Party secretary of Guangxi leads delegation to visit UM

A delegation led by Liu Ning, secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the regional People’s Congress, visited the University of Macau (UM) today (24 May) and was warmly received by Yonghua Song, rector of UM. The two parties look forward to deepening cooperation and exchanges in Chinese medicine education and industry-academia collaboration. UM also signed two cooperation agreements with relevant entities in Guangxi.

At the University Gallery, Song gave the delegation an overview of UM’s academic structure, research achievements and development direction. He said that the university is committed to nurturing talent who love the country and Macao and producing research results to contribute to the economic diversification of the Macao SAR and the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In addition, the signing ceremony of the 2024 Macao Promotion Conference and Cooperation Agreement for Developing Guangxi as an Important Strategic Hinterland of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was held on the same day. In the presence of Ho Iat Seng, chief executive of the Macao SAR, and Liu Ning, several agreements were signed by the entities in Macao and Guangxi to promote cooperation in various areas. These include the strategic cooperation framework agreement between UM and the People’s Government of Guigang Municipality of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the cooperation framework agreement between UM and Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine for the establishment of a joint laboratory of Chinese medicine research and development.

The Guangxi delegation also visited the State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and learned about UM’s achievements in innovative Chinese medicine research in recent years. Liu gave recognition to UM’s rapid development and expressed hope that the university will expand its cooperation with higher education institutions and enterprises in Guangxi to promote exchanges between the two places.