On 14 January, a delegation led by Prof. Qu Zhenyuan, party secretary of the China Agricultural University (CAU), visited CUHK. Prof. Benjamin W. Wah, Provost, CUHK and Prof. Jack C.Y. Cheng, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, CUHK warmly welcomed the delegation. To further strengthen partnership between the universities, the participants had an amiable discussion and reached an understanding to establish cooperation in different areas, including student, staff and university publications exchange.

The delegation also visited the partner State Key Laboratory (SKL) of Agrobiotechnology at CUHK. Prof. Samuel S.M. Sun, director of the laboratory and Prof. Lam Hong-ming, deputy director, gave an overview of the recent developments of the SKL as well as an update on its latest research progress and achievements. Participants shared their views on how to strengthen scientific cooperation and academic links between the two SKLs to facilitate the production of collaborative deliverables.