When the new four year undergraduate curriculum was launched in 2012, local tertiary institutions were required to introduce mandatory university Chinese language programmes for all students to enhance their language skills. At the forum, representatives from local universities presented updates on the progress in implementing their Chinese language programmes and shared their precious teaching and learning experience. The forum began with welcoming speeches by Professor Hau Kit-tai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President, and Professor Ho Che Wah, Chairman of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and ended with concluding remarks by Professor Tang Sze-Wing, Director of the T.T Ng Chinese Language Research Centre.