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CUHK Achieves Outstanding Results at Elite Chinese Universities Dragon Boat Race
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Dragon Boat Team (CUDB) kept their paddles busy over the Tuen Ng weekend of 7 to 9 June by taking on an inter-institutional dragon boat race in Hangzhou with local and national universities. Our students shone in the Elite Chinese Universities Group of the competition by defeating Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, the University of Macau, and taking home the First Prize once again after last year's achievement. The score is just behind the overall champion of Zhejiang University (ZJU) by less than one second.
Members of 20 teams altogether put on a display of two matches at Xixi National Wetland Park of Hangzhou. CUDB raced with teams from 12 universities in the mainland and Macau, while ZJU competed with another 6 local universities in the Hangzhou University Group. With their outstanding performance, both universities were able to snatch the First Prize, ranking equal to University of Science and Technology of China as well as Nanjing University in the Elite Chinese Universities Group. The First Prizes of the Hangzhou University Group went to Zhejiang University of Science and Technology and ZJU. The paddlers were also given the opportunity to learn from Ms. Xu Yaping, former World Champion and national team member of sprint canoeing, who shared with students her experience of sports and competitions.
Founded in 2015, the University's Dragon Boat Club thrived rapidly over the past four years. Not only were they officially recognized as a University Sports Team in 2018, but also reigned the Overall Champion in the USFHK Dragon Boat Championship. The Elite Chinese Universities Dragon Boat Race is one of the major competitions in the Hangzhou Xixi Wetland Dragon Boat Festival since 2011. The activity helps build valuable friendships and enhance exchanges in sports education between CUHK and other manland universities.
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CUHK Co-organizes Regional Security and Development Study Camp with Peking and Hainan Universities
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) co-organized the Regional Security and Development Study Camp (Hainan Section) with Hainan University (HNU), Peking University (PKU), and the University of Hong Kong from 24 to 30 June in Hainan Province. Besides campus activities at HNU, staff and students of the four universities also paid visits to local spots and national military facilities to learn about the development of regional tourism and coastal defence in the Province.
Aside from acquiring knowledge of the Province's latest development in lectures covering such hot topics as regional security, national defence and the Hainan Pilot Free Trade Zone, participants had the chance to visit famous Yalong Bay Tropical Paradise Forest Park, Wuzhizhou Island and Nanshan Buddhist Cultural Garden, as well as tour the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences during the seven-day programme. Such activities enabled students from the four universities to learn more about the region and develop friendships.
CUHK signed a collaboration agreement with HNU in 2017 to enhance academic interflow and collaboration. The first student interflow programme between the two universities was held in 2018. This bilateral visit between Hainan Province and Hong Kong is first of its kind in which the University co-organized activities with another local university. The return visit to Hong Kong will be held from 30 June to 4 July this year.
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Updates on OALC's Summer Programmes under CU in Mainland & Taiwan
OALC is organizing over 40 activities this summer in collaboration with various mainland and Taiwan partner institutions (including cultural experience, academic competitions and thematic studies). A total of 185 CUHK students went to mainland China for the following 18 activities in June:
Programmes | Hosts (Destinations) | No. of CUHK Participants | Categories |
Fudan iCenter Bauhinia Valley Programme | Fudan University (Shanghai) | 8 | Thematic Studies |
Jiangsu Youth Summer Camp | Federation of Hong Kong Jiangsu Youth (Nanjing) | 4 | Cultural Experience |
The 17th "Moonlet" Summer Programme | Harbin Institute of Technology (Harbin, Russia) | 29 | Cultural Experience |
Cultural Week on Starting Businesses for Hunan and Hong Kong Students | Central South University (Changsha) | 10 | Thematic Studies |
Study Camp on Chinese History for Hong Kong University Students | Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing) | 5 | Courses and Workshops |
Cultural Study Camp for Chongqing and Hong Kong Students | Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Chongqing) | 10 | Cultural Experience |
Summer Cultural Camp on "New Chongqing" and Central European History and Cultures | Southwest University, Palacký University (Chongqing, Czech Republic, Austria) | 8 | Cultural Experience |
Summer Camp on Three Gorges Culture | Chongqing University (Chongqing) | 19 | Cultural Experience |
Cultural Study Tour to Northeast China for Hong Kong Students | Northeast Normal University (Changchun) | 18 | Cultural Experience |
Summer Camp on Air and Space for Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau Students | Beihang University (Beijing) | 10 | Cultural Experience |
Jincheng Lecture: Lanzhou University Summer School | Lanzhou University (Lanzhou) | 2 | Courses and Workshops |
Regional Security and Development Study Camp * | Peking University, Hainan University (Hainan) | 7 | Thematic Studies |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Summer School Session | Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai) | 10 | Courses and Workshops |
HIT Summer School Session | Harbin Institute of Technology (Harbin, Russia) | 5 | Courses and Workshops |
The 3rd Sino-Russian Summer School Programme | Harbin Institute of Technology (Harbin, Russia) | 8 | Courses and Workshops |
Peking University Summer School International | Peking University (Beijing) | 20 | Courses and Workshops |
BEIHANG International Summer School | Beihang University (Beijing) | 4 | Courses and Workshops |
Renmin University Summer School Programme | Renmin University of China (Beijing) | 8 | Courses and Workshops |
Enquiries on the above programmes can be forwarded to Mr. Simon LEUNG of our Office at 39434412 or via simoncnleung@cuhk.edu.hk.
