Symposium:
Symposium on The Development of Psychology in Chinese Societies (May 2002)

Professor Richard Suinn
(Ph.D., Stanford)
Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Colorado State University

This Symposium was held as one of the celebration events on 21 May 2002. Our Department was honored to have Professor Liu In-Mao, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology of the National Chung-Cheng University and Founding Chairperson of our Department, Professor Wang Lei, Chairperson of the Department of Psychology of Peking University, Professor Wu Yin-Chang, Chairperson of the Psychology Department of the National Taiwan University, and Professor Yang Yu-Fang, Head of Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Science, as guest speakers in the Symposium. Prof. Fanny M. Cheung, Chairperson of our Department, moderated the discussion.

Speakers introduced the history and progress of the development of Psychology in their regions and discussed the directions of future development of Psychology in Chinese societies. Colleagues from other departments and institutes including Professor Chang Lei, Associate Professor of the Department of Educational Psychology of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Chiu Chi-Yue, Chairperson of the Department of Psychology of The University of Hong Kong, Professor Connie S.H. Ho, Programme Director of Educational Psychology of the Department of Psychology of The University of Hong Kong, Professor Hong Ying-Yi, Associate Professor of the Division of Social Science of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Professor Ng Sik-Hung, Head of the Department of Applied Social Studies, The City University of Hong Kong also attended the symposium and participated in the discussion session.