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CU in Mainland & Taiwan Programmes First Reach Czech Republic!
Office of Academic Links (China) is organizing over 50 activities this summer in collaboration with various mainland and Taiwan partner institutions with programme natures including cultural experience, academic competitions and thematic studies. Among these activities, a two-week Summer School of Central Europe and European Integration hosted by Palacký University of the Czech Republic was launched this year, which is the first programme ever of OALC to Central Europe as an extension of the original Summer Cultural Camp on "New Chongqing" with Southwest University. Apart from Chongqing, Olomouc and Prague, participating students of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) had the opportunities to visit such European countries as Autria, Slovakia and Poland to understand the highly interactive relationship between Hong Kong, mainland China and other countries.
A total of 165 CUHK students went to mainland China for the following 15 activities in June:
Programmes | Hosts (Destinations) | No. of CUHK Participants | Categories |
Exploring Yunnan Ethnic Minority Groups and Monkeys | Yunnan University of Finance and Economics | 20 | Cultural Experience |
A Journey of Discovery: Summer Camp on Lingnan and Hunan Cultures | Shaoguan University | 10 | Cultural experience |
Jiangsu Youth Summer Camp | Federation of Hong Kong Jiangsu Youth | 3 | Cultural Experience |
The 15th "Moonlet" Summer Programme | Harbin Institute of Technology | 31 | Cultural experience |
Summer Cultural Camp on Chinese Traditional Art | Shenzhen University | 4 | Cultural experience |
Cultural Week on Starting Businesses for Hunan and Hong Kong Students | Central South University | 9 | Cultural experience |
Summer Cultural Camp on "New Chongqing" and Sino-European History and Cultures | Southwest University, Palacký University (Chongqing, Olomouc, Prague, Vienna, etc.) | 13 | Cultural experience |
Cultural Study Camp for Chongqing and Hong Kong Students | Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications | 9 | Cultural experience |
Cultural Study Tour to Northeast China for Hong Kong Students | Northeast Normal University | 15 | Cultural experience |
Summer Camp on Air and Space for Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau Students | Beihang University | 10 | Cultural experience |
HIT Summer School Session | Harbin Institute of Technology | 5 | Summer Course |
The 2nd Sino-Russian Summer School Programme | Harbin Institute of Technology | 5 | Summer Course |
Jincheng Lecture: Lanzhou University Summer School | Lanzhou University | 2 | Summer Course |
Summer Camp on Changan Traditional Cultures 2018 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 10 | Cultural Experience |
Peking University Summer School International | Peking University | 19 | Summer Course |
We are inviting full-time CUHK students to serve as student ambassadors of our office to receive incoming students from mainland China and Taiwan. Please contact Mr. Simon LEUNG of our Office at 39434412 or via simoncnleung@cuhk.edu.hk, or visit our webpage (click here) for further information.
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CUHK Students Sweep Awards in Hong Kong Challenge Cup Competition
Students of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) actively participated in the "Challenge Cup" National Competition Hong Kong Regional Final – Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2018. A total of 16 teams of CUHK won awards in the competition. The final judging and public exhibition and the award presentation ceremony were held at Hong Kong Science Park on 25 and 26 May.
Over 200 students from 13 local tertiary institutions submitted more than 100 projects for the two categories of the competition, namely "Innovation" and "Entrepreneurship". In the Innovation category, CUHK students won two first-class awards, three second-class awards, one third-class award, two special awards and four merit awards. In the Entrepreneurship category, CUHK students received one first-class award, two second-class awards and one third-class award.
The competition was organized by the Hong Kong New General Cultural Association. Winning teams in entrepreneurship will represent Hong Kong at the biennial "Chuang Qing Chun" National Entrepreneurship Competition 2018. The following is the list of CUHK awarded projects:
Category | Prize | Project | Students | Affiliated Department |
Innovation | First, Special | An Efficient Assessment Tool for Child Speech Disorders Based on Intelligent Speech Technology | NG Si-ioi, JIANG Yi | Department of Electronic Engineering |
First | Design and Control of a Biomimetic Robot Fish With Active Body and Compliant Tail | XIE Fengran | Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering |
Second, Special | Capillarized Myocardium Biochips for Personalized Therapeutic | PANG Tak-keung Bruce, OOI Hon-son | School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering |
Second | AI- doscopist: A Real-Time Computer-aided Diagnosis System for Cancer Screening during Colonoscopy | YU Ruoxi, JIANG Yuqi, ZHANG Ruikai | Department of Surgery |
Second | Development of a High -speed Stealth Laser Dicing System Based on Multi-depth Bessel Beams | LEE Hiu-hung | Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering |
Third | IoTFuzzer: Discovering Security Vulnerabilities in IoT through App-based Fuzzing | CHEN Jordy, SUN Menghan | Department of Information Engineering |
Merit | The smart water dispenser that assists visually impaired people | CHEN Zetao | Department of Information Engineering |
Merit | The detection of content of DEHP in food by the combination of NADP/NADPH Assay Kit and Enzymes | CHIU Wai-on, FOK Chi-hong, LAM Hon-sum, LIM Lok-ping | Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Science |
Merit | Large scale artwork painting for architectural designs using a cable-driven robot with serial robot arm end-effector | TAM Sau-wai | Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering |
Merit | The AuLaitino | SZETO Koon-fung, LAW Chi-leung, LAI Chun-kit | Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering |
Entrepreneurship | First | Treasure Home-used Pill Manager | LAM Wai-yin, LI Cheuk-man | Department of Biomedical Engineering |
Second | Mushroom for the NeXt | LAI Sok-ian, TANG Hoi-yan, TAM Ka-wing | Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme |
Second | Self-sanitizing Door Handle | WONG Sum-ming | Faculty of Science |
Third | ICOvisor | YING Yau-kit Stanley, WONG Wai-chung, LAM Wing-yip, LEUNG Hiu-ching, LAM Yip-fu, CHOW Chi-choi | Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, Department of Computer Science, Quantitative Finance Programme |
Merit | Gifted．讀寫像愛 | LAU Yu-shing | Department of Chinese Language and Literature |
Merit | Aurora - Smart Skincare Mirror | LAM Ching-yan, MAK Man-ki | Department of Marketing, Quantitative Finance Programme |
