On October 15, Rector Shu Guang Zhang at CityU, Macao Golden Dragon Group CEO Ng Sek Sam, and Executive Associate Dean Gavin Chau of the Faculty of International Tourism and Management at CityU led a delegation to visit Qingdao University and received warm reception from Deputy Secretary Du Fangbo of CPC Committee and President Xia Dongwei of Qingdao University.
During the visit, under the witness of Deputy Secretary Du Fangbo and Mr. Ng Sek Sam, Rector Shu Guang Zhang and President Xia Dongwei signed an academic exchange agreement on behalf of the two universities, and then the two sides had a discussion.
During the discussion, Deputy Secretary Du Fangbo and President Xia Dongwei expressed sincere welcome to the visit of Rector Shu Guang Zhang and his delegation. President Xia Dongwei introduced the development history, current status and characteristics of curriculum of Qingdao University. Rector Zhang introduced the history, recent development and the characteristics of curriculum of CityU. Heads of the School of Tourism and Geography Science, School of Economics, School of Data Science and Software Engineering, Normal College, Graduate School and other departments of Qingdao University also attended the discussion.
Accompanied by the leadership of Qingdao University, Rector Shu Guang Zhang and his delegation visited the central campus and particularly paid a visit to the State Key Laboratory for Biological Polysaccharide Fiber and Ecological Textile and the Science and Technology Development Building.
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The two universities hope to take this opportunity to build a comprehensive inter-school cooperation relationship and a new pattern of cooperation. The two sides will carry out further communication with a broader vision, actively promote exchanges among teachers and students, carry out academic activities, and jointly promote the sustained and healthy development of higher education in the two places.
Qingdao University, situated in the historical and cultural city of Qingdao, is imbued with a profound traditional culture and the spirit of modernity. It nestles below Fushan Mountain and faces the Yellow Sea. It is a key comprehensive university in Shandong Province, the first batch of special school construction unit for cultivating applied basic talents in Shandong Province, the first batch of pilot undergraduate universities for comprehensive reform under the “Undergraduate Teaching Project” of the Ministry of Education, and the first batch of pilot colleges for the reform of postgraduate training mode of clinical medicine master degree of the Ministry of Education, pilot university for the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education, the first batch of "excellent doctor education training programs" pilot schools of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, and the second batch of innovation and entrepreneurship education reform demonstration colleges of the Ministry of Education. It has a national university student cultural quality education base and a national Chinese language and culture education base.
Qingdao University has 35 schools, 1 medical department and 102 undergraduate programs, covering 11 disciplines including literature, history, philosophy, science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, law, education and art.
The participants in the discussion also included Director Kong Weijin of the Academic Affairs Office of Qingdao University, Director Wang Bin of the Graduate School of Qingdao University, Director Zhang Yan of the Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs of Qingdao University, Director Ma Bo of the School of Tourism and Geography Science of Qingdao University, Director Li Fuhua of the Normal College, and Director Gao Pengxiang of School of Data Science and Software Engineering.
