A delegation led by Prof. Jun Liu, Rector of the City University of Macau (CityU), visited the Peking University (PKU) today (13) and was warmly received by Prof. Gong Qihuang, President of PKU, and Vice President Wang Bo. The two sides held discussions and exchanges on higher education development and talent cultivation. In the following section, Dean Hu Zhenjiang of the School of Computer Science at PKU, led the delegation visited the video coding and artificial intelligence laboratories of Academician Gao Wen’s team and the big data system software laboratory of Academician Mei Hong’s team. CityU Vice Rectors Kong Fanqing, Zhou Wanlei, Ip Kuai Peng and Chee Seong Chin also took part in the visit.
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During the discussion, the two sides had in-depth exchanges on exploring future cooperation between the two universities. Rector Jun Liu mentioned that CityU has interdisciplinary advantages in telling Chinese stories, data science, financial technology, big health and city development and is developing research strengths of metropolitan universities. In recent years, CityU has maintained close exchanges and cooperation with many leading universities in mainland. President Gong Qihuang said that PKU attaches great importance to cooperation with universities in Hong Kong and Macao regions. President Gong expressed his hopes for jointly conducts scientific research to serve national development and talent cultivation.
Going forward, CityU will continue to leverage its disciplinary and international platform advantages to promote cooperation opportunities between the two sides in areas such as talent cultivation, digital humanities, and language education. With the concerted effort and strengths, both universities will serve Macao and the country under the implementation of “One Country, Two Systems” and the “Belt and Road” initiative. Together, they will tell China’s stories well, promote national higher education development and nurture patriotic and high-caliber talents who love to the country and Macao.
Leaders, management members and executives from Peking University and the City University of Macau also took part in the meeting.
