Yuanshi Story │ A stay -behind home

In July 2015, Liang Yongbo, a professor of chemistry, officially rested from the Shatian Campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong for 25 years. At that time, he was 62 years old and taught most of his life, and he didn't have much planning at all at all. He usually took care of two dogs at home. Only ten days, Liang Yongbo, who had not had time to enjoy retirement, suddenly received an invitation from Professor Hao Shaokang, who was an old colleague and a long -time friend.

Professor Hao Shaokang had already served as the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), which was just established for a year. One of the responsibilities is to recruit first -class professors for the University of Science and Technology. At that time, he had interviewed several chemistry professors, but he failed to encounter a suitable candidate. The purpose of the beginning of the Hong Kong University of China (Shenzhen) was to inherit the successful schooling concept and academic traditions of the Chinese University of Hong Kong for decades, recruiting a group of outstanding teachers with an international perspective, innovative spirit, and teaching and educating people.

At this time, Professor Hao Shaokang thought of Professor Liang Yongbo, who had just retired. Professor Liang joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1990, starting from the lecturer, promoted to the professor all the way, and also served as the head of the application chemistry and management major from 2001 to 2006. The Shenzhen campus, which has just been founded, is urgently needed for help in all aspects, especially the joining of senior Hong Kong professors like Liang Yongbo, which can bring Hong Kong's experience in completeness.

As a result, Hao Shaokang invited Liang Yongbo to "out of the mountain" again: "I just started here, do you want to do the barren cattle?" Liang Yongbo, who wanted to change the environment after receiving the invitation, readily agreed. Because I took a good look at the Mainland, I was planning to retire.

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From Liang Yongbo's home in Tai Po, Hong Kong to Hong Kong University (Shenzhen), it only takes more than an hour to go. Liang Yongbo said that when he first came, he didn't have much preparation, because he had actually taught for many years in Hong Kong. He didn't even bring too many luggage, just thinking about teaching a good book. But when he took the car to the school gate, he was a little surprised, because there were only a few buildings in Hong Kong University (Shenzhen) at that time, and many places were still under construction, and there were construction sites everywhere.

However, there are some things that make him familiar. The school name in view is also engraved on the stone cards built by giant, rustic, and three -in -three soil, and the "four pillars" stand on the right side of the stone card. At the Shatian Campus, the four stone pillars in the middle of the school gate are one of the most familiar signs of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The official name is "Hua Tiao", which is a form of architectural forms full of traditional Chinese culture. The lines of the Chinese University of Hong Kong are concise and bright, representing the spirit of open freedom of the University of Hong Kong and communicating with the society.

Liang Yongbo is an aboriginal of the New Territories and grew up in the enchanted village since he was a child. When he was a child, the village school was very simple, with only 6 classrooms, but the teachers here taught him how to learn English. After passing the elementary school exam, he was admitted to the only official middle school in the New Territories at the time. At that time, Hong Kong's official middle schools were free of tuition fees and provided all English education. Liang Yongbo was the first in the village to admit to the official middle school. Education changed his destiny and let him walk out of the village, greatly broadening his vision.

For Liang Yongbo, Hong Kong people, Hong Kong University carried very special memories. When Liang Yongbo took the university, there were only two supreme universities in Hong Kong at that time. One was the first university in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University founded by the British. The Chinese University of Hong Kong composed of Asia Academy, Chongji College and United Academy. The concepts of the two universities are also different. The University of Hong Kong is more rich in Chinese cultural characteristics. Liang Yongbo remembered that he was yearning for Hong Kong University at the time. Although he was shortlisted for the interview after the application, he was unsuccessful because of his average results. However, Liang Yongbo also took the GCE A-Level exam at the time, and his grades were better, which gave him the opportunity to apply for foreign universities.

Liang Yongbo, who grew up in the village, has a farmland and farmland in the family. The family is average. But he worked in a laboratory in Hong Kong for two years. He went to the United Kingdom to study in the United Kingdom until he saved enough money. After reading it all the way, Liang Yongbo became the first college graduate, the first master, and the first doctoral student in the village. In 1979, he obtained a bachelor's degree in college in Kent, England. In 1980, he received a master's degree in organic metal chemistry at the University of Sussex, and a doctorate degree from the University of Western Australia in 1984. Later, Liang Yongbo returned to the University of Sussex for a postdoctoral research. However, Liang Yongbo, who was in the UK, always felt that Hong Kong was his home, so he had been looking for a chance to return to Hong Kong. Finally, in 1990, he officially joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong and fulfilled his dream of yearning for the University of Hong Kong. And for 25 years.

After studying abroad, from the Sha Tin Campus to the Shenzhen Campus, Liang Yongbo hopes to bring himself in the experience of studying and doing in different educational environments and experience in teaching management and student evaluation system in Hong Kong, so that mainland students will have Opportunities are in Shenzhen with different higher education models. In addition to teaching, he also served as the director of the research and improvement center of the academic ability, aiming to ensure the work of high -quality teaching and learning, and support and promote the outstanding educational concept of university. "The most important aspect is in line with international standards, especially in teaching and basic scientific research." Liang Yongbo said that now the science and engineering English teaching and curriculum settings of the University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) are basically consistent with the top universities abroad. ▲ Liang Yongbo believes that exploring in the world of scientific research is actually very fun.

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On the road to Professor Liang Yongbo, we met a faculty and staff who mentioned Professor Liang. She blurted out: "Professor Kevin is very good! Face always smiles on his face."

Before coming to Hong Kong University (Shenzhen), Liang Yongbo admitted that he only planned to teach here for two or three years. Before there was no epidemic, Liang Yongbo lived in "Shuangcheng Life" and usually returned to Hong Kong on weekends. What I did not expect was that it took seven years to stay. Liang Yongbo said that it was because the student's study spirit moved him very much, so he was willing to stay to teach.

On a board on the wall of Liang Yongbo's office, there was a paper published by him in cooperation with other professors in Hong Kong University (Shenzhen), as well as the Chinese greeting card sent by his granddaughter in the UK, and wish him a happy birthday. Talking about her granddaughter, Liang Yongbo was obviously very emotional: "Although she studied in the UK, she has always been to learn Chinese in Chinese schools. I also hope she can learn more Chinese."

▲ Liang Yongbo and granddaughter.

Hong Kong University (Shenzhen) has become the home where Liang Yongbo is willing to stay. In the summer vacation, Liang Yongbo did not intend to return to Hong Kong, but stayed in the school to give students a summer course. "Because of the epidemic, many professors from abroad or foreign countries cannot come to school in person. The students have not read the book poorly, so I want to open a first -phase offline course so that students can continue to class in school in the summer."

Hong Kong University (Shenzhen) has its own unique campus temperament. At first, Liang Yongbo, who was thinking about the experience, was slowly changed by the new atmosphere of this new school. In the past, in Hong Kong, Liang Yongbo rarely attended the graduation ceremony of students. However, in Hong Kong University (Shenzhen), Liang Yongbo participated in many extracurricular activities that were in contact with students, such as the good teacher "Yiyi" luncheon gang of good teachers who communicated with students, the welcoming ceremony of Yifu Academy, and the sports festival. The Women's Day also recorded a blessing video for students.

At the “Chemistry in the Kitchen in the kitchen” he opened in the whole school, he will not only discuss the chemical principles in cooking with the students, but also communicate with them where to eat authentic Hong Kong -style clouds in Shenzhen. Swallowing, "Because the meal in the school canteen is too spicy, it is not suitable for me."

Regarding the differences between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, Liang Yongbo said that the most intuitive thing is that the students' learning attitude is very different. Students in Shenzhen are very enthusiastic about learning and respect for teachers. The first time I brought him an intuitive impact was that after he took the first class, the students actually applauded spontaneously, and until now, this was still the case every time I finished the class. "This is not the case in Hong Kong. Everyone likes to sit in the back row during class, and they are afraid of being named to answer questions. But in Hong Kong University (Shenzhen), even at 8:30 in the morning, students are grabbing the front row. And in the get out of class, wow, it is the 'successor' to ask questions around you. "Although he is not good in Mandarin, many students often take the initiative to communicate with him.

The degree of diligence of students also made Liang Yongbo very emotional. On one afternoon, he saw a student standing on the stairs and listening to the class. He asked the student, why not sit down and listen? As a result, the student told him that because he was afraid that he was too sleepy in the afternoon, he just stood and listened to the class, and became more sober.

Liang Yongbo bluntly stated that the academic performance of students (Shenzhen) students (Shenzhen) students (Shenzhen) students is better than most of his Hong Kong students, especially in terms of mathematics. Sometimes looking at their mathematical textbooks will make him feel "frightened". "Learning is a culture. After hard training in high school in the Mainland, mathematicalized results will be particularly good. This is not the same as Hong Kong." It is to develop your own potential, which cannot be done in high school. "Especially students need to learn to think and analyze independently. This is an important ability in society." In the experimental class, he found that because of lack of practical experience in experimental experiments, the students at the beginning would appear a bit "chicken hand ducks duckling "Foot", but I am also very interested in scientific research. "Universities should give these students full of opportunities for interest. Reading should eventually be for interest."

On the other hand, what made him feel the impact is that the "monster mothers", "helicopter parents" and "tiger father and tiger mother" that are not advocated in Hong Kong can meet from time to time in schools in the Mainland. Some parents interfere with their children. Many, even after college. "Once, some students found that they could not add classes when choosing a course, and parents came to school to negotiate." Liang Yongbo believes that the parents' excessive intervention is directly resulting in "the students here are a little afraid of failure, and it is easy to lose motivation when it fails." Dare to do it. "

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In November 2021, Stanford University in the United States released the top 2%of scientists in the world, and Liang Yongbo was on the list. At that time, a total of 21 full -time professors of the Polytechnic Institute of Hong Kong University (Shenzhen) were selected as the list, exceeding a quarter of the full -time professor of the Institute of Technology. After several years of construction, the scientific influence of the professor of the Institute of Technology in international academics has increased day by day.

Chemistry is a science that is inherited and enabled. It can play a foundation, lead, drive and promote the development of related disciplines. It is also one of the scientific research fields that the University of Science and Technology. This matches the vision of science and engineering is committed to building a regional, nationwide and internationally recognized first -class scientific and engineering academic centers in Shenzhen, nationwide and internationally, and cultivates the vision of a new generation of scientific talents that are courageous to innovate, have a global perspective, and strive to pay for society.

The research of Liang Yongbo is mainly concentrated in the synthesis, structure and mechanism research of organic metal compounds. Because of its outstanding scientific research results, he was elected academician and franchise chemist (franchise honor, granted profound chemical knowledge and improvement and improvement and improvement. Developed professional and technical practical experience chemists with major personal achievements).

"The world of chemistry research is like you go to the forest to find prey, especially like synthetic chemistry. You may not have the original goal, but you may make other things. There will be many unexpected accidents, and there are some things, and there are some things. It may be that others have not found it, this is the charm of the chemical world. "

Liang Yongbo said that exploring in the world of scientific research is actually very fun. When doing research, Liang Yongbo himself was very invested. "Some experimental reactions have been long, and you have to go to the laboratory in the middle of the night." And doing research can not be achieved overnight. Although there are occasional luck in scientific research, but there are lucky components in scientific research, but there are lucky components in scientific research, but there are lucky components in scientific research. There are only one or two lucky people. But when you really achieve a unique research result, others can gradually make more results on this basis. "In this way, the fields of scientific research will be continuously expanded and deepened, and you will feel the mission and responsibility as a scientist."

"Some students always say that they can't do a good result. I told them, continue, don't be afraid of small setbacks. If you have been doing things such as flat, there is no ups and downs, then life becomes meaningless."

Today, compared with Liang Yongbo's first coming, the appearance of the CUHK (Shenzhen) campus has changed a lot. In the past few years, Liang Yongbo would also ride a bicycle on the campus and go to get out of class. Although you still have to take three days a week, in his spare time, Liang Yongbo will insist on going to the campus on the campus for a while, exercise, and "accumulate 10,000 steps." Regarding the future, Liang Yongbo has not planned specifically, "Maybe you can retire in your 70s." What he can do now is to do your best to teach each lesson to make students gain something.

Liang Yongbo often quotes Liang Qichao's "The best name" in "On the perseverance" to encourage the students: "If the husband is frustrated and does not retreat, after the small counterattack, there will be Xiaoshun. It is not only Liang Yongbo's encouragement of students' scientific research, but also a guidance for their lives.

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