Dai Qingyun, President of Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, leads delegation to visit CityU to explore collaboration
A delegation led by Dai Qingyun, president of the Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (GPNU) visited City University of Macau (CityU Macau) and were warmly received by Rector Jun Liu. The guests toured the campus and teaching facilities. The two sides engaged in discussion and exchanged ideas on disciplinary construction, talent cultivation, faculty and student exchanges, and research cooperation.
During the meeting, Rector Jun Liu introduced CityU’s achievements and future development from its history, mission and vision, disciplinary construction characteristics, comprehensive training scale for undergraduate, graduate and doctorate students, strength of faculty, and research and international exchanges. President Dai Qingyun gave a comprehensive introduction on the university’s teaching achievements, quality of talent, development and accomplishments in social services, digital transformation, and industry-education integration. She also mentioned that GPNU is actively building a new development pattern of “technology + normal university” and is committed to promoting the reconstruction of disciplinary professional systems and optimizing the layout of the university’s five campuses.
Going forward, both sides hope to maintain close cooperation in student exchanges, career planning, international exchanges, and academic visits to jointly promote the training of high-level vocational education for educators and teaching professionals.
Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University was founded in 1957 and currently has five campuses, 72 undergraduate programs, and 10 master’s programs. It is a professional training system for high-quality vocational educators and applied professionals and has carried out strategic cooperation projects with local governments and industry enterprises. It has established 264 national and provincial university student practical teaching bases with well-known companies. GPNU a key research and training hub for education and teacher training and has been selected by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security as a national key construction vocational education teacher training base and a national training college of “urgently needed” skilled talent.
Other GPNU attendees at the meeting included Xiong Huajun, dean of the School of Education Science and Technology, Deng Wenxin, director of the Development Planning Office, and Xu Zhujun, director of the Human Resources Office. CityU faculty included Cheng Liying, dean of the School of Education, José Alves, dean of the Faculty of Business, Daryl Yang, director of Office of Global Affairs, and Chong Hoi I, acting head of the Human Resources Office.
