CityU Delegation Visited MOE

On 25^th January, Mr. Chan Meng Kam, Chairman of the Council of City University of Macau, led a delegation consisting of Prof. Shu Guang Zhang, Rector of CityU; Prof. Leong Man Wai, Vice Rector of CityU; Prof. Kong Fanqing, Vice Rector of CityU and their entourage. Mr. Zhang Xiaoguang, Director of the Department of Education and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, accompanied the delegation, to visit MOE. The delegation was received by Mr. Hao Ping, Vice Minister of Education (MOE); Professor Zhang Donggang, Director-General of Department of Social Sciences, MOE; Mr. Zhao Lingshan, Deputy Director of Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan Affairs Office, MOE; and Mr. Wang Hui, Deputy Director General of Department of College Students Affairs, MOE.

In the meeting, Chairman Chan extended sincere gratitude to MOE’s continued support and reported CityU’s current development. Rector Zhang summarized CityU’s achievements and the developmental orientation after CityU moved to the new campus.

Vice Minister Hao welcomed the CityU delegation and affirmed the exciting progress made by CityU in recent years. He praised Chairman Chan’s determination, innovation and concern in facilitating Macau’s education development. He stated that Chairman Chan’s contribution had marked a milestone in Macau’s higher education; and hoped that CityU can launch more competitive and practical courses. Moreover, he encouraged CityU to foster more talents with practical application abilities for Macau and its communities, by strengthening cooperation and exchange with the influential universities from home and abroad.

The academic development of CityU was highly commended by Director-General Zhang. He supports the Phase II construction of the Key Research Institute of MOE in Humanities and Social Sciences (Partner) at CityU, which is going to facilitate further development of the Key Research Institute of MOE in Humanities and Social Sciences and it can serve better to the communities in Macau. Deputy Director Zhao and Deputy Director Wang affirmed that the development of CityU and stated that they would continually support CityU in cooperating with higher education institutes in Mainland China.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Rector Shu Guang Zhang thanked MOE’s consistent support, and emphasized that CityU would unite together and strive to accomplish a greater achievements. It is hoped that CityU will meet the expectation granted to her and establish itself as a university featuring academic excellence in humanities and social sciences.

Those who also attended the meeting were Mr. An Yan, Deputy Director of Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs, MOE; Mr. Yu Bin, Deputy Director of Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs, MOE; Mr. Chan Chon Pat, Secretary General of the Council of City University of Macau; and Prof. Sean (Shuying) Li, newly-appointed Academic Registrar of CityU. 

CityU delegation was received by Mr. Hao Ping, Vice Minister of Education (MOE); Professor Zhang Donggang, Director-General of Department of Social Sciences, MOE; Mr. Zhao Lingshan, Deputy Director of Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan Affairs Office, MOE; and Mr. Wang Hui, Deputy Director General of Department of College Students Affairs