We are very much in an uptrend. Both the quality and the quantity of the physics research activities at HKU have grown steadily in recent years. We are doing outstanding research in all the above research areas. For instance, Prof. Wang Yao, a Chair Professor in Physics, has published some very highly cited papers in the field of condensed matter physics. We have been winning more awards - two Croucher Senior Research Fellowships, one by Prof. Wang Yao and one by Prof. Xiaodong Cui; Prof. Shizhong Zhang received Hong Kong RGC Fellowship; Prof. Wang Yao received the 2021 (the Ninth) Nishina Asia Award; Prof. Wang Yao and Prof. Yi Yang received the Xplorer Prize; Prof. Shuang Zhang and Prof. Wang Yao appeared on the list of New Cornerstone Investigator Program sponsored by Tencent; Prof. Lixin Dai, Prof. Jenny Hiu Ching Lee, Prof. Chenjie Wang, and Prof. Yi Yang won China's Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2021, Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Awards 2024 and Prof. Yi Yang was selected as the Inventor of the 2022 Innovators Under 35 (China) by the MIT Technology Review.