Mainland/HK collaboration will 'enhance both sides' strengths'

Experts are calling for greater cooperation to boost scientific development, as Wang Yuke reports from Hong Kong.

Greater cooperation in science and technology between Hong Kong and the mainland will maximize the strengths of both sides, according to Joseph Sung Jaoyiu, a leading biomedical scientist in the city.

Sung welcomed a recent instruction issued by President Xi Jinping calling for enhanced collaboration in science and technology between the mainland and Hong Kong, and supporting the city's aim of becoming an international center for innovative technologies.