Prof. Pan Yunhe, Executive Vice-President of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) led a delegation from CAE to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) for the "Academicians Visitorship Programme" on 26 September 2008. Members of the delegation included Prof. Liu Renhuai, Academician of CAE and former President of Jinan University; Prof. Qian Yi, Academician of CAE and Professor of Tsinghua University; Prof. Li Ning, Academician of CAE and Professor of China Agricultural University; Prof. Sun Dongchuan of Jinan University; Mr. Kang Jincheng, Deputy Director-General, Bureau of International Cooperation, CAE; Mr. Song Dexiong of the Office of General Administration, CAE; and Mr. Tian Qi, Director, Bureau of International Cooperation, CAE. The delegation met with Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kenneth Young, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Xu Yangsheng, Associate-Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Henry Wong, Chairman of the Research Committee, and relevant faculty members of CUHK.

Prof. Ouyang Ziyuan, Chief Scientist of China's Lunar Exploration Programme led a delegation of 10 scientists of the China's Lunar Exploration Program to visit the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on 9 September. The aim of the visit was to understand more about the projects of the Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (ISEIS) of CUHK. Prof. Ouyuang also gave a public lecture and shared with us the progress of space exploration.

On 12 September, Prof. Wang Xiao-min, Vice-President of the Capital Medical University (CMU) visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and signed an academic cooperation agreement between the two Universities.

Prof. Jack Cheng, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, led a delegation of representatives to visit Nankai University on 19 September. Team members included Prof. Paul Lee, Dean of Faculty of Social Science; Prof. Lam Kin-che, Director of the Centre of Strategic Environmental Assessment for China; Prof. Lam Mong-chow, Chairperson of the Department of Social Work; Prof. Tang Kwong-leung, Professor Department of Social Work and Associate Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies; Prof. Wong Chack-kie and Prof. Chen Ji-kang of the Department of Social Work.

The revamped OALC website has been launched. The new website provides comprehensive information about academic cooperation and exchanges between CUHK and institutions in the mainland and Taiwan. It covers areas such as collaboration projects, student activities, academic exchange funding, and our service etc. To visit the new website, please go to: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/oalc.

Agreements newly established between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and higher education institutions in the mainland / Taiwan are as below: