Professor Rocky S. Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), was elected as one of the first batch of Chinese Association of Inventions (CAI) Fellows in recognition of his distinguished achievement in innovative inventions and his contributions to CAI. Professor Tuan, the only recipient of the fellowship from Hong Kong, was bestowed the honour at the CAI Fellow certificate presentation ceremony held in tandem with the 10th International Exhibition of Invention and the 3rd World Invention and Innovation Forum that recently took place in Foshan, Guangdong Province. Professor Tuan shared with participants on the topic "Innovation and Development at CUHK" with insights on innovation and technology in universities.
Widely known for his expertise in skeletal tissue engineering and regeneration, Professor Tuan's research activities cover basic science and engineering, as well as translational and clinical applications. Professor Tuan was inducted as a Fellow into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in 2017 in recognition of his prolific spirit of innovation.
The CAI Fellowship is CAI's highest level of membership. The executive committee of CAI recommended the first batch of CAI Fellows. They are elected every year and no more than 10 Fellows will be elected each time. Among the first batch of CAI Fellows are: Professor Yuan Longping who is known as "Father of Hybrid Rice"; Dr. Yan Chorliang, principal scientist from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences; and Mr. Zhou Yuantung, renowned scientist and Deputy Executive Director of CAI. Please click here for the University's press release.
