Exchange & Visits

Distinguished lecture series is co-organised by the SKLMP and the Department of Chemistry (CHEM) of City University of Hong Kong. It aims to invite renowned scientists from around the world to share their latest research, experience and wisdom with students and members of SKLMP and CHEM, and have intellectual exchange and develop collaboration.

For the three Strategic Research Themes (SRT) of SKLMP, annual SRT Meetings were successfully held on 14 and 28 December 2022. In each meeting, our Director, Prof. Kenneth Leung delivered the opening speech and warmly welcomed the new members to join SKLMP. He gave a brief introduction to SKLMP and highlighted our major achievements since its inception. Afterwards, Prof. Leung explained some of the new funding initiatives and the goals for the next stage of the laboratory’s development. Each new member presented their research interests and potential contributions to the SRT during the meeting. SKLMP will double the funding allocation to each SRT in 2023.

To celebrate SKLMP’s first double-digit anniversary milestone, we published a book to bring our members, collaborators and supporters together for beautiful moments of reflection, commemoration and celebration.

The first round of SRT brainstorming meetings were successfully held in April 2021 led by the SRT leaders. A total of 43 members and staff participated in co-designing the research topics and proposals for each theme which are summarised as follows:

On 13 July 2021, we had the honour of hosting the visit of Mr. Alfred Sit, Secretary for Innovation and Technology, and Ms. Rebecca Pun, Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, the HKSAR Government. Mr. Sit and Ms. Pun were very interested in our research endeavours and our ongoing R&D development in China and beyond. They also had a fruitful discussion with members, staff and students of SKLMP.

A delegation from the Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST) visited the City University of Hong Kong on 23 June 2021. The delegation included Mr. Zhe Guo, Director of Research and Publicity Department of CCSU, Mr. Yurong Song, Deputy Director of Research and Publicity Department of CCSU, and Mr. Kai Xu, Deputy Director of Textbook Department of Liaison Office of the Central Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Dr. Xuan Luo, Associate Vice Chancellor (Mainland China Affairs) of CityU, firstly introduced the big picture of CityU and its global ranking. Then CSU introduced its work and future development.