The City University of Macau (CityU) celebrated its 41st anniversary today. In line with the need for COVID-19 prevention, CityU held a series of simple but meaningful activities. Mr Chan Meng Kam, Chairman of the University Council, Prof Jun Liu, Rector of CityU, University leaders, faculty and department heads, teachers and students joined the celebrations.
Flag-Raising Ceremony to kick off 41st Anniversary Celebration Activities
The student flag-raising team marched in strong and steady strides to escort the national flag of the People's Republic of China, the regional flag of the Macao Special Administrative Region and the flag of CityU to the flag-raising platform. The national flag, the regional flag and the university flag were raised together along with the national anthem.
CityU attaches great importance to enhancing students' nationalism and cultural literacy and is actively engaged in national education to meet the needs of regional and national development. The University is committed to nurturing more patriotic young talents who love the country and Macao, making continuous efforts to build a metropolitan university with international competitiveness.
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University Development Seminar to consolidate effort to achieve new heights
During the seminar, Chairman Chan Meng Kam shared his experience on the development of Macao's higher education with Two Sessions spirit. He said Macao's higher education is facing vital opportunities under the development of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Macao higher education can also nurture more professionals for local merging industries to promote Macao's adequate economic diversification, so as to better serve the society, the Cooperation Zone, and the Greater Bay Area. Lastly, Chairman Chan encouraged CityU to take innovation as a vital driving force to lead the University to new heights.
Rector Jun Liu led participants to review the achievements of the past year and look forward to the future development directions. With the concerted efforts of all members, the University has achieved remarkable results in education, teaching resources, industry-academia collaboration, international exchanges, and campus culture. Rector Liu said that the achievements belong to every member. The University has achieved round-the-clock, multi-channel and diversed interaction and communication through “Town Hall Meeting”, “Rector’s Corner”, “Meet with the University Leaders”, and “Follow Rector’s Footprints”. It has strengthened the development and expansion of the curriculum, continuously improved the education quality, focused on the data-driven interdisciplinary development in innovative disciplines such as humanities and social sciences, big health, urban development, and fintech. The University has strengthened industry-academia collaboration with mainland and international universities and enterprises to provide a broader learning and development platform for teachers and students.
Today’s CityU is in its prime. We embark on the journey with wisdom and unremitting efforts to push forward the development of the University, strive for continuous improvement of the quality of student cultivation, and give wings to the dreams of every CityU student. CityU will face the challenges ahead with gratitude, pursuing the harvest of knowledge and spiritual enrichment.
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New Joint University Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Services Centre to launch multi-disciplinary joint training programmes for innovative and entrepreneurial talents/p>
CityU and the Guangdong University of Technology signed a cooperation agreement on cultivating innovative and entrepreneurial talents and held a ceremony to inaugurate the Joint University Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Services Centre, marking it the first innovation and entrepreneurship integrated services centre in Guangdong and Macao. The two sides will foster talents through the integration of industry and education, science and education, and multi-disciplinary integration, bringing together strengths, academic disciplines, and teaching professionals to jointly develop social resources to promote the joint cultivation of innovative and entrepreneurial talents in multiple fields.
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Upholding “Loving the Country, Loving Macao” principle to organise diversified student activities to nurture all-round development
To enhance the students’ understanding of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, CityU held the final round of the “Quiz on the Constitution and the Basic Law of the Macau SAR” this afternoon to help students develop an awareness of understanding, obeying, and abiding the law and build a correct value of “Loving the Country, Loving Macao”.
This month, CityU also organised a number of contests, including “CityU Life in my eyes Microfilm Competition”, “1st Cooking Contest of City University of Macau”, “CityU and I” photography competition and other sports contests, to cultivate students’ quality and all-round development.
To celebrate the 41st anniversary of CityU and present the University’s excellence, CityU will host various high-end conferences, seminars, and students’ activities, namely the Inauguration Ceremony of the Global Consortium of Metropolitan Universities and President’s Forum, a seminar themed at intercultural communication studies: China’s spirit and telling China’s story, and the Hengqin-Macao Cross-Border Finance Forum. On this 41st anniversary, CityU will continue to build on its strengths and proactivity to drive its splendid future and achieve a new height.
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