CBRC was officially established in March 2008 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Our mission is:

• • • • to achieve excellence in research in childhood bilingualism and multilingualism 
      • to serve children and parents in Hong Kong and the region by studying childhood bilingualism and propagating its positive outcomes 
      • to document the development of bilingualism in bilingual children from its inception to maturity and demonstrate their achievements in attaining bilingual competence in childhood 
      • to raise the public’s awareness of Hong Kong children’s development of biliteracy and trilingualism 
      • to study and support revitalization of minority languages in the context of bilingual and multilingual education