MUST opens China’s first external scientific field station

The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) officially opened the National Observation and Research Station of Coastal Ecological Environments in Macao (the Station) yesterday with a plaque unveiling ceremony.

October 11 last year saw the Ministry of Science and Technology announce a total of 69 National Field Science Observation and Research Stations; including the Station which focuses on Macau’s coastal ecology.

In his speech, Tam Vai Man, director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, said that the establishment of the Macau station will fill the gap in China’s data on subtropical Chinese coasts.

He added that the Station is part and parcel of China’s innovation system, while the establishment of the Station in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) will assist with collection of data to help monitor the region’s environmental change.

The Station, he pointed out, will help the GBA better conserve the environment.

Through the establishment of the Macau Field Station, the MUST will cooperate with Tsinghua University, Peking University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Guangdong University of Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Jinan University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Chinese University in related fields in the future. AL