CUC Vice President Ren Mengshan leads a delegation to visit CityU to boost international communication and external exchange

 

A delegation led by Ren Mengshan, vice president of the Communication University of China (CUC), visited City University of Macau (CityU) and was warmly received by Rector Jun Liu. During the 4th Forum for Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries, the two universities signed cooperation agreement to promote collaboration in faculty-student exchanges, talent cultivation and scientific research. Both sides discussed deepening cooperation, advancing Portuguese as well as regional and country studies, and contributing to the development of international communication capacity in the Greater Bay Area.

 

At the meeting, Rector Jun Liu extended a warm welcome to Vice President Ren and his delegation. He reviewed CityU development history, educational philosophy, disciplinary characteristics, and international cooperation, as well as its practical achievements in serving Macao as “One Center, One Platform, One Base”. He pointed out that through a deepened cooperation, both sides will conduct comprehensive and in-depth collaboration in Portuguese discipline development, regional and country studies, and international communication. Rector Liu said leveraging academic research and international exchange platforms, the collaboration aims to promote China’s stories, achieve complement advantages and pursue shared development.

Vice President Ren Mengshan spoke highly regarding CityU’s achievement in education characteristics and talent cultivation. He introduced CUC achievements and experience in the development of less commonly taught language programs, regional and country studies, and international communication disciplines. He noted that the two universities shared a similar development path in humanities and social sciences development, offering vast potential for collaboration. He looked forward to broadening the fields of cooperation, achieving coordinated progress through resource sharing, strengthening pragmatic partnership, and forging an effective synergy that will promote development of both sides.

 

Going forward, the two sides will further strengthen faculty-student exchanges, talent cultivation and discipline development, continue to advance talent cultivation and discipline construction and contribute wisdom and strength to serving national strategy and telling China’s stories well in the new era.

 

Other CUC members attended the meeting included Wen Chunying, executive director of the Asia Media Research Centre and director of Urban Communication Studies Center; Zhang Peipei, deputy director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office; and Yan Qiaorong, faculty of the Portuguese program from the School of International Communication. Prof. Guowen Huang, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Wu Cheng, head of Office of Global Affairs also joined the discussion.

 

Sources: Office of Global Affairs

Photo Credits: CityU Reporter

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