On 2 June, the Convocation of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK Convocation), in collaboration with the Alumni Affairs Office and the Office of Institutional Advancement, held the ‘Road to Scientific Excellence’ fundraising walkathon to raise funds for the Institute of Chinese Medicine (ICM). Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; Dr. Chan Chi-sun, chairman of CUHK Convocation; Prof. Leung Ping-chung and Prof. Fung Kwok-pui, directors of ICM; and representatives of sponsors officiated at the kick-off ceremony. More than 150 students, staff and alumni joined the walk from the University Piazza to Area 39, the newly established science and research region. Over $1 million was raised and the sum will be used to acquire the high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, which can help to improve scientific research and speed up the modernization of Chinese medicine.