The FITM and the SCS of the City University of Macau were established in September, 2011 in response to the development of adult education and lifelong learning. While the FITM launched Luxury Travel Service & Product Management programs in September 2014, the SCS has launched a series of featured programs including Jade Identification, Elementary Course of Gemology, and Introductory applied Diamond Identification, which have been very popular among adult learners. Aiming at enhancing the college-industry cooperation in Macau and providing an opportunity of communication for Jewelry lovers, the SCS held a seminar on 30 Years of China Jewelry and Future Investment Essentials at Golden Dragon campus, 22nd September 2014.
Prof. Mo Tai, the “Jade Emperor”, was invited to be the lecturer at the seminar. A world famous jewelry expert, Prof. Mo Tai, is a chief engineer in the gem profession, the founder of China jewelry and jade industry, as well as the creator of gem mineralization theory and jewelry economy theory. He has published over 200 papers on leading journals and published popular and influential monographs like “Jade Identification” and “Collection of Jade Guide Samples”. With his profound professional knowledge and abundant market experiences, Prof. Mo Tai has accurately predicated the market development trends of China jewelry industry on many occasions. His judgment on gems and his opinions on jewelry industry development trends have become important references of world jewelry market conditions.
Prof. Mo Tai introduced the changes that have taken place in the China jewelry industry in the past thirty years; the economic benefits brought to the jewelry industry by China economic development; jewelry consumption and the advance of personal values, aesthetic standards and brand awareness of the public; the current market development trends and restraints of further development; the challenges and opportunities China jewelry industry confronting; the influences and crises brought to the industry by economic adjustment and corresponding coping strategies.
The SCS of City U believes that the seminar effectively strengthens the college and the industry connections in the field of jewelry.