Date：July 24th,2019
Article: Chen Lian & Huang Yahe
Photographer: HK Chinese Medicine Alumni Association of JNU

The inaugural ceremony of the Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Medicine Alumni Association of Jinan University and the first inauguration ceremony of its Board of Supervisors were held in Hong Kong on July 21. In attendance were JNU Party Secretary Lin Rupeng; Luo Liangping, director of the Medical Department; Liang Yan, director of the International Liaison Office; Chen Jiaxu, dean of the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Dong Qiyuan, director of the Hong Kong Office. More than 300 Hong Kong medical practitioners, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and Hong Kong alumni in traditional Chinese medicine participated. They included Dr. Zhang Weilin, director of the Development and Planning Office of the Chinese Medicine Hospital of the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Prof. Huang Jie, a member of the Anhui Province Political Consultative Committee; Prof. Yang Zhuoming, chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Medicine and Orthopedic Association; Prof. Zhu En, president of the Hong Kong Registered Chinese Medicine Association; Dr. Cheung Honming, chairman of the Hong Kong Medical Council; Dr. Chen Jieshuang, president of the Hong Kong Medical Association; and Dr. Tang Jisheng, president of the Hong Kong Medical Students Association of Jinan University.
 

（The guests present）
Lin congratulated the association on its establishment and thanked the alumni for their long-term support of JNU’s development. He noted that this year also happened to be the 20th anniversary of the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. We gladly welcome a new member that integrates Hong Kong traditional Chinese medical resources to serve the Hong Kong people to the Jinan University Alumni Association family, he said. More important, it is also a new team that supports our motherland, the Hong Kong region and JNU, contributing to not only the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, but the principle of One Country, Two Systems.
 

(Lin speaking)
Liang read out JNU's approval document establishing the association, and Luo read a congratulatory letter from the JNU Alumni Association. All members of the Supervisory Board took the oath of office, administered by Chen Jiaxu.

At the inauguration ceremony, Zhang Huailie, the association's founding president and a registered traditional Chinese medicine doctor in Hong Kong, said he would actively promote the academic work of the traditional Chinese medicine industry in Hong Kong and strengthen links among Hong Kong alumni. He said the association would carry out charitable activities to spread traditional Chinese culture, Chinese medicine culture and the JNU spirit to the world.
 

(Zhang giving a speech of thanks)

The School of Traditional Chinese medicine has trained many Chinese medicine professionals over the years. After graduating from JNU, Hong Kong students have engaged mainly in clinical practice. About 600 JNU graduates are practicing Chinese medicine in Hong Kong, a solid force in the development of traditional Chinese medicine there.