Zhuhai Media interview: Rector’s view on building comprehensive University with distinctive educational features

Prof Jun Liu, Rector of the City University of Macau (CityU Macau), received an interview upon invitation conducted by the Zhuhai Media Group Co Ltd.

Rector Liu said the Master Plan of the Development of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin has offered a chance for CityU Macau to seize opportunity rising from the integration development of higher education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Great Bay Area). “We committed to building a comprehensive university with distinctive characteristics,” he told the Zhuhai Media in the chat show (Chinese: 灣區會客廳).

In the interview, Rector Liu noted that the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin will pour great efforts to develop various fields, such as science and technology, new materials, new energy and Chinese medicine, still, the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the development of a university cannot be overseen. “The society needs interdisciplinary talents,” he said the talent development should be multi-faceted, interweaving scientific knowledge with humanities and social sciences elements.

Rector Liu suggested developments should feature humanities and social sciences characteristics, using big data-driven social sciences to develop humanities and interdisciplinary programmes. Rector Liu advised that tertiary education institutions in Macao can complement their strengths with each other, offering high-quality open classes for students and sharing education resources to pursue an advanced and sophisticated development of their disciplines. He said the CityU Macau will work with local universities to explore a novel integrated education model, facilitating collaboration with governments and businesses to renovate coordination mechanisms on industry-academia collaboration, thus, building a more open, integrated and resilient university.

Speaking of student cultivations, Rector Liu said that the University is actively promoting the implementation of the transformation of research and innovation into application, and help students to cultivate all -rounded qualities of liberate arts. While actively taking part in vital research projects in the mainland and promoting research innovation in the Greater Bay Area and in the country, Rector Liu said the University will give full play to its connections with tertiary education institution worldwide to build a habitat for international high-end talents.

The interview is now available on the News Integrated Channel of Zhuhai Television and hiNews mobile application (Chinese: 觀海融媒app) developed by Zhuhai Daily. Click here to view the interview (Chinese available).

Video Source: Zhuhai Media Group Co Ltd.