On November 25, the 15th Meeting of the Guangdong-Singapore Cooperation Council was successfully held in Guangzhou. Meng Fanli, Deputy Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Governor of Guangdong Province, and Co-Chair of the Council’s Guangdong Side, and Ong Ye Kung, Singapore’s Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, Minister for Health, and Co-Chair of the Council’s Singapore Side, attended and addressed the meeting. Mr. George Loh, Associate Vice President (Strategic Partnerships) of the National University of Singapore (NUS), was invited to attend.
At this Council meeting, representatives from the governments and enterprises of Guangdong and Singapore shared insights and exchanged ideas around the theme “Smart Technologies Leading New Development, Digital Connectivity Shaping New Landscape.” The meeting also witnessed the announcement of 20 collaborative projects between Guangdong and Singaporean enterprises across sectors including technological innovation, education and talent development, biomedicine, financial services, green energy, and platform development. Among these is the “AI Applications in Reproductive Medicine” project led by the NUS Guangzhou Research Translation and Innovation Institute (NUS GRTII).
Witnessed by Governor Meng Fanli, Minister Ong Ye Kung, and other leaders, Professor Shuzhi Sam GE, Director of NUS GRTII, and Professor Wang Zilian, Vice President of The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will engage in in-depth collaboration centered on the application of artificial intelligence technologies in the field of assisted reproduction. Expert advisors for this project include: Professor Xu Yanwen, Director of the Reproductive Medicine Center at The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Associate Professor Ng Teck Khim, Director of the Computer Conversion Research and Development Centre at NUS; and Dr. Huang Zhongwei, Consultant from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the National University Hospital, Singapore.
Signing Ceremony at the 15th Meeting of the Guangdong-Singapore Cooperation Council
The AI Applications in Reproductive Medicine Project
Addressing the shared challenge of persistently declining fertility rates in both China and Singapore, the National University of Singapore and The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University have joined forces to form an international research team. Leveraging artificial intelligence technologies, the project aims to enhance the success rate of fertility treatments for women of advanced maternal age. Driven by the dual cores of “clinical big data and algorithmic innovation,” the initiative seeks to build an intelligent assisted diagnosis and treatment ecosystem. This project not only exemplifies the humanistic warmth of technology serving people but also provides a replicable and scalable model of collaborative innovation in medical technology between China and Singapore. It is poised to optimize the allocation of regional medical resources and promote the sustainable development of healthcare.
Moving forward, NUS GRTII will keep pace with the development of both Guangdong and Singapore. Seizing the opportunity presented by existing collaborations, the Institute will build an innovation ecosystem platform. Relying on NUS’s substantial strengths and abundant resources, NUS GRTII will continue to drive its three key engines: research translation, talent development, and innovation incubation. It will actively propel new technologies from the laboratory to the market, foster a closely integrated innovation ecosystem encompassing industry, academia, research, and application, and create more platforms for mutual engagement and collaboration between enterprises and talents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Singapore.
