Bulletin No. 1, 2014

46   Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2014 State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease at CUHK Established Approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, CUHK established the State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease (Partner Laboratory in The Chinese University of Hong Kong), in partnership with the Fourth Military Medical University. The plaque unveiling ceremony was held on 4 December 2013. Prof. Cao Jianlin (3rd left), Vice Minister of Science and Technology; Mr. Wang Zhimin (2nd left), deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR; Miss Janet Wong (1st right), Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, HKSAR Government; Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung (2nd right), Vice- Chancellor of CUHK; and Prof. Wu Kaichun (1st left), deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology officiated at the ceremony. Located at the Li Ka Shing Medical Sciences Building, this laboratory is the fifth state key laboratory at CUHK. Phase I Clinical Trial Centre Opens Commissioned by the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government, CUHK has established the Phase I Clinical Trial Centre (CTC) to strengthen the clinical research and development of new drugs in Hong Kong and Asia. The opening ceremony, held on 18 December 2013, was officiated by Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung (2nd right), CUHK Vice-Chancellor; Prof. Jiang Ji (2nd left), director, Phase I Unit, Clinical Pharmacology Research Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital; Prof. Francis K.L. Chan (1st right), Dean, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK; and Prof. Anthony T.C. Chan (1st left), chief director, Phase I Clinical Trial Centre, CUHK. Located at the Prince of Wales Hospital, the CTC strives to become an inter- nationally recognized centre of excellence for the development of new drugs. Activities and Events