Annual Report 2022–23

研究、創新與創業 Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship 33 段崇智校長（左三）與林漢明教授（右二）獲邀前往 海南文昌參加航天發射觀禮活動。 Professor Rocky S. Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK (3 rd from left), and Professor Lam Hon-Ming (2 nd from right) were invited to witness the spacecraft launch in Wenchang, Hainan. 林漢明教授領導首個參與國家太空科研項目的農 業研究。 Professor Lam Hon-ming leads Hong Kong’s first Hong Kong agricultural research to participate in a national space research project. 香港首個農業研究項目於太空進行實驗 Hong Kong's first agricultural project launched into space 中大研究人員為香港航天科技與農業技術結合揭開新篇，卓敏生命 科學教授暨農業生物技術國家重點實驗室主任林漢明教授及其團 隊，與華潤科學技術研究院及航天神舟生物科技集團展開合作項目， 於2023年5月10日把中大團隊所研究的大豆固氮菌菌株「根瘤菌」隨 「天舟六號」貨運飛船搭載升空。 研究旨在觀察根瘤菌在太空環境下誘發的變化，期望提升菌株的抗 逆性和固氮效率，從而擴大根瘤菌的應用範圍，減少化學氮肥的使 用，改良土壤條件，推動綠色可持續發展。 CUHK researchers opened a new chapter in the integration of aerospace and agricultural technology by taking Hong Kong’s first agricultural research project into space. Professor Lam Hon- Ming, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology at CUHK and his team, supported by the China Manned Space Agency, the China Resources Research Institute of Science and Technology, and Shenzhou Space Biotechnology Group, sent specimens of rhizobia (soybean nitrogen fixing bacteria) into space on the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft that launched on 10 May 2023. The project aims to explore the changes in rhizobia under extraterrestrial conditions. Ultimately, the research team hopes to develop stress-tolerant rhizobia strains with improved nitrogen fixing efficiency, and eventually optimise the use of rhizobia, reduce use of chemical nitrogen fertilisers, improve soil conditions and contribute to a sustainable environment. 中大繼續領導開創性的研究，積極回應本地和全球 社群的需求，幫助社會解決各項急切問題。 CUHK has continued to position itself as a leader of groundbreaking research in response to the emerging needs and pressing problems of local and global communities. 開創富影響力的研究 PIONEERING IMPACTFUL RESEARCH 1 1 2 2 中大研究團隊的大豆固氮菌隨天舟六號貨運飛船 進入太空。 Rhizobia samples of the CUHK research team were taken to space by the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft.