Meeting with Delegations from University of Coimbra

On the afternoon of May 23, a brief meeting about a Portuguese graduate program was held in the VIP Hall on the North Campus. Vice President CHEN Linhan extended a warm welcome to the delegations from the University of Coimbra and Macao Polytechnic Institute. Apart from the Vice President, attendees from GDUFS were the Dean of the Faculty of Western Languages and Cultures, YANG Ke, and Deputy Director of International Office, WU Junfeng. Delegates of University of Coimbra included Vice Rector, Madalena Moutinho Alarcao Silva; Academic Services, Neusa Filipa Mendes da Silva; International Relations Unit, YIN Mengjia. The delegate of Macao Polytechnic Institute was Carlos Andre, Director of Portuguese Teaching and Research Centre.

Vice President Chen & Delegations in the VIP Hall

At the start, Vice President CHEN broke the ice with the reckless weather of Guangzhou City, “You have chosen a good time, for it rained relentlessly the other day.” Then Vice Rector Madalena responded humorously, “God help us with this trip.”

After a brief introduction of two universities, the two parties settled down to business. The main goal of Vice Rector Madalena’s first trip to China is the Portuguese graduate program, which had been approved by the Department of Education recently, mainly to cultivate a larger number of talents of Portuguese learning. The Vice Rector added, “It’s our great honor to have the opportunity to cooperate with GDUFS. On top of recruiting more preeminent talents, we hope to spread across the continent our university’s reputation. In other words, to advertise our university by virtue of this program.”

Group photo

At the end of the meeting, Vice President CHEN Linhan exchanged gifts with the delegations, registering an atmosphere of hospitality.

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