Calendar 2002–03

JointResearchUnits 131 Shanghai-Hong Kong Development Institute Tel.: 2609 8777 Fax.:2603 5215 E-mail: shkdi@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/shkdi TheShanghai-HongKong Development Institutewasestablished jointly by Fudan University in Shanghai and The Chinese University in January 2001. Through vario us academic activities and pu blication s, it aims at achieving three main goals: • elucidating social needs in the two cities and providing policy advice to both thepublic and private sectors on issues of strategic importance with the ultimate objective of achieving the greatest benefit for the nation; • helping both universities to attain the highest level of academic excellence, and making them an exemplar in nurturing young talents; and • serving as a think tank to help Hong Kong and Shanghai achieve sustainable prosperity and further integration with the global economy. Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis Tel.: (86) 21 6416 3300 ext. 8-3502 Fax.: (86)21 6416 7519 E-mail: hncwong@pub.sioc.ac.cn Establish ed in 1999, the Sh anghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis is a joint venture of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the University of Ho ng Kong (HKU) an d the Shanghai Institute of Org anic Chemistry(SIOC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Its objectives are to undertake basic research in synthetic chemistry, and to train students to tackle scientific challenges in this new millennium. At present 16 students are enrolled in thePhDprogramme, allwith supportstudentship fromtheCroucher Foundation. The director of the joint laboratory is Prof. Cuoqiang Lin, and Prof. Henry N.C.Wong of CUHK and Prof. Chi-ming Che of HKU are respectively chairman of the managememt committeeand chairman of the academic advisory committee. All are Members of CAS. A central theme of the joint laboratory is to invent new chemical reactions that can be used for biomedical and materials sciences.