Ist Guangdong Friendship Award

1st Guangdong Friendship Award

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    On March 13, Prof. David Gershoni, Vice Chancellor of Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), and Former Minister of Industry and Trade and Director of the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel Dr.Shuki Gleitman received the first Guangdong Friendship Award.



    Guangdong Friendship Award is awarded every three years by Guangdong Provincial Government.

    On March 13, Prof. David Gershoni, Vice Chancellor of Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), and Former Minister of Industry and Trade and Director of the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel Dr.Shuki Gleitman, together with 48 winners received the award for their outstanding contributions to Guangdong's development and foreign exchange.

    At the awarding ceremony, Prof. David Gershoni delivered a speech as the representative of Guangdong Friendship Award winners. He pointed out that GTIIT is uniquely positioned to foster collaborations between Chinese and Israeli educators, researchers and entrepreneurs. "Our partnership is well founded in our deep and mutual respect of knowledge and education, which have been common to the cultures of both nations for thousands of years. Both cultures share the understanding that education and technology holds the key to a better future,and GTIIT is our gateway into this collective future," he said.

     

    "I am honored to be part of this endeavor and I will do my best to promote the development of GTIIT and to strengthen the friendship between Israel and Guangdong in general and between Haifa and Shantou in particular. I believe that GTIIT symbolizes the crown of the Chinese - Israeli collective relationships and I hope that GTIIT will blossom and flourish many more projects of brotherhood, sharing and friendship between these two ancient and great nations," noted by Prof. David Gershoni in the speech.



    Dr. Shuki Gleitman collaborates with the Guangzhou Sino Israeli Biological Industry Investment Fund (GIBF). Currently, the Sino Israeli Fund has completed investments in 12 projects, including orthopedics, neuroscience, ophthalmology, telemedicine, neurology, smart elderly care, medical beauty, and new cancer drugs.

     

    Dr. Shuki Gleitman was born in October 1949 in Israel. He holds a dual doctoral degree in physics and chemistry from the Hebrew University of Israel. He served as a former Minister of Industry and Trade in Israel and former Director of the Office of Chief Scientist. His contribution to the establishment of Israel's national policy on innovation was particularly significant, contributing to Israel becoming an innovative nation. At the same time, he also serves as a senior advisor for building innovation systems in world institutions and regions such as the World Bank and Serbia; Since 1997, he has been serving as the Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Israel. Received the title of "Honorary Citizen of Guangzhou City" in 2018; In 2022, he became the investment ambassador of the Greater Bay Area and was awarded the title of the first "Guangdong Friendship Award" in the same year.

    Since 2013, Dr. Shuki Gleitman has been working in Guangzhou with the aim of supporting and guiding the ecosystem of technological innovation, mainly focusing on the field of healthcare. Dr. Suge is very active in his work in Guangzhou, contributing half of his time every year. During the past three years of the epidemic, I have undergone more than 14 days of quarantine each time and have also insisted on coming to Guangzhou 5 times to take charge of work.

    Dr. Shuki Gleitman efforts and contributions not only promote and establish the ecosystem of Guangzhou's high-tech industry, but also will truly and successfully influence the future of China Israel cooperation on a large scale.​

     
 

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