HKBU was selected by the Government as the contractor for the service deed of Hong Kong’s first Chinese Medicine Hospital (CMH). The CMH will be located at Pak Shing Kok in Tseung Kwan O. Its construction is expected to complete in 2025 with service to commence in the second quarter of the year.

Organised by the Food and Health Bureau, the Chinese Medicine Hospital Commissioning Launch Ceremony was held on 28 June 2021. Professor Sophia Chan, JP, Secretary for Food and Health, said that the CMH will press ahead with the development of Chinese medicine in five areas, namely medical services, education and training, research, collaboration, and creating health values. She has high hopes and confidence in HKBU’s participation in the development and operation of the CMH.

Dr. Clement Chen, GBS, JP, Chairman of the Council and the Court of HKBU, said, “We will spare no effort in collaborating with the Government, academia, industry, and the Chinese Medicine Clinics cum Training and Research Centres in the 18 districts with the hope of providing quality Chinese medicine services to the public after the hospital’s operation commences in 2025. At the same time, we hope it becomes a hub of clinical teaching and research to help Hong Kong reach a new level of excellence in Chinese medicine clinical training and research.”

Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU, said, “HKBU will further promote the standardisation and internationalisation of Chinese medicine through the application of technology and digitalisation. Based on our solid foundations, we will take Chinese medicine education, research and services to new heights, and combine strengths and advantages from different areas so that the CMH will play a key role as the ‘flagship’ and ‘change driver’ of Chinese medicine.”

Other guests and HKBU representatives attending the Ceremony included Mr. Thomas Chan, JP, Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health); Ms. Winnie Ho, JP, Director of Architectural Services; Dr. Cheung Wai Lun, JP, Project Director of the CMH Project Office; Mr. Paul Poon, Deputy Chairman of the Council and the Court of HKBU; Ms. Christine Chow, Vice-President (Administration) and Secretary of HKBU; Professor Bian Zhaoxiang, Associate Vice-President (Chinese Medicine Development) of HKBU; Professor Lyu Aiping, Dean of Chinese Medicine of HKBU.

The CMH will provide inpatient and outpatient services, covering internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology, paediatrics, acupuncture and moxibustion as well as orthopedics and traumatology. It will offer a total of 400 hospital beds, and the outpatient clinics will be able to serve 310,000 patients annually upon full commission. As a flagship Chinese medicine institution, the CMH will serve as a base for teaching and clinical practicum, and for conducting evidence-based clinical research and Chinese medicine-related research. Please click here for more details of the Ceremony.