| A 12-member delegation from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) under the "CAE Academicians Visitorship Programme 2009" from 1 to 4 December. The delegation comprised 4 CAE academicians, including Prof. Sun Jiulin from the Division of Agricultural (CAE), Prof. Li Deren from the Division of Information and Electronic Engineering (CAE); Prof. Lu Shibi and Prof. Zhang Yun from the Division of Health Engineering (CAE). Members of the delegation also consisted of Ms Shi Liying, Deputy Secretary-General (CAE), Mr Tian Qi, Director of Bureau of International Cooperation (CAE) and representatives from The General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army and Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The delegates were warmly received by Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor-Designate; Prof. Kenneth Young, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Henry Wong, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Xu Yangsheng, Associate-Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and relevant faculty members of CUHK.
The 4 academicians delivered public lectures in the "Lecture Series by Academicians" during the visit, sharing their expertise at the cutting edge of their chosen fields covering environmental resources engineering, surveying, mapping and remote sensing, orthopaedics and traumatology, and cardiology. The lectures attracted more than 200 attendees including academics, researchers and students. The delegation visited the Department of Electronic Engineering, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Geography and Resource Management, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science and Laboratory of Animal Centre. The CAE academicians met with CUHK academics to exchange ideas on their research areas and to explore possibilities for future collaboration.
CAE Academicians Visitorship Programme was first launched by the University in 2008 to establish closer partnership with CAE. Under this programme, 4-5 CAE academicians will be invited to visit CUHK each year and deliver public lectures in the "Lecture Series by Academicians" to forge academic exchange between the University and CAE. The first CAE delegation was led by Prof. Pan Yunhe, Executive Vice-President of CAE. For more details please click here. For more information about 2009 CAE Academicians Visitorship, please visit: Lecture Series by Academicians Press release (Chinese version only) |
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