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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Macao SAR, the inauguration of the third Chief Executive of Macao SAR Mr. Chui Sai On, and the groundbreaking for the new campus of the University of Macau (UM), heads of famous universities from the Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, including President of Peking University Zhou Qifeng,President of National Taiwan University Lee Si Chen, and Vice Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong Tsui Lap-Chee, will come to Macao at UM’s invitation, to witness the historic moment that will mark a glorious, brand-new page in the history of Macao’s higher education. The university heads will also attend the Cross-strait University Summit to be held on 21 December (Monday). The Summit, organized by the Macao SAR Government and hosted by UM, aims to provide a platform for attendees to exchange views and share success experience on a wide range of issues such as universities’ strategies for and objectives of meeting international standards, how to build high-caliber faculty teams, and how to nurture outstanding graduates, etc.

The Summit will take the forms of keynote speech, individual speeches and group discussion. In the morning session, Minister of Education of the People’s Republic of China Mr. Yuan Guiren will deliver a keynote speech on the development of higher education in the Mainland, to be followed by a speech by Secretary-elect for Social Affairs and Culture of Macao SAR Mr. Cheong U. In the afternoon session heads of famous universities from the Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan will give individual speeches revolving around four themes, namely “building world-class universities”, “developing high-calibre faculty teams”, “undergraduate education underpins a university’s development” and “cultivating university spirit and nurturing outstanding graduates”. Their speeches will provide information on the status quo and characteristics of their respective universities and will cover a wide range of subjects such as “how to build world-class universities and first-rate faculty teams”, “how to successfully run a university”, “the development of research-oriented universities”, “how to nurture outstanding bachelor’s graduates with higher education displaying a trend towards increased globalization, higher quality, and diversification”, “nurturing outstanding graduates specializing in engineering”, and “quality assurance for higher education”, etc.

 Attendees will include President of Peking University Zhou Qifeng, Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee at Beijing Normal University Liu Chuansheng, Secretary of the CPC Committee at Renmin University of China Cheng Tianquan, President of Xi’an Jiaotong University Zheng Nanning, President of Zhe Jiang Univeristy Yang Wei, Chairman of the Development Committee of Zhe Jiang University Zhang Junsheng, President of Tianjin University Gong Ke, Secretary of the CPC Committee at Jilin University Chen Dewen, President of Sun Yat-Sen University Huang Daren, Founding President of South University of Science and Technology (pending approval) Zhu Qingshi, President of South China University of Technology Li Yuanyuan, President of Jinan University Hu Jun, President of South China Normal University Liu Ming, President of Shaanxi Normal University Fang Yu, President of National Taiwan University Lee Si Chen, President of National Cheng Kung University Lai Ming-Chiao, Vice President of National Tsing Hua University Yeh Ming-Chuan, President of Tamkang University Chang Chia-I, Vice Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong Tsui Lap-Chee, and Vice Chancellor-designate of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sung Jao Yiu.