Date 24.8.2023 (Thursday)

Time HKT 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Venue G/f Atrium, School of Architecture CUHK

Language English and Mandarin

Format In-person and live broadcast

The School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong is proud to host the Rural Revitalization Symposium 2023 together with the Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation. The Symposium brings together over 20 experts from Hong Kong, mainland China, Australia, Japan and overseas to present their latest research, projects and academic insights, and to deliberate on pertinent topics concerning rural revitalization: rebuilding, landscapes, policy & planning, engagement & community building and more. The Symposium is accompanied by the Wu-Zhi-Xue Interflow Camp 2023 (21-25 August), a 5-day event connecting Hong Kong and the Mainland university students visiting rural project sites of our School of Architecture research team together with symposium scholars.

9:00 - 9:45 am | Opening & Keynotes

• Prof. Hendrik TIEBEN, Director, School of Architecture, CUHK
• Prof. CHIU Chi Yue, Dean of Social Science, CUHK
• Prof. Stephen TANG, Head, Countryside Conservation Office
• Prof. WONG Kam-sing, Chairman, Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation

10:00 - 11:15 am | Rural Rebuilding

• MU Jun, Dean & Professor, Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture
• ZHOU Tiegang, Professor, Xian University of Architecture and Technology
• HUANG Yinwu, Associate Professor, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

11:25 am - 12:55 pm | Rural Settlements & Landscapes

• DAN Wenhong, Professor, Guizhou Education University
• LI Limin, Associate Professor, Xian University of Architecture and Technology
• Ken TAYLOR, Emeritus Professor, The Australian National University
• Wallace CHANG, Associate Professor, HKU

14:10 - 15:25 pm | Rural Policy and Planning

• ZHANG Yue, Professor & Director, Tsinghua University Rural Construction Research Institute
• Kenichiro ONITSUKA, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
• LAM Wai-fung, Professor & Director, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, HKU

15:35 – 16:50pm | Rural Engagement & Community

• PAN Xi, Associate Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University
• ZHOU Zhengxu, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua Universit
• Thomas CHUNG, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, CUHK

17:00 – 17:45pm | Urban-Rural Alliance Roundtable

• Countryside Futures
• Learning from Mainland
• Hong Kong way forward

This event is supported by CURA (Centre for Urban-Rural Alliance).