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The 13th Lam Woo Distinguished Social Work Awards Ceremony cum Symposium on Urban-Rural Integration in the Path of Chinese Modernization and the Development of Social Work in the New Era hosted by the Department of Sociology of Peking University, the Department of Applied Social Sciences of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Peking University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University China Social Work Research Centre took place on 22 and 23 March 2025. Five Student Awards, four Social Service Project Awards and one Scholar Award were given. These social work researchers and projects have achieved considerable recognition and acclaim, garnering praise from the government, the academic community, and the practice sector. Their contributions exemplify the enhancement of social work professionalism.

The symposium was organised around two central themes, “A Comparative Study on the Integrated Development of Urban-Rural Areas” and “Urban-Rural Integrated Development and Social Work”. Prof. Juan CHEN, a member of our Management Committee, presented a paper titled “Community Transformation and Residents’ Well-Being in China's Urbanisation Process: A Survey on Urbanisation and Quality of Life”. It is noteworthy that a thematic forum was also arranged for doctoral students in social work, who presented on social challenges and policy interventions, education, health, and community development. Topics covered included agricultural ecological transformation, protective measures for delivery gig drivers, family fertility intentions, employment of the people with disability, and trauma-informed therapy. Additionally, experts and scholars engaged in profound deliberations on redistribution, third distribution, and the role of differences between urban and rural pensions in redistribution. 

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