Pro-Rector Ip’s speech at 3rd annual meeting of Alliance for technology, innovation and talent development in western GBA
The third annual meeting of the Alliance for Technology, Innovation and Talent Development in Western Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was held at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College in southern Chinese city of Zhuhai.
The meeting involved in-person or virtual element drew alliance’s supporters and members to review the alliance’s achievements in the past year and to make plans for the year ahead. This year’s meeting aimed to promote the development of talent hub in the western Greater Bay Area.
Being one of the members in the alliance, Pro-Rector of City University of Macau, Ip Kuai Peng, the Director of Research Centre for Macau Social and Economic Development, represented the University to attend the meeting. Pro-Rector Ip delivered a keynote suggesting Macao to strengthen its bridging role as the “one centre, one platform and one base” to carry out extensive collaboration with neighbouring cities in the Greater Bay Area in terms of high-quality industrial development, talent cultivation in the areas of science and technology.
In his speech, Pro-Rector Ip said that the Greater Bay Area will play a crucial role in leading the country’s technological innovation revolution and national talent strategy. To push forward Macao’s economic diversification and enrich talent resources to contribute to national development, Prof Ip suggested Macao to optimise its talent development policies, deepen exchanges and promote shared links between related regimes in the cities within the Greater Bay Area.
In the meeting, Pro-Rector Ip also suggested Macao to take the lead in nurturing high-level professionals in the tourism, traditional Chinese medicine and finance services industries. Pro-Rector Ip advised Macao to promote education exchanges with the Portuguese-speaking Countries, promote international education standards, and turn the Greater Bay Area into a demonstration zone with international education standards.
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