A grand total of 1249 students graduated from UIC this year, and the majority of them came to the new campus to celebrate with their families and friends at the 9th Graduation Ceremony on 16 June.

The 9th Graduation Ceremony and Honorary Fellowship Conferment took place at the University Hall on the new campus

Also on the day, Dr Polly Suk-Yee CHEUNG, Ms DONG Mingzhu, Professor HE Xiantu, Professor Martin STRINGER and Mr Heinrich WANG were conferred UIC Honorary Fellowships.

Honorary Fellows

Five distinguished individuals that consisted of a breast cancer specialist, a President of a huge Chinese manufacturing company, a theoretical physicist, a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of a well-known UK university, and a renowned artist were conferred by UIC for Honorary Fellowships this year.

The honorary fellowships were awarded to Dr Polly Suk-Yee CHEUNG, a prominent breast cancer specialist and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Hong Kong; Ms DONG Mingzhu, Chairperson of the Board and President of Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai; Professor HE Xiantu, a Chinese theoretical physicist and Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor Martin STRINGER, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Academic of Social Science, Arts and Humanities at Swansea University; and Mr Heinrich WANG, a renowned artist in Taiwan and founder of the modern porcelain brand “NewChi.”

Mr Cheng Yan Kee, BBS, JP, Chairman of the Council and the Court of HKBU, presided over the conferment

(From left) Professor He Xiantu, Ms Dong Mingzhu, Mr Heinrich Wang, Dr Polly Suk-Yee Cheng and Professor Martin Stringer

The Honorary Fellowship is an honour bestowed on distinguished contributors to the mission of UIC for their sustained commitment to the development of education and society.

A press conference took place before the five individuals were given the honorary fellowships. This gave the media a chance to interview the fellowship recipients and hear their wise words on their fields of expertise.

The media asked the honorary fellowship recipients questions during the press conference

Professor HE Xiantu gave a vote of thanks and highlighted three points for the graduates. The first point was to be grateful to their college, teachers and parents. He then went on to explain that being honest and enterprising is important, before finally finished his speech by saying “Imagination is to have a dream or a lofty ideal in your mind. For the great rejuvenation of our country and the realization of the Chinese Dream, I think your generation will play a big role in this great age.”

Professor He Xiantu gave a speech

Reporter: Samuel Burgess (MPRO)
Photographers: Liang Jianhao, Lancy Zhang, Chamy Zhou, Deen He,
Cheryl Chen, Yang Qihui, Dou Qilin, Wang Keyan
Editor: Deen He
(from MPRO, with special thanks to the ELC)