Academy of Sciences for its long-term strong support for Guangdong's economic and social development, especially scientific and technological innovation. He said that in recent years, the strategic cooperation between Guangdong and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been deepening, and a series of substantive progress has been made in promoting industry university research collaboration, the construction of new research and development institutions, the transformation and application of innovative achievements, and the joint efforts of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to promote the construction of an international science and technology innovation center and a comprehensive national science center in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. We have set the goal of building a globally influential industrial technology innovation center, promoting the construction of a strong province in education, technology innovation, and talent, and striving to achieve new breakthroughs in achieving high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement. We hope to take this signing as an opportunity to focus on the cutting-edge areas of science and technology and the national strategic needs to deepen the cooperation between the academy and the province, give full play to the unique advantages of the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a national strategic science and technology force and the advantages of Guangdong's industry, market, talents, and openness, and work together to promote joint tackling of key core technologies, technological transformation and industrial transformation and upgrading of enterprises, construction of major scientific research platforms, training of innovative top talents, and transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements, Guide and drive more high-quality innovative elements to gather in Guangdong, promote the landing and transformation of more scientific research achievements in Guangdong, better empower Guangdong's high-quality development, and assist in the construction of a strong science and technology country. Guangdong will spare no effort to create a first-class innovation ecology, creating good conditions and providing quality services for the work of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and its institutions and personnel in Guangdong. Before the signing event, both sides held a comprehensive strategic cooperation leadership group meeting, with Hou Jianguo and Wang Weizhong attending the meeting and giving speeches. Hou Jianguo thanked Guangdong Province for its long-term strong support and help to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He stated that the cooperation between the hospital and the province has a long history and a solid foundation, and has achieved fruitful results. He hopes that both sides can leverage their respective strengths, strengthen comprehensive strategic cooperation, jointly plan and promote high-level scientific and technological innovation, jointly plan and organize major scientific and technological tasks, jointly attract and gather top talents and innovative resources, jointly explore and implement a more open, inclusive, and mutually beneficial international scientific and technological cooperation strategy, and promote the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area to further enhance its scientific and technological innovation competitiveness and international influence, To make due contributions to achieving self-reliance in high-level science and technology and promoting Chinese path to modernization. Wang Weizhong said that since 2009, the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have launched a comprehensive