UIC unveiled an agricultural brand research institute, an academy of global affairs, a food safety testing centre and more during the symposium on contributing to the development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area on 5 December.
The symposium was organised by UIC, China Good Agri-products Development and Service Association (CGASA), and the School of International Studies at Peking University.
Experts and academics from mainland China and Hong Kong witnessed the establishment of the Greater Bay Area Office of CGASA, Zhong You Agri-Brand Research Institute, the UIC Food Safety Testing Centre, the Academy of Global Affairs, and the practicum site for the School of International Studies at Peking University.
Unveiling the Greater Bay Area Office of CGASA are (from left) Vice Director of Zhuhai Bureau of Marine, Agriculture and Water, Huang Shun’an, former president of CGASA Zhu Baocheng, UIC President
Prof Ng Ching-Fai and current president of CGASA Huang Jingyi
Unveiling Zhong You Agri-Brand Research Institute are (from left) secretary-general of CGASA Zhang Ping,
UIC President Ng Ching-Fai, UIC Emeritus Professor Zee Sze Yong and vice president of of CGASA Yue Chunli
UIC President Prof Ng Ching-Fai mentioned that these institutes would be UIC’s new major initiatives to serve Zhuhai and the Greater Bay Area, as a result of producing students by coupling liberal arts with science, teaching with research, as well as local with global visions.
The UIC Food Safety Testing Centre is independent third party labs and will provide services in cooperation with Hong Kong Baptist University’s Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, as well as the Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Agriculture Product Quality and Food Safety located at UIC.
Unveiling the UIC Food Safety Testing Centre are (from left) Associate Dean of DST Prof Lei Bo, Vice Director of the Administrative Committee of Zhuhai Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, Zhou Huogen, UIC Vice President (Academic Affairs) Prof Chen Zhi and Dean of DST Prof Stephen Chung
To expand on UIC’s vision of internationalisation, the Academy of Global Affairs will offer a variety of courses, workshops, seminars, visits and events to boost the exchange of talents from mainland China and Hong Kong.
Unveiling the Academy of Global Affairs are (from left) deputy director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies of the Central Party School of CPC, Xu Zhengzhong, former Vice Minister of the International
Department at Central Committee of CPC, Ma Wenpu, UIC President Ng Ching Fai, and Chairman of Eternal
Unity Holdings Ltd Chan Yuk Yan
Unveiling the practicum site for the School of International Studies at Peking University are (from left) vice president of CGASA Wang Zhenhai, UIC Vice President (Academic Affairs) Prof Chen Zhi, and Dean of
the School of International Studies at Peking University Tang Shiqi
The speakers at the symposium included: deputy director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies of the Central Party School of CPC, Xu Zhengzhong; UIC Vice President (Academic Affairs) Prof Chen Zhi; UIC President Prof Ng Ching-Fai; director of government and public services at Deloitte Consulting Shanghai, Ding Jie; vice general manager of port service development at China Merchants Group, Mao Jianming; former Vice Minister of the International Department at Central Committee of CPC, Ma Wenpu; Associate Dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University, Ma Qiang; chairman of Beijing Jingfulong Technology Co, Ltd, Sun Wenbin; and Associate Professor of UIC’s International Journalism Programme Dr Edgar Yuen.
Speakers at the symposium
Reporter: Deen He
Photographer: Ivy Liao
Editors: Samuel Burgess, Étienne Fermie
(from MPRO)
