UÉvora delegation visits CityU to discuss Belt and Road Joint Laboratory development and academic collaboration
Vice Rector Paulo Quaresma and Pro-Rector Vítor Nogueira from the University of Évora (UÉvora) recently visited the City University of Macau (CityU) and was warmly welcomed by Rector Jun Liu at the Taipa campus. The delegation toured around the campus and visited the Sino-Portugal Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Science of Cultural Heritage Conservation under the Ministry of Science and Technology (Belt and Road Joint Laboratory) to learn more about its development. During the visit, they held a meeting on potential cooperation, academic visit and exchange, research collaboration, where Prof. Zhou Wanlei, vice rector of CityU and dean of the Faculty of Data Science and Prof. Wu Yao, deputy dean of School of Architecture, and deputy director of the China-Portugal Joint Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Conservation Science supported by the Belt and Road Initiative (JLBRI) at Soochow University took part in the discussion.
The Sino-Portugal Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Science of Cultural Heritage Conservation supported by the Belt and Road Initiative of City University of Macau, is a key project initiated in partnership with UÉvora and Soochow University. Leveraging the disciplinary advantages of the three universities, the joint laboratory is a national-level advanced science and technological innovation platform aiming to serve and promote open cooperation between China and countries along the Belt and Road route. During the meeting, the three sides engaged in in-depth discussions and reached a consensus on promoting the high-quality development of the joint laboratory. They also agreed to further expand cooperation in high-end academic journals and conferences through the platform of the joint laboratory.
In addition, the participants introduced the recent development of CityU and UÉvora in the field of data science and discussed future cooperation in areas such as big data, artificial intelligence, network security, applied linguistics, and digital humanities. They also discussed joint promotion of research projects, student exchange programs, and faculty visits.
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Attendees from CityU at the meeting also included: Lixian Jin, dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Wang Po Hsun, executive associate dean of Faculty of Innovation and Design; Chu Chia-Wei, program coordinator at Faculty of Data Science; Huang Guang, responsible person of the Belt and Road Joint Laboratory; Sheng Jian, head of the Research Management Office; Daryl Yang, director of the Office of Global Affairs; and Zhao Qiang, research fellow at Faculty of Innovation and Design.
