Following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Guangdong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (GD-TCM) in 2017, the SBS-GD-TCM Translational Collaborative Innovation Programme was established for promoting research collaboration between the two institutions.

To mark the completion of Batch I project of SBS-GD-TCM Translational Collaborative Innovation Programme, a Closure Meeting was conducted at the SBS on 1 November 2023 to conclude the project’s fruitful research outcomes. Prof. Yang Zhimin, Vice-president of GD-TCMG led a delegation to SBS and attended the meeting.

Prof. Guo Jianwen of GD-TCM began the meeting by presenting the project background. Dr. Lu Gang, coordinator of the project at SBS, then provided an overview of the project, which was followed by remarks from Prof. Chan Wai-yee, Li Ka Shing Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Prof. Andrew M. Chan, Director of SBS, and Prof. Yang Zhimin, Vice-President of GD-TCMG. Following that, the individual research teams held four report and discussion sessions on the collaborative research projects. Following the report sessions, a meeting was held to discuss the project's next plans.

We look forward to the next phase of the project's growth in order to achieve the highest scientific and research successes.

Group photo taken at the SBS-GD-TCM Translational Collaborative Innovation Programme Batch I Project Closure Meeting

Group photo with GD-TCM delegation led by Prof. Yang Zhimin (front row, 4th from right) with Prof. Andrew M. Chan (front row, 5th from right), Prof. Wan Chao (front row, 3rd from right), Dr. Lu Gang (front row, 3rd from left) and Prof. Zhao Hui (front row, 1st from left) of SBS