The Exchange symposium and signing ceremony for the third-batch jointly development of the Southern Marine
Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), (hereinafter referred to as the Southern Marine Lab) was held at Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai Campus) on December 4, 2020.

City University of Hong Kong (hereinafter referred to as CityU), one of the co-founders for the second batch jointly development of the Southern Marine Lab, was invited to participate in this symposium/ceremony. As the representative of CityU, Prof. Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP) and Chair Professor of Department of Chemistry, introduced the collaboration progress and research
outcomes of SKLMP with the Southern Marine Lab as a core member of the Innovation Team called “Changing Coastal Zones and Material Transfer in the South China Sea”. Prof. Leung said that based on its existing research advantages and academic achievements, SKLMP has carried out innovative collaboration with the Southern Marine Lab, which will jointly contribute to the national marine programs under the framework of the “Future
Earth-Coast” international frontier and national strategic needs for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

In November 2018, the construction of the Southern Marine Lab was launched, which was organized by the Zhuhai Municipal People’s Government and led/managed by Sun Yat-sen University. Dr. Dake Chen, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is currently the Director of the Southern Marine Lab. The Lab
has laid out 20 innovation teams, focusing in three research areas: marine environment and resources, marine engineering and technology, and marine humanities and archaeology. The Southern Marine Lab aims to provide a basic innovation platform at the international frontier of marine technology, to build a world-class talent highland in marine sciences, and to create an innovative, leading, and breakthrough large-scale comprehensive
marine research and application base.