At Chinese International School (CIS), creating a healthy, safe, secure, and supportive learning environment is our absolute priority. CIS believes that every child has the right to grow up in a healthy, safe, secure, and supportive environment in order to promote and protect their intellectual, physical, emotional, and social well-being. As a community, CIS values, celebrates, and safeguards all students regardless of physical appearance, ability, gender identity, race, nationality, cultural heritage, sexual orientation, beliefs, age, socioeconomic status, or family background. All students deserve to be safe, acknowledged, appreciated, valued, and respected, and CIS adopts a strict zero-tolerance policy for the maltreatment or abuse of children.

Our comprehensive Child Protection Policy reflects a dedicated duty of care for all students and applies equally across both our Hong Kong and Hangzhou campuses. Centred on mutual respect and accountability, our policy establishes high expectations for all members of our community to ensure that our students are fully protected at all times. Through shared vigilance, robust reporting pathways, and constant multi-disciplinary cooperation, CIS remains steadfast in protecting the safety and dignity of every student.

Main Components of Our Child Protection Policy

• Dual-Jurisdictional Legal & International Compliance
• Strict Code of Conduct for All CIS Staff, Volunteers, and Other Personnel 
• Thorough Visitor Management Protocols
• Rigorous Recruiting and Vetting Practices 
• Comprehensive Annual Training
• Clear Reporting Procedures & Secure Record Keeping
• Student Curriculum & Empowerment
• Residential & Off-Campus Risk Assessment and Safeguarding Protocols

In the event a student experiences abuse or neglect in any aspect of their life, CIS’s actions are governed by Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese law and other relevant jurisdictions, including Hangzhou, China, for the Year 10 residential program. Our policy explicitly endorses the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (ratified by Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR), and strictly adheres to the Hong Kong Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance (Cap. 650), the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors, and the guidance of the Hong Kong Social Welfare Department’s Procedural Guide for Multi-disciplinary Co-operation.

For inquiries about Child Protection and Safeguarding at CIS, please write to cpo@cis.edu.hk

CIS Child Protection Policy