A 10-member delegation led by Prof. Zhu Shanlu, Standing Member of Jiangsu Provincial CPC Committee and Secretary of Nanjing Municipal CPC Committee visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on June 22. They were warmly received by Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor and Prof. Jack Cheng, Pro-Vice-Chancellor. In the meeting, they had a detailed discussion of mutual concerns on academic exchange and cooperation.

On June 12, Prof. Jack Cheng, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) led a delegation to visit the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) to explore further opportunities for collaboration and academic exchange.

A delegation from Higher Education Evaluation Center (HEEC) of the Ministry of Education, headed by their Director Prof. Ji Ping visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on June 11. Prof. Kenneth Young, Pro-Vice-Chancellor warmly greeted the delegation. The delegation also met with Ms. Kitty Yu, Head of Academic and Qaulity Section, Ms. Wing Wong, Director, Office of Academic Links (China) and Ms. Sally Ching of Assistant Registrar of Academic and Quality Section. After the meeting, the delegates had a better understanding of the University's academic quality management and quality assurance measures and systems. Thereafter, the delegation visited the campus and attended a lunch hosted by PVC Prof. Kenneth Young.

A delegation led by Mr. Long Jiang, Director-general of Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on June 5. The delegation was composed of 10 representatives from higher education and high-tech enterprises in biotechnology, environmental protection technology and information technology.　

17 renowned mainland experts in water resource and quality management gathered at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) for a meeting on Water Resource Management on June 22.

The 3^rd Beijing-Hong Kong University Presidents' Forum, jointly organized by Beijing Municipal Education Commission and the Heads of Universities Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was held in Beijing Conference Center on June 13. Prof. Jack Cheng, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) attended the forum and delivered a keynote speech on scientific and technological cooperation between the Universities in Beijing and in Hong Kong.

In June, CUHK participated in the 6^th Beijing International Education Expo (BIEE) and the 10th Shanghai Modern Education and Study Abroad Exhibition (SMESAE) to provide students and parents in the two cities with useful information about CUHK's undergraduate, graduate and continuing studies programmes.

In collaboration with the Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation, the SPH Humanitarian Public Health Assessment team had visited the 2008 Panzhihau earthquake affected area around Jin Sha Jiang in March 2009.  The assessment was conducted in the border area around Yunnan and Sichuan, and our study site constituted of a dozen of villages, whose population was mainly ethnic minority groups that were sparsely distributed along the upstream of Jin Sha Jiang — the origin of Yangtze River.  For logistic reasons, we had to travel from Kunming, Yunnan, and our team only managed to reach the village closest to the main "road" after 18 hours of bumpy car ride in the mountain, having to cross the river several times along the way.  For the route up to the furthest village, it would require at least another 40 minutes of speedboat travel upstream, then additional hiking along the river bank.  If modern telecommunication coverage were an indication of remoteness, the lack of network coverage of both our mobile phones and newly-rented satellite phones could be evidence of how far away we were from modern civilization.

With the increasing roles and responsibilities of public health in healthcare reform, health education, infectious diseases control and sustainability, the School of Public Health of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) organised a Symposium on Future Directions for Public Health Education to explore shared views and interests in developing better public health education with experts from various Asia Pacific countries including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and India on 28 February and 1 March 2009 in Hong Kong.

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