On 29 October 2026, a delegation led by Mr LI Xiaolong, Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China, visited Department of Civil Engineering of The University of Hong Kong. The visit focused on Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), sustainable and low-carbon buildings, smart construction, and industry transformation. Professor David Srolovitz, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, and Professor Wei Pan, Head of Department of Civil Engineering and Director of MiC Laboratory of HKU received the delegation.

The delegation first visited the HKU High West MiC project to learn about the application of MiC technologies for high-rise building development. The delegation then went to Department of Civil Engineering for meeting with professors and researchers, followed by a lab tour to MiC Laboratory. The two sides held in-depth exchanges on civil engineering development, talent nurturing, frontier research, industry trend, and government-industry-academia-research collaboration.