A 29-member Delegation from Institute of Social Service Development, Hong Kong, headed by Chairman Qiu Haobo and Vice Chairman Chen Shengguang, visited Shanghai from August 15 to 19 for the “Shanghai-Hong Kong Workshop on Social Work” held in Shanghai. The delegation was composed of senior social work supervisors, who have long been engaged in the joint projects on social work in Dongguan, Shenzhen and Guangdong.

On August 17, Shanghai-Hong Kong Workshop on Social Work was officially held in Shanghai. More than 80 people were present at the Workshop, including the visiting delegation, leading officials from Shanghai Association of Social Workers and the Division of Vocational Social Work of Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, and some social workers of Shanghai. Ye Xinghua, Deputy Chairman of Shanghai Association of Social Workers and Chen Shengguan, Head of the visiting delegation spoke at the Workshop. The Secretary-general of Shanghai Association of Social Workers delivered a presentation on what Shanghai has been currently doing in the area of social work, and delegates from Hong Kong introduced how Hong Kong has assisted the inland regions in the development of social work and how the “Shenzhen Plan” has been implemented. In the afternoon, the social workers from Shanghai and Hong Kong had a heated discussion on the three topics of “Career Planning for Social Workers”, “Application and Implementation of the Social Work Service Projects and Formulation-Enforcement of the Standard for Social Work Service”, and “The Helpful Interaction and Partnership among the Government, Associations and Organizations”.

On August 18, as part of the workshop program, the delegation paid visits to the social work organization in Yanji New Residential Area Sub-district and Pudong Non-profit Service Park to have a better idea about the social work programs in Shanghai. The delegation also attended a dinner meeting, at which Ma Yili, Director-general of Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, Fang Guoping, Deputy Director-general of Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, Fang Shizhong, Deputy Governor of Jing’an District and Chen Jingwei, Vice Governor of Jing’an District were present. An intent agreement has been reached to promote the cooperation between social organizations of Shanghai and Hong Kong in the area of social work.