HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 13 July 2026 – The Hong Kong Polytechnic College (PolyU) has signed a tripartite strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Paris with globally famend Dassault Systèmes and PAIEvo (HK) Restricted (PAIEvo), a completely owned subsidiary of XtalPi Holdings Restricted (XtalPi) listed in Hong Kong, to collectively promote collaboration in analysis innovation and expertise growth. This partnership marks an essential milestone in PolyU’s growth and underscores the College’s lively position in fostering cross-continental collaboration to advance innovation and know-how in Hong Kong, the Nation and the world. It additionally highlights the College’s worldwide technique to develop abroad innovation and entrepreneurship hubs, with Paris as its first foothold in Europe.
Prof. Christopher Chao, Senior Vice President (Analysis and Innovation) of PolyU (third from left); Mr Nicolas Jeannée, Vice President 3DEXPERIENCE Edu of Dassault Systèmes (centre); Dr Kevin Tsai, Vice President of XtalPi and CEO of PAIEvo (third from proper); Prof. Zijian Zheng, Vice President (Information Switch) of PolyU (2nd from left); Ms Joanne Li, 3DEXPERIENCE Edu Gross sales Director of China, Dassault Systèmes (2nd from proper); Ms Ruyu Wang, Senior Director of Exterior Affairs and Communications of XtalPi (1st from proper); and Ms Amylia Chan, Interim Director of Information Switch and Entrepreneurship, PolyU (1st from left) posed for a bunch photograph on the MoU signing ceremony.
The signing ceremony was held earlier at Dassault Systèmes’ Paris-area headquarters. Witnessed by Prof. Christopher CHAO, Senior Vice President (Analysis and Innovation) of PolyU; Mr Nicolas JEANNEE, Vice President 3DEXPERIENCE Edu of Dassault Systèmes; and Dr Kevin TSAI, Vice President of XtalPi and CEO of PAIEvo, the MoU was signed by Prof. Zijian ZHENG, Vice President (Information Switch) of PolyU; Ms Joanne LI, 3DEXPERIENCE Edu Gross sales Director of China, Dassault Systèmes;and Ms Ruyu WANG, Senior Director of Exterior Affairs and Communications of XtalPi.
Beneath the collaborative framework, the three events will collectively pursue a spread of initiatives, together with advancing the digitalisation of good laboratories, increasing analysis and growth (R&D) in new supplies, creating proprietary computing capabilities and molecular simulation instruments, constructing an ecosystem for brand spanking new substance discovery, and nurturing related skilled expertise.
Prof. Christopher Chao remarked, “PolyU has been strengthening its analysis and information switch technique lately, from establishing a strong community of Mainland Translational Analysis Institutes (MTRIs), organising the incubation centres, InnoHubs, throughout Hong Kong and the Chinese language Mainland, to progressively increasing our international footprint by constructing abroad innovation hubs, with Paris serving as our first cease in Europe. In the meantime, we proactively align our analysis with business calls for, with market-oriented innovation at its core. That is the muse of our shut partnership with Dassault Systèmes. By bringing collectively the distinctive strengths of the three events, this partnership permits us to totally leverage cross-sector and cross-border synergies amongst academia, analysis and business. It is not going to solely advance our respective growth but additionally deliver tangible advantages to society.”
Welcoming the delegations, Mr Nicolas Jeannée described the assembly as “extremely significant”. He mentioned, “This partnership connects not solely Hong Kong and France, but additionally academia and business. From the institution of the Heart of Excellence in 2025 to Dassault Systèmes’ official presence in Hong Kong in 2026, our collaboration with PolyU has continued to achieve new heights. We look ahead to working carefully with our companions to generate extra modern outcomes and contribute to international digital transformation.”
Dr Kevin Tsai acknowledged, “This strategic collaboration, shaped by our subsidiary PAIEvo with Dassault Systèmes and PolyU, marks one other essential step for XtalPi’s journey towards the ‘Lab of the Future’. By integrating the strengths of the three events in clever decision-making and Bodily AI, digital twin modelling, and cross-disciplinary educational analysis, we goal to speed up the event of a self-learning closed loop encompassing clever design, bodily experimentation, digital simulation and modern functions, thereby advancing the R&D paradigm towards autonomous discovery.”
PolyU expands its international footprint by constructing its first abroad innovation hub.
As a subsidiary of XtalPi, PAIEvo leverages XtalPi’s AI for Science platform, constructed on quantum physics, AI, and robotic experimentation, to systematically lengthen its confirmed R&D capabilities and know-how strengths into key eventualities of recent supplies R&D. Dassault Systèmes, in the meantime, creates digital worlds by its 3D design software program, 3D Digital Mock-Up and Product Lifecycle Administration options, reshaping the way in which merchandise are designed, manufactured and supported.
The College’s collaboration with Dassault Systèmes started in 2003. What began as a software program licensing relationship has step by step developed right into a complete and multi-layered partnership embracing analysis and expertise growth. Final yr, this partnership reached a brand new milestone with the institution of the Dassault Systèmes–PolyU Heart of Excellence, the primary of its sort within the Asia-Pacific area. Combining PolyU experience in AI, robotics and supplies innovation with Dassault Systèmes management in digital twin applied sciences, the Heart has laid a stable basis for the corporate’s enlargement in Hong Kong and has turn into an essential platform for driving innovation in ‘AI + supplies’ and ‘AI + digital twin’.
The PolyU-Dassault Systèmes partnership additionally demonstrates the College’s proactive position in serving to entice internationally famend enterprises and expertise to Hong Kong. By the assist of the HKSAR Authorities’s Workplace for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES), and with PolyU’s advice and assist, Dassault Systèmes was chosen as considered one of OASES’ sixth batch of twenty-two strategic enterprises, formally establishing its presence in Hong Kong and increasing its native operations. PolyU will proceed to assist Dassault Systèmes growth in Hong Kong by strengthening hyperlinks between the “AI + manufacturing” innovation ecosystems of Hong Kong and France, whereas additionally leveraging its sturdy community of translational analysis institutes and centres within the Chinese language Mainland to facilitate the corporate’s additional enlargement there.
Throughout its go to to Dassault Systèmes, the PolyU delegation toured “The Playground”, an immersive expertise house showcasing modern applied sciences and stay demonstrations powered by the corporate’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The delegation additionally visited the corporate’s 3DEXPERIENCE Lab to be taught extra concerning the modern merchandise and options developed by startups nurtured by Dassault Systèmes. The three events moreover held in-depth exchanges and discussions on the sensible implementation of their future collaboration.
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