To nurture young scholars in Chinese Studies and strengthen the network of young scholars in the field, the Institute of Chinese Studies organise the Young Scholars' Forum in Chinese Studies in 2014. The 2016 Young Scholars' Forum in Chinese Studies was co-organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong–Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies (APC) and the Institute of Chinese Studies. The forum received 239 proposal applications from around the world. After rigorous selection by the organising committee, 28 applicants were invited to present their papers. The final applicants came from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other regions in Asia, Australia, Europe and America. Two-thirds of them came from overseas, reflecting the forum's effort to enhance international communication in Chinese studies. This year, the theme of the forum was "Late Imperial China: Chinese Culture and Society". The participants presented their studies on the Ming and Qing Dynasties and Republican China, and various topics were discussed, including Language and Literature, Popular Cults and Religions, Social Economy, Technology and Transport, Material Culture and the Arts and Cross-Cultural Exchange.