CityU initiates Regional Country Studies Advanced Seminar to promote cultural exchange between China and Mozambique
The Regional Country Studies Advanced Seminar, jointly organized by the Macao One Belt One Road Research Center and the Institute for Research on Portuguese-Speaking Countries of City University of Macau (CityU), the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), and its Confucius Institute, commenced at UEM in Mozambique. The opening ceremony was attended by Samuel Queiroz, Dean of the UEM Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Chao Peng, Director of the Macao One Belt One Road Research Center, Liu Jichao, Director of the Confucius Institute, as well as over fifty participants from around the world, either online or in person, including experts, scholars, and students from the two universities.
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Dean Samuel Queiroz, representing Manuel Guilherme Júnior, Rector of Eduardo Mondlane University, during his visit to Moscow, delivered the opening speech. He mentioned stated that this advanced seminar demonstrated the friendly relations between China and Mozambique and marked a significant starting point for the collaboration between CityU and UEM.
Prof. Ip Kuai Peng, Vice Rector of CityU, delivered his opening address via a video recording. He stated that the commencement of this seminar held special significance as it coincided with the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative and the 20th anniversary of Macao's role as the platform between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries. He emphasized that the seminar would explore various cutting-edge academic issues in the field of regional country studies, aiming to promote the development of research theories in this area.
Director Chao Peng pointed out that over the past ten years since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative, it has brought new ideas, theories, and approaches to China's regional country studies, paving a unique path for the development of this discipline with Chinese characteristics. He expressed his hope that this seminar would serve as a small step for scholars from China and Mozambique to collaborate in regional country studies, contributing to the "people-to-people connectivity" between the two countries.
Director Liu Jichao expressed that the Confucius Institute at Eduardo Mondlane University is dedicated to promoting cultural exchange and cooperation between China and Mozambique. By seizing the opportunity of jointly organizing this advanced seminar with CityU, he looked forward to bringing everyone an "academic feast" in the field. The seminar would focus on the development of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa and Portuguese-speaking countries, aiming to promote cultural exchange and cooperation between China and Mozambique while showcasing more academic innovation and research achievements.
On the same day, the doctoral research team from the Macao One Belt One Road Research Center, comprised of research assistants, as well as doctoral and master's students from the Institute for Research on Portuguese-Speaking Countries, visited the Chinese Embassy in Mozambique. They were warmly received by Ambassador Wang Hejun and Counselor Xu Weili. Director Chao Peng introduced the research team, provided an overview of CityU, and discussed the objectives of their visit to Mozambique.
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Source: Macao One Belt One Road Research Center, Macao Daily
