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22 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 Alumni Network Established in 1982, the Alumni Affairs Office (AAO) is committed to building a close-knit alumni community (over 230,000 to date), with a recent focus on broadening its reach and cultivating relationships to advance the University’s strategic development. AAO not only keeps the alumni abreast with the latest news of the University, but also covers the news of those alumni who have remarkable achievements and contributions. The most widely-read quarterly magazine ‘CU Alumni’ has been published for over 100 issues. Among the diverse events held, CUHKYoung Alumni Career Day, CUHKDistinguished Alumni-in-Residence Programme and CUHK Alumni Homecoming are the most well-received. Besides, CUHK Entrepreneur Day and CUHK Entrepreneurs Alliance are dynamic platforms to promote entrepreneurship. A total of 135 CUHK alumni associations have been founded worldwide, with 89 local alumni associations and 46 overseas alumni associations in 29 cities/regions. The recent CUHK Alumni Associations Global Reunion is another big alumni event. CUHK launched the Alumni Associations Centre on campus in 2018, in a bid to facilitate the interaction among the alumni groups and with the University. AAO spares no effort in engaging the alumni from different ages, professions and regions to contribute to the advancement of their alma mater by offering their time, talents and treasure. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press As the scholarly publishing division of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press (CUHK Press) is a world-class English-Chinese bilingual publisher. Originating from the University Publishing Center founded in 1968, CUHK Press was established in 1977 as The Chinese University Press. In July 2019, it was officially renamed as The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. Over the next four decades, CUHK Press emerged as a distinguished academic publisher with rapidly growing lists of publications in the areas of history, philosophy, literature, translation, contemporary art, political science, sociology, anthropology, education, and medical history. It publishes about 60 new books per year and carries over 2,300 titles on its backlist, over 1,100 of which are still in print. A long list of notable authors have worked with CUHK Press, including Lucien Bianco, Derk Bodde, Gao Xingjian, Patrick Hanan, Hsu Cho-yun, Jao Tsung-I, D.C. Lau, Stuart R. Schram, and Ezra Vogel. CUHK Press can reach readers worldwide through its comprehensive global sales network with sales representation in North America, Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, and India.