Calendar 2021-22

22 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 create more interactive opportunities in organizing short-term exchange visits and activities. Examples include cultural interflow camps, research placement programmes, summer school and visiting student programmes, which have yielded fruitful results in promoting mutual understanding and integration among students. The University and its academic departments constantly organize joint academic activities, such as academic symposia, conferences and summits. Examples include annual academic symposium jointly organized with the National Natural Science Foundation, World Philanthropy Forum and the lecture series by academicians of CAS, CAE and AS, and by scholars of CASS. Other academic and executive exchange activities include CUHK Distinguished Lecture Series, Interflow Programme for Mainland Academic Exchange Executives under the MoE, Summer Institute for Mainland Higher Education Executives and Mainland and Taiwan Visiting Scholar Scheme. The University has launched a number of joint postgraduate training and supervision programmes and dual degree programmes with its close partners including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University and Shanghai National Accounting Institute to cultivate talents together. The University is also involved in providing training courses to governmental agencies, the business sector and universities on the mainland. The University has also established a number of strategic initiatives in Shenzhen including the CAS-CUHK Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute (SZRI), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK, Shenzhen) and CUHK Hong Kong–Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Research Institute (Futian). CUHK aims at extending its core educational philosophy and values beyond Hong Kong. It represents CUHK’s commitment to the training of top talent, developing technology and innovation, contributing to the long-term prosperity of Hong Kong and the development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. Strategic Developments Under the supervision of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Developments), the Office of Strategic Developments (OSD) was established in 2018 to foster and synergize the strategic developments of the University, particularly in facilitating the senior management of the University in defining strategic directions and in making informed and timely decisions throughout the policy formulation, coordination and execution stages. OSD aims to engage CUHK members in research and development activities, promote the development of research and innovation initiatives set out by the local government, foster research opportunities and industrial partnerships in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, the Belt-and-Road regions and worldwide, and enhance collaborations and interactions of the University