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CUHK Students Win Winner's Cup in National Entrepreneurship Competition

Students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) swept prizes in the biennial "Chuang Qingchun" National Entrepreneurship Competition for University Students 2016, which was held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province on 15 – 20 November.  A total of 24 teams from 11 local tertiary institutions participated in the competition, , among which six teams with a total of 12 students are from CUHK.  All the six CUHK teams won silver awards and their outstanding performance also enabled the University to win the Winner's Cup, which was awarded to the top 20 institutions with the highest scores.  Below is the list of CUHK's awarded projects:

The Competition is a biennial event in promoting innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship for university students in China. This year, it attracted a total of 110,000 projects from more than 2,200 universities from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

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Invitation to CUHK Summer Research Placement Programme for Mainland and Taiwan Students 2017

CUHK Summer Research Placement Programme for Mainland and Taiwan Students 2017 is scheduled to be held from 3 July to 20 August 2017 (a total of 7 weeks).  All academic and research units of CUHK are cordially invited to join the programme, providing opportunities to students from mainland China and Taiwan to receive research training as visiting students or honorary research assistants at CUHK.

To forge and strengthen research collaboration with our partner institutions in mainland China and Taiwan, promoting interaction among students of the cross-strait region and helping recruit potential research students, OALC has been organizing the programme every year since 2008. A total of over 500 mainland and Taiwan students have been participating in the programme. Nominations and enquiries can be forwarded to Mr. Simon LEUNG (at 39434412 or via simoncnleung@cuhk.edu.hk).  More programme information and participants' feedback in previous years can be found here.

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Highlights of New Winter Interflow Activities under CU in Mainland & Taiwan

OALC is sending around 300 CUHK students to mainland China to participate in 17 student interflow programmes during the winter break, in collaboration with various partner institutions. A list of new activities is provided below:

Programmes	Hosts (Destinations)	Dates	Highlights
Inno-PKU: Training Camp on Innovation Internship for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Students 2016	Peking University (Beijing)	22 Dec 2016 – 5 Jan 2017	Courses on innovation and entrepreneurship, internships, firm visits and cultural tours
Journey through High Speed Rail to Sichuan	Southwest Jiaotong University (Chengdu)	24 Dec 2016 – 30 Dec 2016	High speed rail experience, visits to rail construction sites and panda nurture areas, Sichuan opera appreciation
Winter Camp on Economic Studies in Hangzhou	Zhejiang University City College (Hangzhou)	25 Dec 2016 – 3 Jan 2017	Talks on economic topics, cruise on Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, visits to firms, cross-border trade towns and Hengdian
Putonghua Training and Cultural Exploration Tour	Beijing Language and Culture University (Beijing)	25 Dec 2016 – 8 Jan 2017	Intensive training on Putonghua phonetics and oral skills, preparation for National Putonghua Examination, cultural experience

OALC aspires to provide a wider range of experience and exchange opportunities for CUHK students to mainland China and Taiwan.  Details of our winter activities will  be provided in the next issue of our e-newsletter. Programme enquiries and feedbacks can be forwarded to Mr. Simon LEUNG of our Office at 39434412 or via simoncnleung@cuhk.edu.hk.  You may also visit our webpage for further information (click here).