A delegation led by Li Fengliang, party secretary of South China Agricultural University (SCAU), visited City University of Macau (CityU) today and was warmly received by Rector Jun Liu. The two universities officially signed a memorandum of cooperation, laying a solid foundation for deeper cooperation in the future. SCAU delegation toured around the campus and engaged in productive discussions on topics such as talent cultivation, student exchanges, further study opportunities for outstanding graduates, and joint cultivation of high-level talents.
Rector Jun Liu extended a warm welcome to the delegation led by Party Secretary Li Fengliang and provided a comprehensive overview of CityU’s background, advantageous disciplines, international faculty members, and future development. Rector Liu emphasized the strong complementary advantages of the two universities in geographical location and disciplinary characteristics, offering broad cooperation prospects. He looked forward to seizing new opportunities and jointly promoting the cooperation and internationalization of higher education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area).
Party Secretary Li Fengliang highly praised CityU’s achievements and strategic development directions. He detailed the current development, characteristics, and educational scale of SCAU, emphasizing that the three pillars—agriculture, science and engineering, and humanities and social sciences—formed by its 25 colleges were advancing toward the goals of “stronger, more refined, and more distinctive.” Li expressed a desire to collaborate with CityU in the future to carry out more practical cooperation and jointly promote the long-term development and progress of the two universities.
Both parties expressed a strong intention and confidence in cooperation and anticipated a powerful synergy by leveraging their respective strengths, advanced communication, and collaboration.
Going forward, both sides will actively respond to national development strategies, contribute to the construction and development of the Greater Bay Area, and offer the wisdom of higher education institutions to promote regional economic prosperity and social development.
Other attendees from SCAU included Chen Letian, standing committee member of the Party Committee and director of the Office for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Affairs; Wu Bin, Director of the Party and Government Affairs Office; Zhong Guohua, dean of the Graduate School; Yang Zhengxi, dean of the College of Humanities and Law; Zhang Yanhe, dean of the College of Arts; Cao Guangxiang, deputy dean of the Undergraduate School; and Gao Wei, deputy dean of the College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture. Members from CityU attending in the meeting included Lixian Jin, dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Huang Guowen, associate dean; Wang Po-Hsun, executive associate dean of the Faculty of Innovation and Design; and Professor Han Haoying Han.
