Contribute to the Educational Development of Greater Bay Area CityU Participated in Major Project of the National Social Science Fund
The major National Social Science Fund project “Research on Issues Related to the Development and System Innovation of Education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” was initiated recently at East China Normal University. That was the highest level of research project on the development and innovation of education in the Greater Bay Area so far. As the project head in Macao, Dr Li Shuying, also Pro-Rector Dean of the School of Education, led some of the research team members to attend the project initiation conference. The team was assigned a sub-project and would be able to put forward recommendations for the educational development of the Greater Bay Area.
Professor Ding Gang, Vice President of The Chinese Society of Education gave recommendations from the perspectives of “focus of research, breakthrough in system, feasibility of operation, implementation of research, and transformation of achievements” and provided guidance for the project to be divided into different issues and different levels for research to be conducted. That would promote the cooperation in and development of education of the Greater Bay Area and provide a basis for the country to launch consultations on and formulate related policies. The project team pointed out that research will be carried out in an orderly manner as planned. It was expected that a research report of nearly 300,000 words would be produced, 10-15 high-quality papers (SSCI or CSSCI) would be released and a series of books (3-5) on research on education in the Greater Bay Area would be published. In addition, four to six policy consultation reports would be sent to the central government, relevant ministries and offices as well as relevant departments of Guangdong province as a reference for policy consultation.
As the project’s research unit in Macao, the School of Education at the City University of Macau has undertaken the sub-project “Research on International Comparison and Institutional Innovation of Macao's Integration into the Educational Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” to make contributions and provide suggestions for the development and innovation of education of the Greater Bay Area.
More than one hundred leaders and experts attended the project initiation conference. They included Zhang Caiyun, Deputy Executive Director, National Office for Education Sciences Office, Prof Wang Lisheng, former Director of the China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education, Researcher Gao Baoli, former Vice President of the National Institute of Education Sciences, Prof Ma Weihua, Vice President of East China Normal University, Prof Wang Wei, Dean of the Institute of Vocation Education at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Prof Lu Xiaozhong, Chief Expert of the Project and Dean of the Institute of Education of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, East China Normal University, Researcher Tang Zhenmin, Executive Vice President of the Guangdong Higher Education Association and heads of sub-projects.
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Source: School of Education
