On 1 December 2017, Prof. Bai Chunli, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) led a delegation of CAS and the CAS Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) comprising Prof. Yang Jianhua and Prof. Fan Jianping, Party Secretary and President of SIAT, to visit The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Apart from meetings with the Senior Management of CUHK, President Bai and the delegation also visited the three CUHK-CAS joint research laboratories housed at the School of Biomedical Sciences to learn their latest development and achievements. These joint laboratories include CUHK-Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH), CAS Joint Research Laboratory on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine; CUHK-Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), CAS Joint Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine; and CAS Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ) – CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bio-resources and Molecular Research of Common Diseases.

Indeed, our School has been in close collaboration with CAS since the establishment of the above three joint research laboratories (see the previous activities HERE). President Bai's recent visit could help enhance further our mutual understanding and communication for achieving more collaboration and exchange in the future.

The corresponding coverage by the Office of Academic Links (China) can be viewed HERE.

President Bai (5th from right) and members of the CAS KIZ-CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research of Common Diseases, including Prof. Chan Wai-yee, School Director (6th from left) and Prof. Zhao Hui (5th from left)

President Bai (5th from left) and members of the CUHK-SIMM, CAS Joint Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including Prof. Chan Wai-yee, School Director (4th from right) and Prof. Lin Ge (1st from right)

President Bai (middle of the back row) and the visitors, together with members of the three CAS joint laboratories as well as postgraduate students and members of our Core Laboratories

President Bai (7th from right) and the visitors, together with Prof. Chan Wai-yee (8th from left), members of the three CAS joint laboratories, the School and the Office of Academic Links (China)