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334 Part 4 • Research Units and University Extensions medicine published over the last three decades. The section also offers on-line courses in Chinese medicine in collaboration with the School of Chinese Medicine and the School of Continuing Studies. The Public and General Education Section sets up herbal gardens on campus and participates in other local public education programmes on Chinese medicine, such as Hong Kong Flower Snow. The current research foci of the ICM include treatments for cancer, ageing, viral infections, chronic diseases, diabetic foot ulcer, allergic illnesses, gynaecological diseases, and heart disease. In September 2001, the institute won anArea of Excellence Award from the UGC. In 2004 and 2005, it was awarded sponsorship by the National Institutes of Health, USA. In 2006, the Innovation and Technology Commission supported an ICM initiative on a six-university collaboration, on two topics: sleep disorder and post-stroke rehabilitation. CUCAMed Company Ltd., a subsidiary company of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Foundation, was set up to serve as a commercial arm for ICM. Institute of Chinese Studies Tel.: 2609 7394 Fax.: 2603 5149 E-mail: ics@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics The Institute of Chinese Studies was established in 1967 on the basis of a broad conception of Chinese studies. The objectives of the institute are to promote Chinese studies by serving as an international centre for communication and cooperation with other academic and research institutions and scholars in the field; to provide local and visiting academic members of the University with research facilities; to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience in Chinese studies through publications, conferences, and research seminars; and to foster the growth of modern Chinese culture. The Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient (EFEO) has used ICS as its Hong Kong headquarters since 1994, with the mission to carry out primary research in Hong Kong and mainland China in cooperation with specialists in the arts and social science faculties of the University. In January 2006, The Chinese University of Hong Kong–Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies opened its office at ICS to promote Chinese Studies in Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan as well as within and beyond the Asia-Pacific region. Under the Institute of Chinese Studies are theArt Museum, the Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art, T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre, the Research Centre for Translation, the Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture, and the Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts, each of which maintains its own academic programme and publication activities. The institute publishes four periodicals — Journal of Chinese Studies , Renditions , Chinese Language Newsletter , and Twenty-First Century , as well as the cultural webpage Century China . The reference reading room of the institute contains 35,088 volumes of books and 322 periodicals.

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