Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute was officially established on 30 November 2011. The Founding Ceremony cum Opening Ceremony of the International Symposium on the Bamboo Strip Writings, Canons and Early History was held on the same day. Officiating at the ceremony were Professor Jao Tsung-I, GBM, JP, Honorary Consultant of the Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute; Mr. Simon Suen, Chairman of the SML Group, and Mrs. Mary Suen, Honorary Directors of the Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute; Mr. Wilfred Wong, SBS, JP, Chairman of the Hong Kong Baptist University Foundation cum Chairman of the Council and the Court; Professor Albert Chan, President and Vice-Chancellor; Professor Chung Ling, Associate Vice-President cum Dean of Arts; and Professor Chen Zhi, Director of the Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute cum Head of Department of Chinese Language and Literature.
Guests participating at the ceremony included experts and scholars on Sinology from home and abrod, friends of Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen, friends who support HKBU, HKBU Council and Court members and etc.
