Co-organised by the Art Museum, Shaanxi Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited, the public seminar "Gold Working Techniques of Ancient China" was held on 14 January 2016. Three key speakers, Mr. Max Lam, Creative Director of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery, Dr Yang Junchang, Researcher of Shaanxi Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, and Professor Xu Xiaodong, Associate Director of the Art Museum, collaboratively presented interdisciplinary research on the techniques of ancient Chinese gold work from the perspectives of art history, scientific examination, and goldsmithing practice.

Also invited to join the discussion and share their views with the audience were Professor Han Rubin, Former Director of the Institute of History of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Science and Technology; Professor Jenny So, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Fine Arts and Former Director of the Art Museum, CUHK; and Professor Qi Dongfang, Professor at the School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University.

From left: Professor Xu Xiaodong, Associate Director, Art Museum, CUHK; Dr Yang Junchang, Researcher at Shaanxi Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Beijing; Professor Jenny So, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Fine Arts and Former Director of the Art Museum, CUHK; Professor Han Rubin, Former Director of the Institute of History of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Science and Technology; Professor Qi Dongfang, Professor at the School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University; and Mr Max Lam, Creative Director of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited