Delegation from United Front Work Department of Jinhua Municipal Party Committee and ZCMU Jinhua Research Institute (Central Zhejiang Laboratory) visits CityU, signing agreement to deepen cooperation and exchange
A delegation led by Zhang Chunyang, deputy director of United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Jinhua Municipal Party Committee, party secretary and executive vice chairman of the Jinhua Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, recently visited City University of Macau (CityU) and was warmly received by Vice Rector Zhou Wanlei. Witnessed by the UFWD of the Jinhua Municipal Party Committee, Sun Pei, executive associate dean of the Faculty of Health and Wellness at CityU, and Chen Yitao, deputy director of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (ZCMU) Jinhua Research Institute, signed a cooperation agreement on behalf of their respective institutions, laying a solid foundation for future collaboration. The guests toured the CityU campus, and both sides exchanged views on educational cooperation between Jinhua and Macao, innovative development of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry, and industry-academia collaboration.During the meeting, Vice Rector Zhou Wanlei extended a warm welcome to Deputy Director Zhang Chunyang and his delegation, introducing CityU’s educational characteristics and latest developments in terms of history, vision and mission, discipline construction, faculty, research achievements, industry-academia collaboration, and cooperative exchanges. He emphasized that CityU’s commitment to the core values of digital humanities and interdisciplinary studies supported by data science, as well as its goals to becoming a metropolitan university with “Macao’s Characteristics, China’s Soul, and Global Vision” by leveraging Macao’s unique geographical, cultural, and international advantages. Deputy director Zhang Chunyang spoke highly of CityU’s educational philosophy and achievements. He introduced Jinhua’s geographical advantages, cultural characteristics, and economic development, mentioning that Jinhua is home to several influential industries, such as the Yiwu International Trade City and Hengdian World Studios, which have significantly boosted its foreign trade. Zhang said that Pan’an county is known as the “hometown of Chinese medicinal herbs,” boasting abundant TCM resources and a robust industrial foundation. He expressed hope that the collaboration with CityU would further promote the innovation and internationalization of the TCM industry, strengthen scientific research and talent cultivation, thereby driving the innovative development of TCM. Other attendees include were Si Haibin, deputy party secretary, deputy director, and first-level official of Foreign Affairs Office (Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office) of Jinhua Municipal; Fu Rong, party committee member and deputy director of the Jinhua Investment Promotion Center; Pan Zuhong, member of Standing Committee of Wuyi County Party Committee and director of the UFWD of Wuyi County Party Committee; Zhang Honglin, party secretary and director of the Pan’an County TCM Industry Development Promotion Center; Ying Xiaoli, executive deputy director of the UFWD of the Yongkang County Party Committee and chairwoman of the Yongkang Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese; Fan Bingsha, deputy secretary-general and deputy director of the Secretariat of the Jinhua Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese; Lu Qiannan, head of Human Resources Department at ZCMU Jinhua Research Institute; Jiang Weili, representative of Zhejiang Jibaichuan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Wong Cheng Hou, project manager of the Macau Industry University Research Collaboration Association; as well as Sheng Jian, head of the Research Management Office at CityU, and Wu Cheng, head of the Office of Global Affairs at CityU.
