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Convening a roundtable meeting on “Closer people-to-people ties” under the Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative

The CEPU convened a roundtable meeting on “Closer people-to-people ties” under the B&R Initiative. The meeting was attended by members of the CEPU Expert Group, scholars and facilitators of the B&R Initiative. Professor Thomas Chan, Member of the CEPU Expert Group and Director of the One Belt One Road Research Institute of the Hong Kong Chu Hai College, as well as Professor David A. Palmer of the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and Department of Sociology of HKU, presented their respective research outcomes related to the B&R Initiative.

Professor Alfred Ho, Dr Chow Pak-chin, Dr Ma Jun, Dr Chloe Suen, Mr Chang Ka-mun, Professor Huang Ping of the CEPU Expert Group attended the meeting together with Ms Marjorie Yang, member of the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers. They have actively shared their experiences in participating in the B&R Initiative as well as undertaking the relevant research work. Mr Nicholas Ho, Commissioner for Belt and Road, also attended the meeting.


The CEPU Expert Group members, including Mr Chang Ka-mun, Dr Ma Jun, Dr Chow Pak-chin, Professor Alfred Ho, Professor Thomas Chan and Professor Huang Ping, participated in the discussion at the meeting. Professor David A. Palmer of the Department of Sociology of HKU, Ms Marjorie Yang, member of the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers, and Mr Nicholas Ho, Commissioner for Belt and Road, also took part in the discussion.

Professor Thomas Chan, Member of the CEPU Expert Group and Director of the One Belt One Road Research Institute of the Hong Kong Chu Hai College of Higher Education, presented his research findings on the B&R Initiative.

Professor David A. Palmer of the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology of HKU shared the findings of the research he conducted with his team on the B&R Initiative.