Recently, Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) has achieved breakthroughs across strategic emerging industries including quantum technology, fine chemicals and biomedicine. Leveraging world-class faculty and cutting-edge research facilities, GTIIT is building a premier hub for cultivating innovative talent, fully embodying the "Dream it. Do it" spirit.

Leveraging Strengths in Quantum Research

The Greater Bay Area Event Week of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology was recently held in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, bringing together nearly 2,000 scholars from 14 countries and regions under the theme "Century of Quantum, Innovating the Future."

As a founding member and standing director, GTIIT participated in the Annual Conference of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Quantum Technology and Industry Innovation Alliance (QTIIA), joining 34 representatives from universities and enterprises to exchange ideas on future quantum industry development pathways and alliance initiatives.

QTIIA was jointly established by 8 leading institutions, including GTIIT, the University of Hong Kong, the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, and Huawei Technologies. Committed to think tank support, science popularization, and industry-academia-research integration, QTIIA leverages the GBA's strategic location and innovation resources to connect quantum technology and industry resources worldwide. It aims to build an international collaborative platform for deep integration across "Industry, Academia, Research, Application, and Funding."

Michael Lv, Director of GTEC

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Focusing on three core areas—quantum computing, quantum precision measurement, and quantum materials and devices—QTIIA brings together upstream and downstream partners along the industrial chain to systematically carry out strategic research, standards development, industry-research matchmaking, technology transfer, talent cultivation, and science education.

As a core member of the QTIIA, GTIIT remains dedicated to serving national strategies and regional development, continuously leading in frontier quantum science. GTIIT's quantum team is led by Prof. Oren Cohen head of the Department of Physics. Among the team members, two have received national talent awards and one has received a provincial talent award. Currently, the team is actively preparing to apply for various research projects and platform development at different levels. Their proposal for the "2025 Guangdong Quantum Science Strategic Special Project" has been approved for funding.

Three GTIIT Start-ups Received Funding

Recently, three technology-based startups from GTIIT received funding from Shantou's Special Fund. Six enterprises across the city received this distinction, with GTIIT taking three spots and securing a combined total of 2.5 million yuan in funding.

The startups were founded by Prof. Varenyam Achal from Environmental Science and Engineering program, Associate Prof. Kong Bo from Chemical Engineering program and Associate Prof. Guo Keying from Biotechnology and Food Engineering program. Their innovations span green biotechnology, nano-scale green synthesis, and early disease screening with biopharmaceutical quality control—all targeting critical technological problems.

This triple success underscores GTIIT's capacity of scientific innovation and commercial translation. With application spanning high-end sunscreen, high-performance coatings, point-of-care disease detection, concrete self-healing and heavy-metal soil remediation, these technologies demonstrate significant market potential and will inject fresh momentum into high-quality industrial development across Shantou and beyond.

Recently, led by Shenzhen Strategic Emerging Industry Development and Promotion Association, young entrepreneurs and star start-ups from Nanshan District visited GTIIT. Laboratories instantly became "pitch venues," where research achievements directly addressed industrial needs. Through efficient interactions, both parties explored collaboration pathways, painting a vivid picture of deep integration between academia, research, and industry.

"Can this technology resolve the research bottlenecks in our new packaging materials?" "Does this biosensing solution have potential applications in our medical devices?" In the laboratories, entrepreneurs and researchers delved into technical details. Michael Lv, Director of GTEC, along with various research teams, served as "consulting experts," showcasing GTIIT's abundant achievements in fields such as new energy, biotechnology, and materials science.

During the subsequent symposium, a group of "elite" enterprises from Shenzhen's strategic emerging industries presented their "demand lists" in areas such as chips and new materials, artificial intelligence and high-end manufacturing, and biomedicine and food technology.

In response to the substantial "demand lists," GTIIT's scientists "precisely accepted the orders." Associate Professor Kong Bo shared his latest research on AI-optimized chip processing; Associate Professor Zhu Cheng elaborated on the application of carbon nanomaterials in corrosion protection; Dr. Zheng Jintao introduced biosensors based on transistor technology... The wisdom nurtured in laboratories is swiftly moving toward production lines along the bridge of academia-industry-research collaboration, pressing the "accelerator key" for the transformation of GTIIT's research achievements.

Texts: GTIIT News & Public Affairs, GTEC, SSEIDPA

Photos: GTEC, GTIIT News & Public Affairs