The President of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), Isabel Capeloa Gil, took part in the 3rd edition of the Forum of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions in China and Portuguese-speaking Countries in Macau, on 30 and 31 October.
The forum, on the theme of “The Portuguese Language in China - from Macau and the Greater Bay Area”, was attended by more than 40 representatives of higher education institutions from Portuguese-speaking countries who met with the aim of promoting educational exchanges between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.
During the two days of the forum, the following topics were addressed: the development of Chinese language teaching materials from the perspective of Sino-Portuguese cooperation; the development of speech and language technologies as a form of industrial and business cooperation between Macau, the Greater Bay Area, and Portuguese-speaking countries; the development and use of machine translation tools in the teaching of Portuguese in China; Artificial Intelligence and academic co-operation between the mentioned higher education institutions; Language Technologies and Sino-Lusophone co-operation.
As part of the forum, cultural visits were also carried out to higher education institutions in Macau.
The President of UCP and the Vice President, Isabel Vasconcelos, also had the opportunity to meet with the Portuguese community at the Lusitano Club in Hong Kong, carrying out UCP's mission to establish partnerships with business and cultural communities abroad.
Also during this trip, the Rector of UCP met with the Rector of Assumption University, Rev. Brother Dr. Sirichai Fonseka, in Bangkok, Thailand.
