Prof. Wang met with Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor; Prof. Jack Cheng, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Prof. Chan Wai-yee, Director of School of Biomedical Sciences. In the meeting, Prof. Wang introduced to Prof. Sung the latest development of BGI. Discussion was also held on the current collaborative projects and the possibility for further collaboration.

BGI is one of the close partners of CUHK. In March 2009, a collaboration agreement in establishing "The CUHK-BGI Genome Research Centre" was signed between the two parties. CUHK and BGI have carried out various projects together such as research collaboration and joint supervision of postgraduate students.