Visit | Liu Wenru, A Member of the Standing Committee of Quanzhou Municipal People’s Congress and Secretary of Jinjiang Municipal Party Committee Visits CityU to Promote the Cooperation and Development of Higher Education in Fujian and Macao
On October 16, a delegation led by Mr. Liu Wenru, a member of the Standing Committee of Quanzhou Municipal People's Congress and Secretary of Jinjiang Municipal Party Committee visited CityU. Accompanied by Chairman of Council Chan Meng Kam and Rector Shu Guang Zhang of CityU, the delegation visited the campus and had discussions with the representatives of CityU.
During the discussion, Chairman Chan Meng Kam expressed sincere welcome to Secretary Liu Wenru and other delegation members. Rector Shu Guang Zhang gave a brief introduction to the university-running mode and the achievements made in promoting knowledge innovation. He also talked about the strategy of dislocation development adopted by CityU, which combined education internationalization and localization and refined the featured majors in line with the development characteristics of Macao's economy and industry. CityU focused on the application of scientific research development, and promoted the cultivation of new engineering postgraduates, R&D, and technology incubation. CityU took the promotion of exchanges and cooperation with Portuguese-speaking countries as the focus of its international development, expanded its cooperation with Portuguese-speaking countries such as Portugal and Brazil, and established a platform for knowledge innovation and transformation.
Secretary Liu Wenru appreciated the achievements made by CityU in recently years, and encouraged CityU to continue to act as the education base of "loving China and loving Macao" and cultivate professional talent for Macao and China. Meanwhile, he stated that Jinjiang City laid emphasis on the enhancement of connotation and the improvement of function in urban development and that modern university education could provide an impetus for urban development. He hoped that the local universities and colleges like Quanzhou College of Technology and CityU could learn from each other's school-running characteristics and comprehensively enhance the strategic cooperative relations.
CityU has always maintained close exchanges and cooperation with the universities and colleges in Fujian Province. An increasing number of Fujian students come to CityU for further study. It is hoped that the exchanges between the two sides can promote higher education in the two places, implement the cooperation projects, and build a bridge for the "going global" of Jinjiang higher education and the exchanges and cooperation with the universities and colleges of Portuguese-speaking countries.
The guests attending the discussions included: Huang Bihuang, Deputy Director of the United Front Work Department of Quanzhou Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Quanzhou City; Huang Wenfu, a member of the Standing Committee of Jinjiang Municipal People's Congress, Director of the United Front Work Department and President of the Municipal Overseas Friendship Association; Director Xie Jianzhi of Jinjiang Municipal Party Committee Office; Chen Jinshang, Deputy Director of the United Front Work Department of Jinjiang Municipal Party Committee, Party Secretary of the united front system and Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Jinjiang.
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