The French government has bestowed the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur on Professor Jian Lu, Vice-President (Research and Technology) (VPRT) and Dean of Graduate Studies at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) since November 2013. The Légion d’Honneur is the highest national order led by the President of France who services as grand master of the order.

Two renowned scientists delivered lectures on porous metallic glasses and water studies at two Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Distinguished Lectures at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) held on 17 and 20 January, respectively.

A renowned scholar in operations management delivered a distinguished lecture held by the Institute for Advanced Study at City University of Hong Kong on 15 December. In the monopoly pricing situation, firms optimally vary prices to learn that demand and variation must be sufficiently high to ensure complete asymptotic learning, according to Professor Birge.

Three eminent scholars from the mainland and Taiwan jointly delivered a lecture titled "Rediscovery of an Authentic Artwork by Cao Xueqin: A Sole Piece of His Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting and Seal" for the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Distinguished Lecture Series at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 13 December.

On 7 December 2016, IAS Senior Fellow Professor Ovid J.L. Tzeng received a formal letter from Professor Dr. H. C. Felix Unger, President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, informing him of his election as Member of the Academy. President Unger also invited Professor Tzeng to journey to Salzburg in March 2017 in order to receive a medal honoring this achievement, as well as devote future efforts to the causes of promoting the Academy's new NEXT EUROPE project and the Alma Mater Europaea program dedicated to cultivating young talent.

Nobel Laureate in chemistry, Professor Ei-ichi Negishi, delivered a distinguished lecture titled "Magical Power of d-Block Transition Metals- Past, Present and Future" and met a group of students at an event held by the Institute for Advanced Study at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 1 Dec.

The two-day Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Symposium on Chemistry of Complex Matter at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) kicked off with a Nobel Laureate’s distinguished lecture on 14 November. The symposium invited scholars and renowned chemists from Europe and China to share their academic discoveries through a series of lectures delivered during the event.

A​ Nobel Laureate in Physics discussed how fundamental questions about light have shaped our vision of nature at a distinguished lecture held by the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 26 October.

Two renowned engineering scholars delivered lectures on service systems and technology breakthrough, respectively, at two distinguished lectures at City University of Hong Kong (CityU).

Leading scientists from various fields exchanged insights on recent developments and the challenges in the field of genes and chromosomes at a five-day workshop from 11 to 15 August at City University of Hong Kong (CityU).