Calendar 2011–12

The University 17 Part 1 mainland and in Taiwan via various channels such as Vice-Chancellor or Pro- Vice-Chancellor led delegations, University Exchange Fund supported visits, conference attendance and executive interflow delegations. The University works closely with mainland institutions on a wide spectrum of research collaborations. These include joint research projects and the setting up of more than 30 joint research centres/institutes/laboratories. Currently the University has obtained approval from the State Ministry of Science and Technology to establish four State Key Laboratories, namely, State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China (CUHK), State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (CUHK), State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China (CUHK), and State Key Laboratory on Synthetic Chemistry. The University also established key laboratories under the State Ministry of Education (MoE), including CUHK-Jinan University MoE Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, CUHK-Microsoft MoE Key Laboratory of Human- Centric Computing and Interface Technologies, and MoE Key Laboratory of High Confidence Software Technologies (Sub-Laboratory, CUHK). The Chinese University of Hong Kong–Sun Yat-sen University Centre for Historical Anthropology was set up as the first extension unit of ‘Key Research Institute in University’ under the MoE at CUHK and Hong Kong. With the aim to forging synergistic research, a tripartite collaboration was developed among CUHK, Tsinghua University and MIT to establish the Tsinghua-MIT-CUHK Joint Center for Theoretical Computer Science. By teaming up with the best universities in China, CUHK can complement each other, maximize its respective strengths and promote high-standard scientific research. Besides, the University and its academic departments constantly organize joint academic activities, such as academic symposia, conferences and summits. Examples include an academic symposium jointly organized with the National Natural Science Foundation, the Cross-Strait Forum on the Humanities and Social Sciences co-organized by CUHK, Nanjing University and Taiwan Central University, as well as the Academicians Lecture Series supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Academia Sinica, and co-organized the ‘Writers@CUHK’ with Chinese Writers Press Group. Other academic exchange activities included: China Links Seminar, Interflow Programme for Mainland Academic Exchange Executives under the Ministry of Education, Attachment Programme for Executives fromMainland Universities, and Mainland and Taiwan Visiting Scholar Scheme. Important public lectures conducted at CUHK are also broadcast live online at its close partner institutions on the mainland and in Taiwan. Student interflow activities are also actively promoted at university, college and faculty levels. CUHK students participate in short-term exchange visits to the mainland and Taiwan and the University also receives student delegations and organizes a summer research placement programme for the mainland postgraduate students.