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Faculty and Departmental Research/Consultancy Units 121 technology-based economy. It conducts basic and applied research in three broad areas of technology: Internet and information systems technologies, logistics solution technologies, and supply chain optimization technologies. A major focus of AECT is to help local firms (including those in manufacturing, banking, retail, and other service sectors) adopt e-commerce technologies and set up business operations on the Internet. Through its faculty, students, and other professionals, AECT assists the firms in training, business re- engineering, and system deployment. In addition, AECT organizes workshops and certificate programmes to help business professionals acquire the relevant skills in e-commerce. A cross-disciplinary MSc in E-commerce Technologies Programme was launched by the University in the fall of 2000. AECT’s research and training functions provide real-world projects to enrich the educational experience of students of the programme. Centre for Chinese History Tel.: 2609 7042 Fax.: 2603 5685 E-mail: history@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/his The Centre for Chinese History was established in 2004 by the Department of History to promote and facilitate research in Chinese history. Members of the centre include teaching staff and senior postgraduate students of the department. The centre organizes in-house seminars, guest lectures, and conferences on selected topics. It also conducts exchanges with local and overseas scholars who specialize in the political, social, economics, intellectual, and cultural aspects of later imperial China. Centre for Clinical Trials (CCT) Tel.: 2632 1032 Fax.: 2632 5816 E-mail: bzee@cuhk.edu.hk The CCT was established in 2003 under the School of Public Health to consolidate expertise in clinical trials research. It also provides an infrastructure to support local, regional and international clinical trial activities in Asia. The mission of this group is to provide methodological advice, regulatory submission assistance, as well as study and data management support to investigators who are interested in developing clinical trials within their area of research. Clinical trials have been identified as an indispensable tool for answering clearly defined and clinically important questions that need to be addressed with the strictest scientific methods and conducts. The CCT realizes the importance of these mandates and provides the following services to individuals from the University and local industry who would like to develop their clinical trials operations: • providing sound methodology in design and analysis; • development of infrastructure for clinical trials;