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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has received a generous donation of HK$10 million from Mr. Baldwin Cheng in support of the development of its 'General Education Foundation Programme'. To commemorate Cheng's contribution, the Research Centre for General Education in CUHK is now renamed the Baldwin Cheng Research Centre for General Education. The donation presentation ceremony cum opening ceremony of the Baldwin Cheng Research Centre for General Education was held on 25 March 2011. Officiating guests included Mrs. Cheng Ying-yim, Dr. Edwin Cheng, Mr. Baldwin Cheng, Professor Ambrose King, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and former Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, Professor Joseph J.Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, and Professor Cheung Chan-fai, Director of University General Education and Director of the Baldwin Cheng Research Centre for General Education. Professor Ambrose King delivered a keynote speech on the value of reading classics and the importance of humanity education at the ceremony.

The Cheng family has been a staunch supporter of the development of general education and humanity education at CUHK. Under the patronage of Mr. Baldwin Cheng's father, Mr. Cheng Ying-yim, and his brother, Dr. Edwin Cheng, a research fund on general education and philosophy research was established in 2005 to support CUHK's philosophy and cultural development. Over the years, the centre has embarked on various research projects and facilitated meaningful exchange on general education on local, regional and international levels. The results have been most promising.

Mr. Baldwin Cheng, a graduate of CUHK's M.A. in Philosophy programme in 2007, believes that CUHK has an excellent humanistic tradition and that humanistic education is the soul of university education. He remarked that it was Vice-Chancellor Professor Sung's emphasis on general education and humanity that encouraged him to support this education ideal. He said, 'CUHK has a long and noble history in general education. Its achievement is well recognized. I hope the donation will inspire and motivate more support from the public for the development of general education and the humanities.'

Professor Sung expressed his deepest gratitude to Mr. Cheng and his family. He said, 'The generous donation from the Cheng family is an affirmation of CUHK’s humanistic and general education tradition. Through the reading of classics and small-class seminar discussions, the General Education Foundation Programme supported by Mr. Baldwin Cheng engages students in dialogues on important value issues. Mr. Cheng's endowment shows that our ideal of whole-person education has the support of the public.'