Rector Jun Liu attends GHMUA Annual Meeting and Presidents’ Forum, offering insights for the internationalization of higher education
The 2024 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance (GHMUA) Annual Meeting and Presidents’ Forum was held today at the Guangzhou Campus of Sun Yat-sen University. Prof. Jun Liu, rector of City University of Macau (CityU), was invited to attend the meeting and deliver a keynote speech to provide insights for the internationalization of higher education. This year’s annual meeting, themed “promoting high-level exchanges and cooperation, crafting a new landscape for a leading country in education,” brought together university leaders from the higher education field in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) to discuss the path for the internationalization of higher education. During the annual event, leaders and participants visited the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and the Swasey Hall to gain insights of the centennial evolution of the campus environment of the Sun Yat-sen University and its campus culture.
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As a member of the Alliance Council, City University of Macau represented by Rector Jun Liu was invited to attend the Council meeting on the same morning. The meeting focused on the GHMUA’s work report, key issues, and future development plans.
At the annual meeting, Rector Jun Liu addressed the sub-session “building a global cooperation network and opening up a new landscape of mutually beneficial development,” highlighting the crucial role of effective internationalization strategies and implementations in enhancing teaching quality and global impact. He advocated for the international development of both faculty and students, promoting university-wide exchange programs between domestic and international institutions to facilitate broader and deeper interactions. Rector Liu highlighted that this would expand students’ global perspectives, achieve cultural integration, and ultimately cultivate more innovative and globally competitive talent.
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He also suggested leveraging the geographical and cultural advantages of GBA to promote deeper cultural integration among universities, promoting China’s narratives in international exchanges. Finally, he advocated for leveraging the GHMUA platform to foster extensive exchanges and in-depth cooperation in language, culture, and technology, aiming to strengthen academic collaboration both within and beyond the region and drive progress in science, technology, and education.
During the annual meeting, Rector Jun Liu, on behalf of CityU Macau, received the 2024 Professional Alliance Founding Member Certificate. As a member of the GBA university large-scale scientific research instrument sharing alliance under the discipline of higher education administration, CityU is committed to contributing to the joint development of higher education institutions in GBA.
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