2020-12-05
Likes

The second Hong Kong and Macau Youth Education and Development Forum was held at SCNU on November 28, focusing on reflection and exploration of ways for youth education and development in Hong Kong and Macau.5fcb9118e4d2f_5fcb911956601.jpg

 Scholars at The second Hong Kong and Macau Youth Education and Development Forum

Zhuo Xionghui, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Education of SCNU, said he recognized the significant role that the Hong Kong and Macau Youth Education and Development Forum plays in promoting mutual understanding between youths from Hong Kong, Macau and the Chinese mainland. He also said that it will help enhance the national awareness and patriotism of youngsters in Hong Kong and Macau, and promote education cooperation and exchange in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The forum consisted of morning and afternoon sessions, during which participants discussed topics such as the national identity of young people in Hong Kong and Macau, cultural and educational exchange and cooperation between Hong Kong and Macau, and education reform and development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Huang Jingrong, the principal of Hong Kong Scientia Secondary School, shared his views in the morning section. He believed that reforms must be initiated in terms of educational objectives, textbook compilation, and general education, in order to cultivate the next generation to support "one country, two systems" and pairs civic literacy, humane education, state nationalism with a world vision.

The afternoon session focused on the exchange and cooperation in cultural education between hong Kong and Macao, and education reform and development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Scholars from Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China demonstrated and explained problems in youth education in Hong Kong and Macau from different angles, interpreting the purpose and direction of the reform as well as pointing out that youth education in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau needs to be reshaped through reform, and should rely on the power of patriotism and love for Hong Kong. Exchange and cooperation need to be intensified between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau.

At the closing ceremony of the forum, Professor Ma, the executive director of the Hong Kong and Macao Youth Education Research Center of SCNU, summarized the meeting. He said that as the organizer, the Hong Kong and Macao Youth Education Research Center of SCNU carries the mission of being a decision-making consulting research base for Guangdong province, and will continue to play the role of a think tank for education in Hong Kong and Macao into the future.

In this capacity, SCNU will continue to take on the responsibility to build a high-level exchange platform for experts and scholars from the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, and provide academic support for Hong Kong and Macau youth education research and decision-making, professor Ma added.

The conference was sponsored by the Hong Kong and Macau Youth Education Research Center of SCNU, the Decision-making Consultation Research Base of Guangdong Province, and was co-organized by the School of Education of SCNU and the Comparative Education Professional Committee of the Guangdong Higher Education Association. More than 60 representatives from 17 universities, middle schools and related research institutions from Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland participated in this forum.


Source from the School of Education

Translated by Long Yuchen, Lin Zihao

Proofread by Edwin Baak

Edited by Li Jianru


What to read next:

The MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science Passed the Evaluation of the Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education issued the "Notice on the Evaluation Results of the Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory in the Information Field 2017 " The MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science
2018 Graduation and Degree Awarding Ceremony 9,000 Students are to Embark on a New Journey
http:||statics,scnu,edu,cn|pics|scnuportal_en|2018|0912|1536741546916921,jpg
The 2018 Welcoming Ceremony for New Freshmen at South China Normal University Held
The Welcoming Ceremony of 2018 Freshmen on the Shipai CampusThe Welcoming Ceremony of 2018 Freshmen on the Univer
International Business College to Send Hundred Students on Exchange to Study Abroad
July 6 saw the farewell ceremony for outbound students of year 2018 study abroad exchange program, majoring in F
SCNU Graduates Awarded as Excellent Volunteer Chinese Teachers in Thailand
The selection results of the Excellent Volunteer Chinese Teachers in Thailand during the school year 2017-2018 at
SCNU Invited to Attend the 2018 Joint Annual Conference of Physics Society in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
The "2018 Joint Annual Conference of Physics Society in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (YGA2018) "
SCNU Plans to Cooperate with the Hong Kong Financial Services Institute in Joint Training of MA Students
On August 29, SCNU president Wang Enke received a delegation led by Guo Qixing, dean of Hong Kong Financial Ser
The SCNU Environmental Research Institute Established
During April 4-10, the "High-end Forum on Environmental Science and the Inaugural Meeting of the Environmental Res
The Second International Conference of Kernel-based Approximation Methods in Data Analysis Held in Guangzhou
On May 25-27, the International Conference of Kernel-based Approximation Methods in Data Analysis was held in Guan
SCNU Showcased at the 2nd CUSTAF and Signed an Agreement on Jointly Building Modern Physics and Clean Energy Laboratory
May 24-27, the 2nd China University Scientific and Technological Achievements Fair (CUSTAF) was held in Huizhou T