UM holds conference on education in traditional Chinese culture in Greater Bay Area

The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Culture recently held a conference on education in traditional Chinese culture in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. During the conference, participants had in-depth discussions on issues related to the quality, change, preservation, and dissemination of traditional Chinese culture. Participants also discussed how to carry out education in traditional Chinese culture at higher education institutions and secondary schools. The event attracted scholars from more than 20 higher education institutions, including Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lingnan University, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Sun Yat-sen University, South China Normal University, Jinan University, UM, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Saint Joseph. Hao Yufan, dean of UM’s Faculty of Social Sciences; Wang Di, head of the Department of History, and Zhu Shoutong, deputy director of the centre, gave talks at the conference.