Participants of the Workshop included Prof. Jack Cheng, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; Prof. Bau Tzong-Ho, Vice-President of NTU; Prof. Zheng Chengliang, Vice-President of SJTU; Deans of Arts and Social Sciences, as well as representatives in the field of humanities and social sciences from the three universities. Discussions were held on topics in relation to the academic assessment of Chinese publications, the recognition of Chinese as an international academic language and the importance of humanities and social sciences in the world university ranking.

The workshop served as a platform for cross-strait higher education leaders to share their views on the recognition of Chinese publications and to address the issues in academic assessment systems. It also nurtured links among CUHK, NTU and SJTU to consolidate efforts on promoting Chinese culture, including the use of Chinese in teaching and academic publication.