LSR Mainland and International Engagement via agreements and MoUs

Quentin Parker, LSR Director

The LSR has engaged in a vigorous but strategically targeted and focussed program of Mainland and International partnerships. These have been consolidated by the signing of various MoU’s and agreements between 2018 and 2020 in particular. This was to establish a firm foundation and basis for strong growth in capacity and profile with the strongest, most relevant groups possible.

LSR MoUs signed

  1. East Asian Observatory (EAO) October 2020
  2. China Space Utilization group (CSU) May 2020
  3. Dongguan Science & Technology Bureau (STB) – December 2019
  4. DFH Satellite Company LTD – December 2019
  5. Beijing Institute for Science and Mechanical Electricity (BISME) – December 2019
  6. CNNC and Chinese Institute for Atomic Energy (CIAE) – Sep 2019
  7. Shanghai Academy of Space Flight Technology (SAST) – March 2019
  8. National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) – March 2019
  9. Zhejiang University – December 2018
  10. Padova-CISAS ITALY – March 2018
  11. Nanjing University – November 2017
  12. National History Museum UK – October 2017 (Faculty wide but strong LSR input)

LSR Agreements signed

  1. The University of Hong Kong – Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI) – November 2020
  2. China Space Ulitization (CSU) – December 2019
  3. Membership of the Joint Innovation Centre for Space Science (JICSS) – March 2019
  4. Greater Bay Space Alliance – March 2019
  5. Shenzhen 5 party agreement for Space Payloads – December 2018
  6. Beijing Institute for Science and Mechanical Electricity (BISME) – December 2018
  7. KAVLI institute, PKU, Beijing – May 2018

Selected LSR PR stories 2018-2020

• https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/21895.html November 10th 2020

• https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/21617.html September 18th 2020

• https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/21604.html September 16th 2020

• https://bit.ly/2ABRjs4 August 17th 2020 (press interview write-up)

• https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_21360.html July 26th 2020

• https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_21307.html July 19th 2020

• https://phys.org/news/2020-06-automated-laser-scanning-hunter-drone-fossils.html June 23rd 2020

• https://hku.hk/press/news_detail_21067.html June 23rd 2020

• https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_21079.html May 25th 2020

• https://eos.org/articles/taal-eruption-and-ashfall-continue-thousands-still-at-risk January 14th 2020 (press interview write-up)

• https://www.newsweek.com/taal-volcano-photos-philippines-eruption-ash-1481846 January 14th 2020 (press interview write-up)

• https://www.earthsciences.hku.hk/news-and-events/news/the-excellent-youngscientists- award-to-dr-zhang-binzheng October 2019

• https://www.hku.hk/research/stories/20037/ Nature Astro. Sept. 2019

• https://www.scifac.hku.hk/news/smash-grab-a-heavyweight-stellar-champion-for-dyingstars (June 2019)

• https://www.scifac.hku.hk/news/lsrnews1 (March 2019)

• https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2167016/university-hong-kongboots- space-research-mainland-china (October 2018)

• https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_18534.html (October 2018)

• https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2147999/hku-planssend- lobster-eye-x-ray-satellite-orbit (May 2018 and front page SCMP)