The Chinese University presented the 2011 Long Service Awards to 56 staff members who have been with the University for 25 and 35 years. At the awards ceremony, at which Vice-Chancellor Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung officiated, forty-eight received the award for having worked at CUHK for 25 years, including Prof. Fok Tai-fai, Professor of Paediatrics and dean of the Faculty of Medicine; and eight for 35 years, including Prof. Fung Kwok-pui, head of United College, Professor of Biochemistry, and director of the Institute of Chinese Medicine.

The 25-year Long Service Award, introduced in 1988, has been given to 921 staff members. The 35-year Long Service Award, inaugurated in 2008, has been given to 78 staff members including eight this year.