Bulletin No. 1, 2016

Congregations for the Conferment of Degrees 27 Prof. Bai Chunli , a renowned expert in nanoscience, is president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The World Academy of Sciences, and the Board of China’s National Center for Nanoscience and Technology. As the first Chinese scientist to actively engage in research in nanotechnology, he led his team to develop China’s first ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscope and the first laser atomic force microscope. Professor Bai has been instrumental in furthering China’s nanoscience and nanotechnology research. He has received the International Medal from the Society of Chemical Industry, the Medal for ‘contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies’ from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. In recognition of his exemplary contributions to China’s scientific and technological development, the University conferred upon Professor Bai the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa . Prof. Shinya Yamanaka is director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Kyoto University. He also serves as a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco. One of the world’s leading stem cell researchers, he pioneered the iPS (induced pluripotent stem) cell technology and received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012 with the British developmental biologist Sir John Bertrand Gurdon. Professor Yamanaka has also been active in promoting science among the general public. Professor Yamanaka has received the Shaw Prize and the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. The University conferred upon Professor Yamanaka the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa , for his phenomenal achievements in medical research. Prof. Liu Mingkang is a financial expert and former chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission. He is currently honorary dean of Lingnan College at Sun Yat-sen University, senior fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, BCT Distinguished Research Fellow of Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance, and honorary professor of the Faculty of Business Administration at CUHK. In 2003, Professor Liu was appointed as the first chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, to regulate China’s troubled banking industry. The University conferred upon Professor Liu the degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa , in recognition of his significant contributions to the banking industry. Citations in full at www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/cong/hongrads/all