Secretário do Comité Municipal do PCC de Zhuhai lidera delegação em visita à UM

A delegation led by Chen Yong, secretary of the CPC Zhuhai Municipal Committee and secretary of the Hengqin Working Committee of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, visited the University of Macau (UM) today (24 February) to learn about the university’s latest development layout and achievements in industry-academia collaboration. The delegation was warmly received by Yonghua Song, rector of UM. The two parties reached a broad consensus on strengthening cooperation between Macao and Zhuhai and the integrated development between Macao and Hengqin, as well as enhancing exchanges and cooperation in technological innovation and talent cultivation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Song thanked Zhuhai and the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin for their continued support of UM. He said that UM aspires to become an internationally recognised university of excellence. The university will fully leverage the policy advantages of the  Cooperation Zone to expedite the development of the UM campus in the Cooperation Zone, deepen industry-academia collaboration with Zhuhai, and facilitate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and the cultivation of high-calibre talent, thereby establishing the Greater Bay Area as an international centre for innovation and technology. Chen praised UM for its achievements in recent years, and expressed hope that Zhuhai and the Cooperation Zone will join hands with the university to create new models and opportunities to deepen cooperation between Zhuhai and Macao, facilitate the integrated development between Hengqin and Macao, and promote the integrated development of higher education in the Greater Bay Area.

The delegation also visited the University Gallery and the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City to gain a deeper understanding of UM’s transformation of scientific and technological achievements and research innovation.