On September 22, 2025, during the 17th China Nutrition Science Congress, the Chinese Nutrition Society, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the Hong Kong Nutrition Association signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding on registered dietitians. Representatives from the three institutes, relevant personnel, and media attended the event.

Professor YANG Yuexin, President of the Chinese Nutrition Society, extended a warm welcome to representatives from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Nutrition Association. She highly commended the achievements of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Nutrition Association in the professional training of food nutrition and public health talents, as well as in the popularization of nutrition knowledge. President YANG expressed her hope that through the strong alliance of the three parties, better achievements could be made in the future in terms of discipline development, talent cultivation, and training base construction.

Professor CHEN Sheng, Dean of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and President DING Hao'en of the Hong Kong Nutrition Association, respectively introduced the basic situations, main work, and future development directions of the two institutes. Both institutes expressed long-awaited anticipation for signing the agreement with the Chinese Nutrition Society to establish a training base for registered dietitians. This agreement will facilitate the alignment of Hong Kong's dietitians/nutritionists and nutrition science talents with mainland standards, providing them with broader development and employment prospects.

Professor MA Aiguo, Executive Vice President of the Chinese Nutrition Society, Professor CHEN Sheng, and Dr. DING Hao'en, represented their respective institutes in signing the memorandum of understanding, marking the official commencement of the cooperation.

The registered dietitian program of the CNS has been developed for nearly a decade, establishing a comprehensive education and examination system for registered dietitians aligned with international standards. With a foundation of 43 university training bases, it has cultivated numerous professionals active in fields such as hospitals, scientific research, education, elderly care institutions, kindergartens, and food nutrition-related sectors. The inclusion of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Nutrition Association represents a further alignment of Hong Kong’s dietary nutrition science talent cultivation and certification system with the mainland, significantly enhancing the convenience of talent exchange and learning between the mainland and Hong Kong area and laying the foundation for the establishment of unified standards.

Vice President CAI Wei, on behalf of the Chinese Nutrition Society, announced the decision to designate The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a training base for registered dietitians. Representatives from both sides jointly unveiled the plaque for the base, marking the addition of new strength to China’s training bases for registered dietitians and heralding a new chapter in the field of nutrition science at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.