The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Cooperation between City University of Macau (hereinafter referred to as “CityU”) and the New Oriental Education & Technology Group (hereinafter referred to as “New Oriental”), the largest private educational institution in China, was held today (29th). It marks the first cooperation between universities in Hong Kong and Macau with New Oriental, and CityU becomes the first university in Hong Kong and Macau to reach strategic cooperation with New Oriental. With a tremendous air of sincerity and expectancy, the two sides will work closely together in further education planning, language education and testing, and teacher training in the future, thus benefiting the further education of students and the professional career of teachers from Hong Kong and Macau.
The signing of this Memorandum adheres to the principle of mutual benefit, win-win outcomes and common development, with a view to establishing a strategic cooperative relationship. Liu Jun, Rector of CityU, and Zhou Chenggang, CEO of New Oriental and President of its Overseas Education Division, signed the agreement on behalf of both sides. The attendees jointly witnessed this pivotal milestone in the development of bilateral relations.
During their talks, President Zhou Chenggang fully affirmed this cooperation, and Rector Jun Liu was full of confidence in this cooperation. He also lauded New Oriental’s efforts over the years to sharpen the lifelong competitiveness of students, shape their civic quality, and inculcate in them a global vision. New Oriental’s strategic policy—taking educational products and teaching quality as the core, science and technology as the driving force, creating value for the all-round growth of students, and promoting the progress and development of education in China—coincides with CityU’s very idea of fostering international talents. Hence, CityU and New Oriental have reached a consensus that the two sides will give full play to their respective advantages, share resources, support each other, jointly foster talents, and cooperate in the fields of further study planning, language education, training and testing, overseas study consultation, faculty training, etc., in an effort to build a platform for mainland students who intend to study in Macau and Macau students who plan to study in prestigious foreign universities. In so doing, they aim to boost the brand value and influence of both sides and promote the progress and development of the internationalization of higher education in Macau.
As a listed company on the New York Stock Exchange of the United States and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, New Oriental is a large-scale comprehensive education and technology group integrating educational training, educational research and development, publication of books, magazines and audio-visual works, overseas study services, vocational education, online education, and educational software research and development. It has established 117 schools, 12 bookstores and 1,518 learning centers in 103 cities across China. Also, it boasts more than 45,700 teachers with over 62.6 million students participating in face-to-face instruction.
Other members present at the signing ceremony were Sun Tao, Assistant Vice-President of New Oriental and President of Beijing New Oriental Vision Overseas Consulting Co., Ltd.; Liu Shuoyang, Assistant Vice-President of New Oriental and General Manager of New Oriental Overseas Education and Training Division; Yu Zhongqiu, Vice-President of Beijing New Oriental Vision Overseas Consulting Co., Ltd., General Manager of the Eurasian Division, and General Manager of Beijing Center of the Eurasian Division; Hao Bin, President of Beijing ANO Education Technology Co., Ltd. (SFK); Cintia Chan, Pro-Rector of CityU; Che Ka I, Director of the Rector’s Office of CityU; and Ho Chan, Faculty Representative of the General Education Department of CityU.
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