On 14 Jan, a delegation led by Prof. Zhenyuan Qu, Party Secretary of the China Agricultural University (CAU) visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Provost Prof. Benjamin Wah, PVC Prof. Jack Cheng and the CUHK Partner State Key Laboratory (SKL) Director Prof. Samuel Sun and Deputy SKL Director, Prof. HM Lam, warmly welcomed the delegation. To further strengthen the partnership and cooperation between the universities, the participants had an amicable discussion and reached the mutual understanding to establish cooperation in different areas including student exchange, staff interflow and university publications exchange.

After the central administration meeting, the delegation visited the Partner SKL of Agrobiotechnology (CUHK) to meet Prof. Samuel Sun, SKL Director, and Prof. Lam Hon Ming, Deputy SKL Director, as well as other SKL research team members including Prof. JH Zhang, Prof. SM Ngai, Prof. BC Tan, Prof. KM Kwan, Prof. JX He, Prof. WC Yu, and Dr. LPS Liu. In the meeting, Prof. Sun gave an overview on the recent developments of the SKL as well as an update on its latest research progress and achievements. Participants shared their views on how to strengthen the scientific cooperation and academic links between the two SKLs to facilitate the production of collaborative deliverables. After the meeting, the delegation visited the S.H. Ho College where Prof. SSM Sun introduced to the guests the unique culture of our college system.

Building upon the existing synergistic partnership of the two SKLs established in 2008, Prof. Qu’s visit further forged the cooperation between CAU and CUHK in developing close efforts in academic exchange.