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Youth cannot be considered in isolation. Their lives are in constant interaction with various institutional systems that make up their world. Family, school, peers, employment and technological advancement all shape the development of young people. In particular, the technology, media and telecommunications systems have made a great impact on modern life. This Caring for Youth Series has incorporated various research interests within a holistic and systems perspective, with the assumption that issues confronting youth are interactional in nature.  Several core areas of research that can facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration will include: Child and adolescent development; Family and peer groups; Learning and career; Social interaction and identity; Virtual Communication; E-consumers’ Behaviour; Popular and Youth Culture; Deviance and Delinquency; Political Participation and Youth Leadership; Youth Justice System; Youth Policy and Services.

From being a poor fishing village on the Southern coast of china, Hong Kong ( population 6.5 million ) has emerged to become the busiest container port and one of the richest cosmopolitan cities in the world. it is a name that reminds us of China trade, international finance, tourism, ideological truce, freedom and success. The books in the Series tell us the economic reasons behind Hong Kong's success story.

Since its establishment in 1998, the CityU's Chinese Civilisation Centre ( CCIV ) has invited numerous visiting scholars and experts from around the world to CityU and delivered hundreds of lectures on Chinese art, history and culture. With a view to making these lectures more widely available in the community, the CCIV and the University Press published the many talks and presentations under the title of the Chinese Civilisation Lecture Series. These range from classical literature and ancient civilization to history of technological development and cultural exchanges between the East and the West.

Edited by the Centre for Public Policy Study at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Governance in Asia Research Centre ( former CityU's Centre for Comparative Public Management and Social Policy ), Analysis of Public Policies of China Series features the public policies enacted by the Chinese government, the background to introducing the policies and the formulation procedures. First published in 2001, the series is targeted at policy analysts, government officials, and think tanks on policy formulation in both public and private organizations.

Understanding Asia Series is an extension series of "Understanding East and Southeast Asia Series", it is more than a travel guidebook as it tells briefly the history, social, economic and political situation, as well as its culture and nature of each country.

Although Hong Kong is an important financial centre and an international city, people here have little knowledge about neighbouring countries. The 11-volume series of books helps bridge the gap and aims to encourage an interest in the politics, society and culture of the region, especially among Hong Kong university students.