City University of Macau, Soochow University, the University of Évora jointly set up Sino-Portugal Joint Laboratory in Science of Cultural Heritage Conservation Supported by The Belt and Road Initiative
The inauguration ceremony of the Sino-Portugal Joint Laboratory in Science of Cultural Heritage Conservation Supported by The Belt and Road Initiative set up jointly by Soochow University, the University of Évora and the City University of Macau and a forum on construction and development have just been held. The Laboratory is a major initiative implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology in response to the advocacy of “Belt and Road” to promote international cooperation among countries along “Belt and Road” on research.
Guests including Li Xuqin, Head of the Department in charge of the Joint Laboratory, First-level Researcher at the Science and Technology Department of Jiangsu Province, Zhang Quan, former Deputy Director of the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Jiangsu Province, Cao Changzhi, Deputy Director of Famous Historic and Cultural City Committee and former Deputy Director the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Shanxi Province, Prof Zhu Guangya from the School of Architecture at South East University, Prof Liu Linan, Former Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Dan Qing, Researcher and member of the Expert panel of China Cultural Relics Academy, Du Xiaofan, Professor from the Department of Cultural Heritage and Museology at Fudan University and heritage protection expert of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Lu Jianmei, Deputy Secretary of Soochow University Party Committee and the Vice President of Soochow University attended the inauguration ceremony of the Joint Laboratory.
Acting Rector Kong Fanqing of CityU and Vice Rector Antonio Jose Candeias of Évora University sent their congratulations on the inauguration ceremony of the Joint Laboratory on video. Acting Rector Kong of the City University pointed out that the approval of the Joint Laboratory is an achievement of research cooperation among countries along "Belt and Road", in particular among the Portuguese-speaking countries. It was also a breakthrough of the integration of Macao universities into the national R&D system on the basis of the implementation of “One Country, Two Systems”. With such honor and responsibility bestowed upon the Joint Laboratory, she hoped that the research teams of the three universities would cooperate sincerely to achieve mutual benefits through collaboration at the four major levels, namely trends, resources, abilities and cooperation. Acting Rector Kong then said that the three universities would leverage the development of the Joint Laboratory to fulfill the social responsibility of higher education institutions to serve the country by contributing to the successful implementation of national strategies and to the welfare of mankind. The plague unveiling ceremony was the starting point for deepening the cooperation among the three universities and she hoped that the three universities would have in depth cooperation in areas such as joint talent cultivation and technical research so as to expand both their individual and common capabilities
Lu Jianmei, Vice President of Soochow University, Li Xuqin, First-level Researcher at the Science and Technology Department of Jiangsu Province, Professor Chang Qing from Tongji University and Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wu Yongfa, Dean of the Gold Mantis School of Architecture and Director of the Joint Laboratory spoke either on site or on video to send their congratulations on the initiation of the Joint Laboratory and showed their expectation on its future development.
In future, the Joint Laboratory will introduce advanced equipment and technology for material analysis to promote the scientific and innovative development of materials protection of the country's cultural heritage. The Laboratory is closely linked to the three major positionings of the Macao SAR and it will organically combine the “Belt and Road" national strategy with the regional development positioning of “Sino-Portugal Platform”, bring together the research and conversation capabilities of the three world heritage cities of Macao, Suzhou and Evora and promote the quality development of Macao while continuing to promote cultural heritage conservation
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