UMSU holds May Fourth Youth Summit

The University of Macau Students’ Union (UMSU) organised the 26th May Fourth Youth Summit to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Macao SAR, and to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement. The five-day summit brought together student leaders from student unions of higher education institutions and student associations in Macao and mainland China.

The summit featured three forums, each dedicated to a specific theme. Lam Ka Vai, member of the executive committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, gave a talk on Macao’s development opportunities after its return to the motherland. Agnes Lam, director of the Centre for Macau Studies at UM, took the stage in a separate forum and talked about Macao’s return to the motherland and the significance of the establishment of the Macao SAR. In another forum, Lok Wai Kin, director of the Centre for Constitutional Law and Basic Law Studies of the Faculty of Law at UM, and Chui Tinlop, member of the All-China Youth Federation, discussed the main content of the Basic Law of the Macao SAR and the implementation of the ‘one country, two systems’ policy.

In addition, a series of cultural exchange activities, including visits to the Macao Museum and the Historic Centre of Macao, as well as networking dinners, were organised to deepen the participants’ understanding of Macao and to strengthen the friendship between students from UM and mainland universities.