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A CityU delegation to the US, 3-11 December, led by Professor H K Chang, University President, successfully established a partnership with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), which has agreed to sign a general academic exchange agreement and a student exchange agreement with CityU.
An eight-member delegation led by Professor Han Qide, Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, visited CityU, 19 October, 2004.
In a visit to Beijing 5-9 September 2004, a CityU delegation led by the President, Professor H K Chang, further strengthened the University’s collaboration with mainland partners in the areas of the humanities, social sciences, media and communications.
The City University of Hong Kong successfully bolstered its brand among mainland Chinese and international universities by participating in the Beijing International Education Expo 2004, 24-26 August.
In a further push into the mainland China market, a five-member delegation from CityU visited Wuhan in the province of Hubei , 5-8 July 2004. The main purpose of the trip was to ascertain the training needs of relevant Hubei provincial government offices and to explore possibilities for CityU to offer training programmes to Hubei civil servants.
CityU President, Professor H K Chang, and Professor Zhu Qingshi, President of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding, 13 June, to jointly establish a high level, joint research centre in Suzhou. The Centre will advance CityU’s research base into the booming Yangtze River Delta environs.
In a move to further promote CityU's provision of professional training and development programmes to meet the needs of the region, in particular the mainland, the CityU Professional Services Ltd establishes the CityU Professional Development Centre in June to facilitate development in this area.
CityU President Professor H K Chang and Deputy President Professor David Tong led a delegation of 13 staff members to Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, 7 June, to renew academic exchange agreement and to explore opportunities for multifaceted collaboration. The delegation received a warm welcome from a 22 staff member group led by Professor Zhang Junsheng and Professor Pan Yunhe, Chancellor and President, respectively, of the Zhejiang University.
CityU should consider making its presence felt in the western part of the Chinese mainland through close collaboration with Chongqing, according to Dr Zhu Guobin, who led a delegation of six to visit the rapidly developing municipality, 18-21 April.
CityU and the University of Paris Dauphine signed a cooperation agreement on 13 May to launch a joint Master of Science in Mathematics for Finance and Actuarial Science degree--the first of its kind in Hong Kong.