2021 Program on Chinese Culture and Economy

Topic:

Program on Chinese Culture and Economy

Date:

18 December 2021

Time:

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Language:

English

Fee:

HK$ 780

Venue

CYT 202 (2/F),
Cheng Yu Tung Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Program on Chinese Culture and Economy is joinly organized by New Asia College and Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economic and Finance. The program consists of 4 lectures, of which 2 of them cover topics of Chinese culture and the remaining 2 on Chinese economy.

Course Modality

The program will be conducted in Hybrid mode where particpants can choose 1 of the following 2 instructional modes: 

  • In-person (CUHK Campus)
  • Zoom

Regardless of course modality, participants who complete the program will be receive a certificate of completion.

Detailed Program

Time 18 December 2021 (Sat)
10:00 – 11:30am Professor Kam-siu Cheung
Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language & Literature, CUHK;
Dean of Students, New Asia College
Topic: “A Short Introduction to Chinese Writing”
11:30am – 1:00pm Dr. Fred Cheung
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of History, CUHK
Topic: “The Traditional Chinese Thought – Classical Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism”
1:00 –
2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00 –
3:30pm
Professor Li Chen
Associate Professor, Centre for China Studies, CUHK;
Research Fellow, IGEF, CUHK
Topic: “China’s Economic Reform in Historical Perspective”
3:30 –
5:00pm
Mr Ting Hin Yan
Research Associate, IGEF, CUHK
Topic: “China’s Economic Indicators 101:
What those Buzzwords Really Mean?”

Registration

The program is open to all secondary school students. The program fee is HK$ 780 and participants will be issued a certificate of completion jointly signed by New Asia College and Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance upon copmpletion of the program.

To register for the program, please return a completed application form (which can be downloaded here), a copy of student ID and a crossed cheque of HK$780 made payable to “The Chinese University of Hong Kong” to:

Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
13/F Cheng Yu Tung Building,
12 Chak Cheung Street,
Shatin, N.T.,
Hong Kong

[Last update: 21 October 2021]


Terms and Conditions

The Organizers are committed to respecting the privacy of contestants. The Organizers will not sell any personal information collected for the program to any third parties. Any personal information collected for the program shall be used by the Organizers solely for the purpose of managing and administering the program.

The Organizers reserve the right to terminate, modify or suspend the program without prior notice, if, for any reason, the program is not capable of running as planned.