The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) is a young but high-achieving academic unit of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) devoted to nurturing new generations of Chinese medicine professionals and scientists, conducting innovative and impactful translational research, providing world-class healthcare services, inheriting and promoting the culture of traditional Chinese medicine as well as fostering the robust development of Chinese medicine.Deeply rooted in Hong Kong, SCM aspires to become an all-round school with local characteristics that serves the needs of the local industry and community; and at the same time capitalise on the unique advantage of Hong Kong as a pivotal gateway between East and West to push for the advancement and internationalisation of traditional Chinese medicine.