President TANG Hongwu Led a Delegation to Visit Macao
From February 13 to 14, 2025, TANG Hongwu, President of South China University of Technology(SCUT), led a delegation to visit the University of Macau (UM) and Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), and attended the promotional session on “the Master Plan on Building China into a Leading Country in Education (2024-2035)”, which was held in Macau by the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the CPC Central Committee, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, and the Ministry of Education.
Session held in Macau
During the promotional session, Wu Yan, Vice Minister of Education, presented the key learnings from the spirit of President Xi Jinping’s important speech at the National Education Conference and the Master Plan on Building China into a Leading Country in Education (2024-2035), with an analysis of the accelerated evolution of current global transformation on a scale unseen in a century and the profound changes in the internal and external education landscapes, in order to provide a comprehensive explication and a systematic interpretation that focused on three aspects: the strength, the goal and the task of building a leading country in education.
Signing of MOU with Macau University of Science and Technology
To jointly embark on a new chapter of cooperation, South China University of Technology and Macau University of Science and Technology held a signing ceremony, witnessed by WU Yan, Vice Minister of Education, and high-level officials of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region, and the Education and Youth Development Bureau of Macao SAR. WU Yan hoped that the two universities establish, expand and excel in the cooperation so as to contribute to the development of the international science and technology innovation hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. TANG Hongwu expressed that the two universities could work together in the cultivation of top talents, scientific research breakthrough, and the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements. The President of Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), LI Xingwei, said that MUST would act positively and take the initiative to integrate into the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the development of the nation, and join hands with SCUT to pioneer a new chapter of cooperation.
(Source from SCUT News, translated and posted by LEI Pengpeng, editing by XU Cenlin, final review by WU Zhaosheng, Office of Global Affairs)