Hengqin Working Committee of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee visits CityU to promote Hengqin-Macao integration
Ye Zhen, member of the Working Committee of the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and deputy director of the Work Office of the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province, led a delegation to visit City University of Macau (CityU). Vice Rector Ip Kuai Peng warmly received the guests and accompanied them while visiting the campus environment and teaching facilities. The two sides exchanged on topics such as the cultivation of social work talents, youth innovation and entrepreneurship, and the integrated development of Hengqin and Macao. Chen Chengbing, director of the Social Affairs Bureau of the Hengqin Office of Guangdong Province, accompanied the visit.
Vice Rector Ip Kuai Peng extended a warm welcome to the delegation and briefly introduced the educational achievements of CityU in terms of its history, student scale, and curriculum setting. Vice Rector Ip highlighted CityU’s ongoing efforts to improve the construction of relevant disciplines in line with the development strategies of Macao and the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin. He shared CityU’s periodical achievements in developing digital humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary subjects supported by data science, citing the Faculty of Health and Wellness, the Faculty of Data Science, and the Faculty of Finance as examples. Vice Rector Ip expressed his hope to promote the integration of Hengqin and Macao, as well as to deepen cooperation through this opportunity based on the collaboration between CityU and Hengqin in the field of social work.
Committee member Ye Zhen reviewed the work and achievements since the establishment of joint cultivation mechanism for social workers between two sides. Ye remarked that both sides had achieved fruitful outcomes and hoped to deepen cooperation as based on this foundation to build a social management and service system that not only reflects Macao’s characteristics but also complies with mainland rules and practices.
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At the meeting, the two sides conducted in-depth discussions on topics including the cultivation of social workers, students’ field trips to Hengqin, and youth entrepreneurship services, laying a solid foundation for further deepening cooperation in the future andserving the integrated development of Hengqin and Macao.
Other attendee presented at this meeting were Feng Yuhong, deputy director of the Social Affairs Bureau of the Hengqin Office of Guangdong Province; Guan Bingwei, level IV division rank official; Lin Jinghui, level I principal staff member; Liu Shuangfeng, level III principal staff member; and staff member Liang Jingying; Leong Iok Leng, Macao-born community councilor of the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin; executive president Xu Zhiwei, director general Si Iat, vice president Shi Junzhong, and deputy director general Shi Zitao of the Chinese Youth Advancement Association; Sun Pei, executive associate dean of the Faculty of Health and Wellness; Jenny Lok Chan Nei, master’s and bachelor’s program coordinator of Social Work; and Kathy Che Ka I, director of the Rector’s Office.
