Division of Environment and Sustainability at HKUST, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, Macau University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, and Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd. established a joint laboratory in October, 2019, The Greater Bay Area Joint Laboratory of Infectious Disease of the Respiratory System. The Joint Laboratory aims to create a collaboration platform between world-class research team in the region to address critical needs in basic and clinical research on the origin, spread and epidemiology of infectious diseases, their pathogenicity and host-pathogen interaction in order to create better diagnostic tools and treatments, prevention and control strategies for infectious diseases.