Annual Report 2002–03

concurrent student exchange fair with booths hosted by teaching departments and organizations such as the British Council and the US Institute for International Education to promote exchange opportunities. The Hong Kong Trade Development Council generously supported a new initiative overseas, whereby CUHK collaborated with five other universities in Hong Kong to host a 'Study in Hong Kong' booth at the annual NAFSA International Education Expo held in Salt Lake City in the USA. The conference attracted study abroad professionals from all over the world, and helped publicize higher education opportunities in Hong Kong to young people overseas. The University received a number of prominent international delegations during the year. Among them were the presidents of Brown University (USA), Humboldt University Berlin (Germany), Sheffield University (UK), and the University of Calgary (Canada). Their visits laid a solid foundation for further talks on collaborative projects as well as faculty and student mobility programmes. Links with the Mainland and Taiwan The University made good progress in educational cooperation with mainland institutions through academic conferences and research collaboration. A research partnership to promote the most advanced terahertz technology was established with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and the Electronic and Information Science Reserach Institute, 展示校內的多元文化。此外，個別學系和海外敎 育機構如英國文化協會及國際敎育協會更擺設攤 位，提供海外留學的資料。 另方面，中大獲香港貿易發展局大力支持，參與 在美國鹽湖城舉行的美國外籍學生顧問協會國際 敎育博覽會，並聯同本港五所大學合設展覽攤 位。博覽會吸引了眾多海外敎育工作者參觀，更 有助外國年輕人了解在香港大專院校攻讀的情 況。 校方今年接待了很多知名學府的訪問團，來訪者 更包括美國布朗大學、德國洪堡大學、英國雪菲 中大校長金耀基敎授 （左） 與 北京清華大學校長顧秉林院 士 (右）分 別代表兩校續訂學術 交流協議 Prof. Ambrose King (left), vice- chancellor of the University, and Prof. Gu Binglin (right), president of Tsinghua University, renewing an academiccollaboration agreem universities 學術發展 Academic Development 27