Wang Lixia, Vice President of Huaqiao University, leads delegation to visit CityU to strength exchange and expand collaboration
A delegation from Huazhong University (HQU) led by Vice President Wang Lixia visited the City University of Macau (CityU) today and received a warm reception from Rector Jun Liu. The guests toured the campus environment and teaching facilities to learn more about the history and culture of CityU and explore its smart campus. Both parties engaged in discussions and exchanges regarding talent cultivation, disciplinary development, research projects, and other areas of collaboration.
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Rector Jun Liu warmly welcomed Vice President Wang Lixia and her delegation. Both sides presented their educational achievements and future development directions, focusing on the history, discipline characteristics, student cultivation, and collaborative development of industry, academia, and research.
During the exchange session, both sides expressed their hope to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation, leveraging the advantages of both universities. They aim to enhance collaboration in areas such as faculty and student exchanges, student cultivation, research development, and interdisciplinary construction, promoting more comprehensive cooperation between the two institutions.
Huazhong University was founded in 1960 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province. It has campuses in Quanzhou and Xiamen. The university consists of 28 colleges and offers 11 academic disciplines. It has over 27,000 full-time undergraduate students and over 7,000 graduate students. The student body is comprised of students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and over 90 other countries. The university adheres to the educational policy of “facing overseas, facing Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.” It has trained over 200,000 talents, with more than 60,000 alumni are distributed in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other countries or regions overseas, serving as friendly ambassadors to promote international exchanges and cooperation. Huazhong University is designated as National Academic Base of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, National Cultural Caliber-focused Education Base for College Students, National Language Promotion, National Base for Language Service Industry Export with Distinctive Features, National Demonstration University for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform, National Demonstration University for Teacher Assessment and Evaluation Reform, and National Base for the Inheritance of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture.
Other HQU members at the exchange visit included Zeng Zhixing, dean of the Graduate School of Huazhong University; Chen Zhihong, dean of the School of Architecture; Wang Eryi, dean of the College of Fine Arts; Zhang Houfang, head of the Macao Office; Yue Jin, representative of the Overseas Graduate Education Management Center of the Graduate School of Huazhong University. CityU faculty included Wang Po Hsun, executive associate dean of the Faculty of Innovation and Design; Che Ka I, director of Rector’s Office; and Xing Yalong, program coordinator of postgraduate programs in urban planning and design.
