On March 19, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Shenzhen Government have signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration upon the MoU between CUHK and Shenzhen in 2006. They agreed to further promote together the collaboration in education, science research and development, and technology transfer.

Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was appointed as Honorary Professor at the China Agriculture University (CAU) in recognition of his achievements in the field of economics.

A 30-member delegation led by Prof. Yang Huanming, Chairman of Management Board, Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen (BGI) visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on 20 March. During the visit, a collaboration agreement was concluded and public lectures on genomics were delivered by Prof. Yang Huanming and Prof. Wang Jun, Associate Director of BGI. Prof. Liu Yinli, Science and Technology Advisor to the Mayor of Shenzhen, and Mr. Ken Hui, Vice President, Marketing & Admission, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks were also present in the signing ceremony.

The State Key Laboratory (SKL) in Oncology in Southern China Retreat Conference 2009 was held on 27-28 March. A total of 211 participants, including 55 from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and 156 from Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) attended the conference. Conference participants were top scientists and prominent scholars in Oncology from the two universities. It was the first large-scale conference of the SYSU-CUHK SKL in Oncology since its establishment in 2006.

Prof. Gu Hailiang, President of Wuhan University led an eight-member delegation to visit the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on 3 April. They met with Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor; and Prof. Jack Cheng, Pro-Vice-Chancellor; Prof. Lin Haiqing, Chairman, Department of Physics; Prof. Lin Hui, Director, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science; and Prof. Tsou Jinyeu, Director, Center for Housing Innovations. They also visited the campus and the Satellite Remote Sensing Receiving Station and the Department of Physics.

A ten-member delegation of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) led by PVC Prof. Jack Cheng visited South China University of Technology (SCUT) to attend the plaque-unveiling ceremony of CUHK-SCUT Joint Research Center for Automation Science and Engineering, and the signing ceremony of "Memorandum of Understanding for general collaboration between the State Key Laboratory for Subtropical Architecture, SCUT and Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, CUHK".

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) presented an aerospace seminar by Prof. Sun Jinyun, deputy chief editor of "Astronauts" in the campus on 6 March. Prof. Henry Wong, Pro-Vice-Chancellor was the moderator and gave a welcoming speech in the event.

The first conference on spatially integrated humanities and social sciences was co-organised by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Peking University and National Taiwan University from 16 to 17 March on CUHK campus.  The opening ceremony was officiated by Prof. Kenneth Young, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, Prof. Lin Hui, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, CUHK, Prof. Tang Xiaofeng, Peking University, and Prof. Sun Chih-Hong, National Taiwan University in Hong Kong, and Prof. Lay Jinn-Guey, National Taiwan University in Taiwan simultaneously by means of video conference. At the opening ceremony, Prof. Kenneth Young, addressed a welcoming speech and Prof. Wang Fahui, Louisiana State University, USA delivered a keynote speech titled "Why Humanities and Social Sciences need GIS?"

Office of Academic Links (China) and Research Administration Office (RAO) will be jointly hosting the China Links Seminar 2009 by Mr. Colin Kong, Head, Division of Science and Technology, Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre. He will give an introduction on China's most prestigious awards in the field of science and technology. All are welcome.　

Agreements newly established between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and higher education institutions in the mainland / Taiwan: