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Inauguration of Archaeology Joint Research Base

CUHK and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) have jointly established the CASS-CUHK Chinese Archaeology Joint Research Base, the territory’s first research unit dedicated to combining archaeological expertise from mainland China and Hong Kong as a new platform of collaboration. The research base will study early civilizations in China through a global perspective, conduct in-depth investigations of ancient cultures in Hong Kong and Macau, explore new research horizons for the academic communities in Chinese archaeology, and train new archaeological professionals for Hong Kong.

The inauguration ceremony, held on 19 March 2014, was officiated by Prof. Joseph Sung, CUHK Vice-Chancellor; Prof. Zhang Jiang, Vice President of the CASS; Prof. Li Lu, Director General of Education, Science and Technology Department, Liaison Office of The Central People's Government in HKSAR; and Ms. Florence Hui, Under Secretary for Home Affairs, the HKSAR Government.

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