22 members from the Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong visited the HKJCICM Chinese Medicine Laboratory

Senior Manager (Business Development) Mr. Raymond Chu and Kevina Chan (Associate – Business Development) attended the briefing on Taizhou’s Chinese Medicine industry

Senior Manager (Business Development) Mr. Raymond Chu was invited as one of the facilitators of the International BioCamp 2008, a pioneering biotechnology seminar for entrepreneurial, graduate and postgraduate students. The BioCamp was jointly organized by Novartis Pharmaceuticals (HK) Ltd, School of Pharmacy of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks.

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended the opening ceremony of InnoCarnival 2008

Senior Manager (Business Development) Mr. Raymond Chu attended the 2008 Shanghai-HK Innovation & Technology Transfer Conference co-organized by the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre and Shanghai Science & Technology Exchange Centre in Shanghai

Ms Kevina Chan, Associate (Business Development) & Ms Kit Ng, Assistant Project Manager attended the 2008 International Conference on Traditional Medicine in Macau

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee & Scientist Dr. Song Jingzheng attended the “Seminar on the Measuring Standards of Proprietary Chinese Medicine” organized by the Department of Health (DoH). Dr Lee gave a presentation at the seminar on Chinese medicine chemical markers produced by HKJCICM. They then attended a briefing by DoH on “Traditional Chinese Medicine Standards in Hong Kong” in the afternoon

HKJCICM participated in the 10th China Hi –Tech Fair held in Shenzhen, with an exhibition booth set up at the Hong Kong Pavilion

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended the Opening Ceremony of Hong Kong RFID Centre

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended the launching ceremony cum premiere of TV Series “TechnoFrontier” held by Radio Television Hong Kong and Innovation Technology Commission

HKJCICM staff attended the Forum on “Disruptive Technology” organised by the Applied Science & Technology Research Institute
(Speaker: Prof. Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School)

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended the Disruptive Innovation Workshop organized by the Innovation & Technology Commission
(Speaker: Prof. Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School)

Senior Manager (Business Development) Mr. Raymond Chu met Dr Jo Oliver, CEO of Avanticell Science and exchanged ideas on probable collaboration

Deputy Director, Dr Kevin Xu attended the XX Symposium of Brazilian Medicinal Plants & X International Congress of Ethno Pharmacology. Kevin was one of the invited speakers at the Symposium and delivered a talk titled “Applications of Chemical Markers for Quality Control of Herbal Medicines”

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee was interviewed by Jiu Jik, a recruitment magazine published by the South China Morning Post for its “Stories of Managers” series

Three research staff from Taiwan Research Institute of Chinese Medicine visited HKJCICM

Dr Suhaimi, Principle Assistant Director, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Division of Ministry of Health Malaysia visited HKJCICM

A 6-person delegation from Panyu municipal government visited HKJCICM

HKJCICM organized an Industry Forum on Chinese medicine granule in Hong Kong Science Park.  Representatives from different sectors, including consumers, Chinese medicine industry, Chinese medicine practitioners as well as academic and research institutes were invited to speak at the forum and share their views. details

Intelligent Creative Engineering (ICE A/S), a Life Science Manufacturing Consultancy from Denmark visited the Chinese Medicine Laboratory

Senior Chemists from Government Laboratory visited the Chinese Medicine Laboratory and met with Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee and Deputy Director Dr Kevin Xu to explore collaboration opportunity

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee was invited to act as the facilitator of the “Pharmacology and Clinical Study” session of the ICMCM Conference

Senior Manager (Business Development) Mr. Raymond Chu gave a presentation at the Business Exchange Forum of ICMCM 2008.  The topic was “Chinese medicine: From information, to standardisation and herbal product innovations”

HKJCICM participated in the International Conference & Exhibition of the Modernization of Chinese Medicine & Health Products 2008 both as co-organizer and exhibitor 

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee and Miss Kevina Chan (Associate –Business Development) joined the Study Mission to Panyu Pharmaceutical Industrial Park co-organized by the Panyu Municipal Government and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce 

Canadian Natural Health Products, Life Science and Health Care Trade Mission visited the HKJCICM Chinese Medicine Laboratory

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee and Senior Manager (Business Development) Mr. Raymond Chu attended the press conference for the launching of a market research report on "Chinese medicines and health products in Mainland China market, which was co-authored by Hong Kong Trade Development Council and HKJCICM. Dr Lee also gave a brief introduction of the latest development of HKJCICM and its services available to the industry

Deputy Director Dr Kevin Xu and Project Manager Mr Andrew Cheng attended the 7th International Symposium on Natural Medicine and Mircroflora at Toyama, Japan. Dr Kevin Xu was one of the invited speakers at the event

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee, Senior Manager (Business Development) Mr. Raymond Chu and Associate (Business Development) Miss Kevina Chan attended the networking event Exchange@Science, organized by the Hong Kong Science Park for the life science community

HKJICM received a group of primary-school students at the Chinese Medicine Laboratory and engaged them in a simple experiment for better understanding of the organization and the relevant work.  The visit was part of the summer outreach programme organized by The Young Men’s Christian Association of Hong Kong 

Chairman Mr. William Yiu and Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee visited the Public Health Laboratory Centre of HKSAR Government

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee was interviewed by Career Times. The interview will be featured in its "Embracing Change" column

Deputy Director Dr Kelvin Xu attended the Panel Meeting of Department of Life Science, National Natural Science Foundation of China as an expert assessor in Chang Chun

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee was invited to speak at the Traditional Chinese Medicine /CAM Task Force Meeting organized by Pfizer Corporation Hong Kong Limited. The topic is "Advancing Chinese Medicine through quality, science, evidence and applications"

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended the Launch ceremony of “Powering SMEs Development Program” held by the Trade Development Council  

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended the reception and the 2008 briefing organized by the Dongguan Songshan Lake Science & Technology Industrial Park  

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee was invited to talk on “How to create an innovative working environment?” at the Opportunity 2008 Forum organised by the Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, Faculty of Business Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  The Forum was supported by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, ASTRI, HKJCICM and Center of Supply Chain Management and Logistics, CUHK.  The Forum was held in the new Auditorium in the Science Park and was well attended by guests, students and alumni of the School and Faculty.

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee and Miss Kevina Chan (Associate –Business Development) attended the Cambridge Centre for Chinese Medicine Networking Reception organized by the Cambridge University and the UK Trade & Investment Section

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended the Professorial Inauguration Lecture by Prof. Juliana C N Chan, Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics of CUHK on “Redefining diabetes and Creating Alternative Solutions”

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended a luncheon meeting on the “Healthcare Reform Consultation Document” conducted by Dr. York Chow, Secretary for Health

HKJCICM organised an industry forum on Bio-technology and development of Chinese Herbal Medicine ―Taiwan Experience. Professor M. T. Hsieh, Former President of China Medical University (Taiwan), was invited to speak at the forum. details

A delegation led by Mr Wang Hui, the Deputy Director-General of Economic Affairs Department (EAD) from the Liaison Office of The Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, visited HKJCICM Chinese Medicine Laboratory

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee was invited by Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) to deliver a talk to senior government official and managerial staff from Nan Chang, PRC. The talk was on modernization of Chinese medicine and formed part of the training programme administered by HKPC

A delegation of 22 members from the HK Health Food Association visited HKJCICM

HKJCICM was invited by Synovate Business Consulting to participate in the Medical Aesthetics Market Study 2008 (HK). The company is interested in the application potential of CM. An interview with Executive Director was conducted

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee met with The Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Australia HK MBA Alumni at HKJCICM

A 3-person delegation of the Shanghai Centre for Scientific & Technological Exchange with Foreign Countries (SSTEC) visited the HKJCICM Chinese Medicine Laboratory

The Vice-Minister of Health cum Director of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM) (PRC) Mr Wang Guoqiang visited HKJCICM.  Mr Wang was accompanied by other 5 senior officials from the Ministry of Health and SATCM

The Chairman and non-official Directors of the Board of HKJCICM attended the Networking luncheon hosted by the Assistant Director-General of Trade and Industry.  Executive Director was also invited to the luncheon

HKJCICM organised an industry forum to consult Chinese Medicine Associations in Hong Kong on the development of authentication and industry standards for valuable herbs

HKJCICM participated in the 2008 China Chongqing Hi-Tech Fair held in Chongqing China

Mr. Serge Pampfer, Director of Wallonia Biotech Coaching visited the HKJCICM

A seven person Hungarian Delegation led by the National Office for Research & Technology visited the HKJCICM Chinese Medicine Lab

Dr Michael J Smith of Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate visited the HKJCICM and its Chinese Medicine Lab

Dr Kevin Xu, Deputy Director attended the 3rd International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research in Sydney, Australia

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended the Welcoming Dinner for the APEC Industrial Science and Technology Working Group Meeting.

HKJCICM organised an Industry Forum on Development of Complementary and Natural Medicine: the Germany Experience. details

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee met with the German Federal Ministry of Health and the German delegation at German Consulate

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended a seminar on Funding for Arts hosted by the Canadian Council on Arts

HKJCICM organised an Industry Forum on Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Current Status and Future Perspective. details

Prof Michael Popp of Bionorica AG visited the HKJCICM Laboratory

Mr. Antal Kuthy, Chief Regional Representative (HK)，Hungarian Investment and Trade Development Agency visited the HKJCICM Laboratory

Prof. Shindo of Meisei University and Mr. Kimura of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) visited the HKJCICM Laboratory

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee attended the Forum on Outlook for the Economic development of China and Hong Kong 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.

HKJCICM announced the granting of Clinical Trial License by the State Food & Drug Administration for its project Chinese Medicine for Peri-menopausal Women Health at HKJCICM Industry Forum. details

Dr Daniel Bracewell, Lecturer & MSc Admissions Tutor, University College London visited the HKJCICM Laboratory

Executive Director Dr Edmund Lee met the Honourable David Emerson, Federal Minister of International Trade – Canada and attended a luncheon at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce