Hong Kong Baptist University and 18 leading mainland universities co-organize Presidents Forum cum Agreements Signing Ceremony on June 30, 2022. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)
Hong Kong’s partnership with universities on the Chinese mainland has delivered fruitful achievements over the past 25 years, university presidents and leaders said at a forum on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s reunification with the motherland.
“Since its reunification with the motherland, Hong Kong has endeavored to deepen its collaboration and integration with the mainland in the area of higher education to nurture talent, innovators and entrepreneurs of different disciplines, and to advance the frontiers of professional knowledge and cutting-edge technologies, which have fueled the nation’s remarkable socioeconomic growth over the past 25 years,” said Alexander Wai, president and vice-chancellor of Hong Kong Baptist University.
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He made the remark at the event Collaborating for a Brilliant New Chapter University Presidents Forum Cum Agreements Signing Ceremony Between HKBU and the Mainland’s Leading Universities. The agreements aim to further strengthen higher education ties in areas such as teaching and learning, research, academia, and student exchanges.
Professor Alexander Wai, president and vice-chancellor of Hong Kong Baptist University, gives the welcome address and delivers a speech at the Presidents Forum on June 30, 2022. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)
HKBU is a research-led liberal arts university committed to exploring transdisciplinary knowledge, while mainland institutions that signed collaboration agreements with HKBU on this occasion include universities covering a comprehensive range of disciplines, and those that focus on specific academic disciplines, HKBU Vice-President Guo Yike said
More than 100 guests, institution representatives and media representatives attended the event, during which HKBU signed collaboration agreements with 18 top-tier universities on the Chinese mainland, including Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Fudan University.
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“I am honored to discuss with presidents and leaders of the 18 leading universities at the forum on the plans to foster collaboration and further integration,” Wai said. He added that this is the first time HKBU has signed collaboration agreements with numerous institutions from the Chinese mainland at the same time, marking a new milestone for HKBU’s collaboration with its mainland counterparts.
“Education should eye the future, and HKBU sincerely hopes to join hands with the Chinese mainland universities to nurture generations of transdisciplinary, future-ready talents for the nation,” Wai said.
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HKBU is a research-led liberal arts university committed to exploring transdisciplinary knowledge, while mainland institutions that signed collaboration agreements with HKBU on this occasion include universities covering a comprehensive range of disciplines, and those that focus on specific academic disciplines, HKBU Vice-President Guo Yike said.
“The tightened partnership between HKBU and these leading mainland institutions will certainly bring the close collaboration between the higher education sector in the mainland and Hong Kong to a higher level,” Guo said.