Dear Colleagues and Friends

It is our honour to welcome psychopharmacologists from around the world attending the XXVII Congress of the CINP in Hong Kong, China. This is only the second biennial congress to be held outside of North America and Europe. The event thus symbolises the international role of CINP to promote the highest level of scientific exchange in a rapidly globalising world. The congress will allow senior and junior psychopharmacology researchers from Europe and North America to acquaint themselves with the rapidly increasing numbers of talented investigators in China and other Asian nations. The XXVII CINP congress includes programme topics such as ethics of clinical trials, conflict of interest in psychopharmacology development, and development of nutriceuticals in addition to the traditional CINP programme.
Hong Kong is a highly developed international city with cultural opportunities and a friendly population with English speakers widely distributed. It is a gateway to China, whose scientists are participating in the congress. Opportunities to tour China, Japan, Korea and other rapidly developing centres of psychopharmacology research are conveniently available. Hong Kong itself has numerous interesting religious, culinary and natural attractions that should not be missed. The 2010 congress in Hong Kong will be, for many CINP attendees, a turning point to allow the development of fruitful collaboration with Chinese and other Asian psychopharmacology partners. We greet you at the XXVII congress of the CINP in 2010 in Hong Kong and wish you a productive week of scientific exchange.