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Close to 200 students from fourteen mainland universities participated in the 2018 Public Policy Summer School at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) from 21 July to 3 August 2018. Hosted by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS), this summer school offered a variety of attractive activities including research seminars, hands-on workshops, study tours, excursion, and a taste of local cuisine. Participants were undergraduate as well as postgraduate students from key universities on the mainland, including Shandong University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Central South University, and Ocean University of China. A feedback survey suggests very high level of satisfaction of participants, who appreciated the summer school for the precious opportunity to experience a very new mode of public policy education at EdUHK. This summer school also witnessed the signing of MoUs between APS, and School of Political Science and Public Administration of Shandong University, and School of Law and Political Science of the Ocean University of China, respectively. Aside from the summer school participated by students, APS also organized a summer training camp on cutting-edge theories and research methods in public policy. Attended by more than 80 young scholars from mainland China, Taiwan, Canada, Germany, and Singapore, this training camp provides intensive research training to early-career scholars and research postgraduate students. A panel of distinguished scholars, including Anthony B.L. Cheung, Richard Walker, Giliberto Capano, M Ramesh, Chou Kee-lee, Darryl Jarvis, and Eduardo Araral lectured the camp and offered academic consultation. 

Mr Jason Dean-Chen Yin, student of the Master of Public Policy and Governance Programme (MPPG) of EdUHK publishes a research article—as first author—in Health Policy, a leading international journal in health policy studies. With a five-year impact factor of 2.380, this SSCI-indexed journal is a renowned academic platform in the international research community. This is the first time for a student of a taught-degree programme in the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS), the host department of the MPPG Programme, to publish a research work in an international journal. This publication does not only reflect Mr Yin’s gorgeous achievement, but also serves as a testament of the MPPG Programme’s training rigor. Titled “Health insurance reforms in Singapore and Hong Kong: How the two ageing Asian tigers respond to health financing challenges?”, this article is coauthored with Dr He Jingwei Alex, Associate Professor of APS, and examines the recent health financing reforms in Singapore and Hong Kong from a comparative perspective. Mr Yin, a U.S. citizen, joined the MPPG Programme in September 2017, as the third international student of the Programme. He held a bachelor degree of biology from the University of California-Davis. Prior to his study in EdUHK, Mr Yin worked as a Research Assistant at the School of Public Health in the National University of Singapore. Mr Yin says, "I moved to Hong Kong because I was primarily interested in addressing policy problems in the Greater China Region, specifically in health. The MPPG programme at EdUHK equipped me with theoretical knowledge and quantitative skills to analyze those issues. Not only that, it was coupled with close faculty mentorship and guidance in the APS Department, which made the learning process smooth and enjoyable. I was not only able to complete my degree, but also develop my portfolio through internships in the NGO sector and through publishing alongside scholars in my field.. so it's been a quick, but fruitful year!".