CACHS will carry out four major types of activities:

1. To advance academic research on cultural heritage and to train researchers working in the areas of cultural heritage management, preservation policy formulation and sustainable development;
2. To enhance exchange activities among cultural heritage studies organizations in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Macau and Taiwan, and the rest of East and Southeast Asia. Activities will include workshops, conferences and publications;
3. To promote the understanding of cultural heritage in Hong Kong and Asia through education, policy analysis and community activities, including classes in secondary and tertiary education, and public lectures and exhibitions;
4. To provide a platform for research and policy formulation that involves professionals, policy makers, and the public.

主要活動
考古及文化遺產保護中心推出四種主要的活動：

1. 推動文化遺產研究，培養研究者從事文化遺產的管理、保育政策的釐定和持續發展；
2. 加強香港、大陸、澳門、臺灣和東亞、東南亞其他地區各文化遺產研究組織的交流，組織研討班或大會、發行出版物；
3. 出版物；
4. 通過教育、政策分析以及社區活動推廣文化遺產在香港和亞洲的理解，包括在高等教育和普及教育中增加有關文化遺產的內容；舉辦公開講座以及展覽；
5. 提供一個由專業人士、決策機構和市民大眾參與的平臺，共同從事文化遺產的研究和政策制定。