AsianScientist (Mar. 13, 2015) – The Australian National University (ANU) will help develop the next generation of small electronic devices under a new AU$1.75 million (~US$1.35 million) investment from China’s Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology Company.
The Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology Corporation is the biggest producer of small electronic devices in China. The investment with the ANU will fund the ANU-Fenghua Joint Research and Development Center. The research from this Center will be used in various small device applications. Based at the Research School of Chemistry, the ANU-Fenghua Joint Research and Development Center will be headed by Professor Yun Liu.
Acting ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington said the Center represents the University’s commitment to cutting-edge research and its ability to work with industry to get research into the hands of the world’s consumers.
“This collaboration joins an impressive list of collaborations between the ANU and China,” Hughes-Warrington said. “We have Memorandum of Understandings, Student Exchange Agreements and Cooperative Agreements with a total of 45 institutions. Furthermore, over 3,000 students from China studied here in 2014.”
A delegation from the Guangdong Province was at ANU for the opening of the Center. The delegation was led by the Vice-Governor of Guangdong Mr. Chen Yunxian and included senior Guangdong Government officials, the President and Vice-President of the Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology Corporation and education officials.
Guangdong is the richest province in China, with a GDP almost the size of Australia’s. In 2013, Gaungdong spent approximately US$30 billion on research and development initiatives.
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Source: Australian National University.
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