Opening Ceremony of the “National Education Seminar Series” at USJ Macao
Opening Ceremony of the "National Education Seminar Series" at USJ Macao
13
Nov
13/11/2024
In the year of the Double Celebration, USJ organised a series of lectures on national education in order to promote the understanding of teachers, students and the public on the country’s history, culture, social and political system.
In the year of the Double Celebration, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) organised a series of lectures on national education in order to promote the understanding of teachers, students and the public on the country’s history, culture, social and political system. The topics covered ‘National Security’ and ‘The Meaning and History of the National Anthem, National Emblem and National Flag’. A series of talks and seminars were organised for Catholic school teachers.
The Opening Ceremony for the series was held on the 8th of November at USJ’s Green Camous. Following the opening ceremony, the series started with the ‘Macao Teachers’ Seminar Series on National Education’. The first lecture was delivered by Professor Han Dongxue, former Associate Dean of the School of Marxism at Tsinghua University, who gave an in-depth analysis of the definition of national security, its historical origins and contemporary challenges, and explained the strategic significance of national security in the context of China’s history and the modern international situation, emphasising the importance of safeguarding national security and the responsibility of every citizen. The following day’s lecture will focus on ‘The Meaning and History of the National Anthem, the National Emblem and the National Flag’, which will review the evolution of the national anthem, the national micro-emblem and the national flag in China’s history and modern national symbolism, and explore their far-reaching significance in shaping the country’s image and realising its sovereignty and national identity.
The third seminar will be held on the 14th of November at the Fátima Auditorium of USJ. Professor Hu Wentao, Associate Dean of Zhaoqing University, will be invited to give a public lecture on the ‘Xi Jinping Thought on Culture as the Guidance for Cultural Advancement in the New Era – Understanding its Systematic Structure and Fundamental Concepts’. The lecture will be based on the background of Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought, its basic framework, core meaning and practical value.
The series will end with a seminar on national education on the 28th November. The symposium, entitled ‘Love for the Country and Love for Macao’, aimed to promote national education in depth, to promote love for the country and love for Macao, and to foster the all-round development of young people. At the same time, education experts, social scholars and educators with rich practical experience from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are invited to participate in the symposium to explore how to cultivate their national sentiment and sense of mission through teaching and learning activities.
