Shanxi Executives visiting CityU

36 business executives from the Hong Kong Shanxi Chamber of Commerce (HKSCC) and Shanxi Province professionals visited CityU on 14th May. The event was organized by the Development Office of CityU to promote university and CB programmes.

A luncheon was held at 9/F of the Staff Lounge. Ms Kay Yuen, Manager of Mainland Relations of The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), opened the event as the keynote speaker.

Prof Paul K S Lam, Chief-of-Staff (Vice-President) of CityU, and Dr Gang Hao, Associate Vice-President of the Development Office of CityU, welcomed the guests by introducing the University with an opening video at the Academic 3 Senate Room.

Souvenir gifts from HKSCC and CityU were exchanged followed by Prof Houmin Yan’s, Dean of the College of Business, greetings to the guests. One executive asked: "When will CB partner with Shanxi universities to co-host a joint programme?” “Of course it is possible!” Prof Yan replied.

Prof Wenyu Dou, Associate Dean of the College of Business, introduced the College’s two focus areas: Research and Academic Education. On the research end, CB received the second most funding from the Research Grants Council (RGC) among the other Colleges and Schools of CityU. On the academic end, CB has a well-established exchange programme, partnering with more than 330 renowned universities worldwide such as University of California, Berkeley, Fudan University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, etc.; a comprehensive BBA Programme, offered by its six subsidiary departments; a series of Postgraduate Programmes, namely Masters degrees in different concentrations, MBA, EMBA, EMBA (Chinese), and DBA; and a specialized Executive Education Programme tailoring to business professionals and corporations.

After the introduction, the group went on a tour to the Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre of the School of Creative Media (CMC), to view the “Pure Land: Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang” 3D exhibition of ancient China at Gallery 360. The exhibition uses a 360° virtual reality technology with audio and video effect to recreate the north wall of Cave 220 in Dunhuang of the ancient time.

Guest list:

Honorary guest

• Mr Herman Hu Shao-ming, BBS, JP, Chairman of the Council of City University of Hong Kong, and deputy to the 12th National People's Congress of the People’s Republic of China

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) representatives

• Ms Kay Yuen, Manager of Mainland Relations
• Ms Winnie Ho, HKTDC representative

Shanxi Province business professionals*

• 李武章, 山西省工商聯會主席
• 張雲澤, 山西省海外聯誼會常務副會長
• 李志蘭, 山西省海外聯誼會副會長
• 王朝暉, 山西省海聯誼會秘書長
• 隨淑靜, 山西省總商會聯絡部部長

Hong Kong Shanxi Chamber of Commerce*

CityU representatives

• Prof Paul Lam, Chief-of-Staff (Vice-President)
• Dr David Cheng, Associate Vice-President of the Mainland and External Affairs Office
• Dr Gang Hao, Associate Vice-President of the Development Office
• Prof Wenyu Dou, Associate Dean of the College of Business
• Prof Kelvin Yau, Associate Dean of the College of Business
• Prof Dong Sun, Acting Head of the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering

For collaboration opportunities with CityU, please contact the Development Office: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/do/en/.