Calendar 2014–15

20 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 The University and its academic departments constantly organize joint academic activities, such as academic symposia, conferences and summits. Examples include the Cross-strait Forum in Humanities and Social Science, an academic symposium jointly organized with the National Natural Science Foundation and the lecture series by the academicians of CAS, Chinese Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica, and by the scholars of CASS. Other academic and executive exchange activities included China Links Seminar, Writers@CUHK, Interflow Programme for Mainland Academic Exchange Executives under the Ministry of Education, Summer Institute for Mainland Higher Education Executives 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 actively promoted at university, college and faculty levels. CUHK students participate in short-term exchange visits to the mainland and Taiwan, whilst the University also receives student delegations and organizes interflow activities, Summer Placement Programme, and Visiting Student Programme for Mainland and Taiwan Students. In response to rapid economic growth and the need for high-calibre management executives in Greater China, the University has launched a number of joint postgraduate programmes with its close partners including Peking University, Tsinghua University and Shanghai National Accounting Institute. The University is also involved in providing training courses to governmental agencies, business sector and universities on the mainland. The University collaborates with the Shenzhen Municipal Government in promoting linkages with Shenzhen in education, science research and training of talents. The CAS-CUHK Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) was established, comprising Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Integration Technology, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, and Institute of Advanced Computing and Digital Engineering. CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute (SZRI) established in Shenzhen Virtual University Park provides a pivotal base for CUHKmembers to conduct teaching, research and technology transfer. To capitalize on the strengths of Hong Kong and Guangdong Province, and to groom future generations of university graduates, CUHK, Shenzhen was established as an initiative to extend the core educational philosophy and values of the University beyond Hong Kong. It is an endeavor in the training of top talents, contributing to the long-term prosperity of Shenzhen, Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region. The University’s liaison officers in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen render assistance to exchange activities on the mainland and help enhance co-operation with mainland institutions.