The\nFaculty of Business Administration (FBA) of the University of Macau (UM)\nrecently organised a forum titled \u2018Challenges\nand Opportunities \u2015 Shaping the Future of the Greater Bay Area (GBA)\nthrough Academic and Industry Collaboration\u2019 in Guangzhou, one of the four core\ncities in the GBA. The forum aimed to promote collaborations between Guangzhou\nand Macao in the areas of featured financial services, tourism, and sustainable\ndevelopment. The platform also hoped to facilitate collaborations between industry\nand universities, promote the use of research results and knowledge in\nbusiness, and nurture business professionals with innovative ideas and\nleadership skills.<\/p>
Speakers\nin the forum included senior executives from the business sector and academia\nin the GBA. Prof Jean Chen, dean of the FBA, gave a speech titled \u2018The Role of\nBusiness Schools in the Greater Bay Area Development\u2019. She used the FBA as an\nexample to illustrate business schools\u2019 various functions, such as connecting\nbusinesses in Macao with those in mainland China; serving as a bridge between\nmainland China and the rest of the world, in particular Portuguese-speaking\ncountries; facilitating inter-industry collaborations, particularly in tourism,\nbig data, FinTech, and integrated resort-related areas; upgrading local\nindustry and workforce in an era where technology is advancing at an\nunprecedented rate; and nurturing professionals with leadership skills. She\nemphasised that FBA\u2019s uniqueness lies in its role to support teaching and\nlearning with real-world practice, impactful research, high graduate\nemployability, and an international outlook through a wide range of business\ncollaborations. She added that FBA\u2019s new executive programme, the Doctor of\nBusiness Administration (DBA) programme, is a good example of the faculty\u2019s\neffort to serve the business sector. She also pointed out that the integration\nof academic research studies and industry practice will be the future direction\nof the faculty in the GBA and beyond.<\/p>
Prof\nDavis Fong, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macao and director of UM\u2019s\nInstitute for the Study of Commercial Gaming, gave a talk titled \u2018Tourism\nIndustry Collaborations\u2019. During the talk, Prof Fong discussed the recent\ndevelopment of Macao\u2019s tourism industry, with an emphasis on the rapid growth\nof non-gaming sectors. Through analysing the relevant statistics, he\nrecommended that the GBA should promote the single-trip-multi-destinations\ntravel mode.<\/p>
Mao\nShuguang, managing director of GF Investments (Hong Kong) Company Limited, gave\na speech titled \u2018Macao Featured Financial Service and the Greater Bay Area\nDevelopment\u2019. During the event, he analysed the development of featured\nfinancial services, the challenges and opportunities for Macao, and its\npositioning in the GBA.<\/p>
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Chen\nRiling, chairman of Wanxinda Enterprise, talked about the concept of\neco-tourism in the Northern Tropic. He discussed a variety of eco-tourism\nprojects and activities and proposed promoting eco-trips to the Northern Tropic\nin the GBA and beyond.<\/p>
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Source: Faculty of Business Administration<\/p>
Media Contact Information:Communications Office, University of Macau<\/p>
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Albee Lei Tel\uff1a(853) 88228004Kelvin U Tel\uff1a(853) 88224322Email\uff1aprs.media@um.edu.moUM Website\uff1awww.um.edu.mo<\/p>
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