CityU Faculty of Finance Discussed Cooperation on Talent Cultivation with Bank of China Macau Branch
The Faculty of Finance at the City University of Macau has been maintaining close cooperation with the industry to carry out its teaching philosophy of industry-university cooperation and to provide great learning opportunities for students. The City University of Macau and the Bank of China Macau Branch held a communication and cooperation meeting the day before (14th) to discuss future cooperation plans.
Lok Choi Chan, Director of Personal Banking and Channel Management Department and Ho Soi In, Product Manager, from Bank of China Macau Branch, Acting Rector Kong Fanqing, Dean Adrian Cheung and Associate Dean Eva Khong of Faculty of Finance at the City University of Macau attended the meeting.
Acting Rector Kong Fanqing welcomed the representatives of the Bank of China Macau Branch and thanked the bank for its support of CityU over all those years. She spoke highly of the contributions the two parties had made to Macao’s social and economic development and to talent cultivation of the SAR. Acting Rector Kong continued to point out that CityU Faculty of Finance was the only Faculty of finance in Macao and the Bank of China had performed the role as a bridge for exchange between the industry and students of finance discipline. She hoped there would be opportunities for deeper cooperation between the two.
Dean Adrian Cheung gave a brief overview of the background of establishment, teaching philosophy, degree programs, featured programs and teaching contents etc. and pointed out that the Faculty of Finance strived to cultivate outstanding financial professionals to cater for future needs of Macao’s financial development, benefiting future development of Macao’s financial industry.
Associate Dean Eva Khong looked back at previous cooperation initiatives with the Bank of China Macau Branch, including “The Bank of China Forum” and “Bank of China Financial Workshop” etc. and talked about the activities organized by the Faculty, including lectures, seminars, exchange activities and summer courses. She also put forward different cooperation proposals on talent cultivation to continue to promote the cultivation of more comprehensive and diversified talent.
Lok Choi Chan, Director of Personal Banking and Channel Management Department of Bank of China Macau Branch, told participants of the meeting that the Bank of China had always cared about the development of different sectors of Macao and placed particular emphasis on the education sector as it believed education was an important pillar for the future development of society and therefore, the Bank of China had been working in line with government policies and cooperated with Macao universities, putting in significant resources, such as setting up scholarships and organizing seminars. Such efforts were recognized by society and looking ahead, the Bank of China would continue to support CityU and promote cooperation between the two, improve and deepen mutual cooperation, benefiting the entire education sector.
The meeting reviewed the cooperation initiatives between CityU Faculty of Finance and the Bank of China during the previous year and put forward feasible plans and proposals for deepening cooperation in the future. It was hoped that the two parties would attain greater achievements in various areas, including talent cultivation and research to serve and pay back to society.