Winter Issue, 2010

14 Alumni in Shanghai Shanghai Rendezvous June 25, 2010 Over 400 alumni came from the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and different cities in China gathered at the HKU Shanghai Study Centre. Mainland alumni representatives from different cities, including Beijing, Xi’an, Zhengzhou and Guangzhou, at the Shanghai Rendezvous. Mr Xu Lejiang 徐樂江 (IMBA 2000) (middle), Chairman of Baosteel Group Corporation, visits the Architecture studio at the Centre and is introduced by Vice-Chancellor and President Lap-Chee Tsui and Mr Jason Carlow (1st right), Assistant Professor of Architecture, to an overseas student who is on summer exchange with HKU. Professor Zhong Xiangchong 鍾香祟 (BA 1941), Fellow of Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is 89 years old, was the most senior alumnus at the party. Over 3,500 alumni in Shanghai including those who: • Came to HKU before the War in 1940 and returned to the Mainland; • Came to HKU after the War, for postgraduate or research studies, from late 1970s to 1990s; • Graduated from HKU joint degree programmes and universities on the Mainland, such as IMBA, Master of Social Work/Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work; • Studied Undergraduate programmes under the Mainland Admission Scheme; an average of 300 students per year. Some of them returned to the Mainland or continued their studies after graduation; • Came for studying postgraduate studies, such as Master of Common Law; and • Are alumni from around the world who are now working and residing on the Mainland. On Campus