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The 2nd meeting of the Nursing Consortium Executive Committee was held on December 10, 2019. Professor Wu Xinjuan ( 吳欣娟 ) , on behalf of the Consortium, and Mr Li Wenkai ( 李文凱 ) , Chief Representative of the China Medical Board (Beijing), shared their insights on nursing education and the future work plan of the Consortium, including resident standardisation training. A review on the Consortium's recent visit to the Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic and the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System was also shared, and insights gained from the visit were discussed. China Nursing Consortium of Elite Teaching Hospitals Networking Meeting The School of Nursing organised a two-day Healthcare Education and Simulation Workshop on August 5 and 6, 2019 to provide healthcare practitioners and educators from the region with the latest knowledge and skills related to healthcare and simulation-based learning and education. The workshop attracted roughly 70 participants across Hong Kong, Mainland China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and other countries. The workshop served as a platform for discussions on the development in simulation- based learning; the use of interprofessional simulation and integrated scenarios; the future of simulation-based education in healthcare; the incorporation of simulation into a large classroom setting; simulation debriefing; and other pertinent issues. Healthcare Education and Simulation Workshop The State Key Laboratory of Liver Research (SKLLR) / Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) Symposium 2019/2020 was held on July 18, 2020. It was the 9th Symposium of the SKLLR. With the theme “From Basic Research to Clinical Applications”, it featured an engaging and well-curated programme. The expertise of the SKLLR research teams, Theme-based Research project on Liver Cancer Stemness, other local and overseas practitioners The SKLLR/TRS Symposium 2019/2020 was on full display, as they shared their research and clinical developments on liver diseases. The symposium was honoured to have Professor Deng Hong-kui ( 鄧宏魁 ) of Peking University as the keynote speaker. It was the first time the event has gone virtual, and it attracted around 200 online participants comprising medical personnel, clinicians, scientists, academics and research postgraduate students. 35 Medical Faculty News