Firstly, Prof. Feng gave a simple review of the history of Hong Kong social work. Moreover, Prof. Feng introduced the background of present situation of economic development, and the changes in the field of social work in HK due to different economic development status, especially the problems and difficulties occurred from the social work practices. In the end, Prof. Feng talked about the HKSAR government’s policy support targeting these problems, like encouraging community to make full use of civil resources to help individuals and families solve problems.
During the lecture, the students listened carefully and participated actively, and raised many questions of their interest, many of which were related to their own countries. Students were looking forward to bring what the professor introduced back home, in the way of combining China experiences and local situations together to solve the problems existing in their countries.
Feng Guojian is a professor of social work at the City University of Hong Kong, and also the chairman of Training and Professional Development committee and Publications Committee of International Association for Community Development.