Deputy Director Zheng Xincong of the Liaison Office Spoke Positively of the Mode of Operation and Future Development Directors of the City University of Macau
Yesterday (23), the delegation led by Zheng Xincong, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR visited the City University of Macau and was greeted by Council Chairman Chan Meng Kam and Rector Jun Liu. Deputy Director Zheng spoke positively of CityU Macau’s mode of operation and congratulated CityU Macau for its remarkable achievement gained over all these years.
Deputy Director Zheng Xincong and other delegates visited campus facilities such as Sino-Portugal Joint Laboratory in Science of Cultural Heritage Conservation supported by the Belt and Road Initiative, History Exhibition and Memory of the World Knowledge Centre-Macau. They also had a meeting with CityU Macau leaders.
Chairman Chan Meng Kam welcomed the delegation led by Deputy Director Zheng Xincong and thanked them for their advice. He promised that City U Macau, which had always used education as a means to contribute to society and in future, would step up its efforts to seek further achievement and cultivate talent for the development of the country, the Greater Bay Area and Macao.
Rector Jun Liu talked briefly about the current developments and future directions of CityU Macau. CityU Macau had adhered to the strategy of complementary development, developed an education system with Macao characteristics, the soul of China and international vision. It had adopted an innovative approach to the development of its humanities and social sciences programs based on the foundation of humanities and social sciences and supported by big data techniques. That had enabled students to acquire a wealth of knowledge while developing practical and innovative skills. CityU Macau would integrate talent cultivation with serving the city, focus on interdisciplinary programs, develop quality programs, better integrate with and support urban development, broaden international horizons, promote Chinese culture and tell China’s story well. Looking ahead, CityU Macau would also continue to foster international cooperation by broadening the scope and strengthening its capability, be a pioneer and be innovative in different academic areas, such as big health care, future urban development and cross cultural interaction. While seeking to develop into a larger University, CityU Macau would strive to contribute to the development of the country, the Greater Bay Area and Macao by enhancing the quality of students and strengthening the practicality of research and the commercialization of research outcomes, placing emphasis on nurturing academic and management talent, enhancing management and academic governance, cultivating comprehensive talent who cater for the development needs of Macao and the country by equipping them with professional knowledge and skills.
Deputy Director Zheng pointed out that since renamed in 2011, CityU Macau had been pursuing better quality, cultivating talent for Macao and the Country, serving Macao and Mainland in their social and economic development and had gained significant achievement. Deputy Director Zheng commanded CityU Macau for adhering to the principle of love the country and love Macao and pointed out that CityU Macau’s motto “Virtue, Knowledge, Practice” reflected its approach to cultivate talent that cater for the practical needs of social development, its mode of operation dovetailed with Macao’s positioning of “One Center, One Platform and One Base” and was in line with the development needs of Macao, the Greater Bay Area and the country.
Deputy Director Zheng assured CityU Macau that the Liaison Office would continue to support the university in its development and in fostering exchange and cooperation with Mainland. He hoped the University would make significant progress in future and set out four expectations: first, be steadfast in implementing the principle of “patriots govern Macao” and adhere to direction of love the country and love Macao; secondly, foster the ethos of the University, launch in-depth education in the Constitution and the Basic Law, national education, teaching of Chinese history and Chinese culture to cultivate more outstanding talent to serve the country and Macao in their development; thirdly, build stronger leadership, keep up its efforts to raise its academic and management standard; fourthly, the management of the University should be firm in their political beliefs, build a stronger teaching team, guard the ideological frontier, keep abreast of the development needs of the country and Macao, be employment led, adopt a scientific approach to program development, enhance the management of political safety, student safety and hardware safety.
Other attendants of the meeting included Xu Ting and Hong Bo, respectively Director and Deputy Director, Department of Education and Youth Affairs of the Liaison Office, Li Yongxian, Director, the University Office of the Liaison Office, Vice-Rector Kong Fanqing, Pro-Rectors Ip Kuai Peng, Cintia Chan, Wicky So, Robert Chan and Sean Li, Che Ka I, Director of the Rector’s Office, CityU Macau.
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