The Renewal Ceremony for the Base for Promotion of Chinese history and culture in Primary and Secondary schools at Escola Tong Nam was held

On February 26, 2025, Escola Tong Nam and the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of University of Macau held the “Renewal Ceremony for the Base for Promotion of Chinese history and culture in Primary and Secondary schools” at E34 Cultural Building. The “Base for Promotion of Chinese history and culture in Primary and Secondary schools ” is an important project of the Centre, aimed at promoting excellent traditional Chinese culture, deepening local students’ understanding of Chinese culture, enhancing national identity, and inspiring students’ patriotic enthusiasm. Through close collaboration with local schools, the base strives to establish a model for universities and primary and secondary schools to work together in disseminating and inheriting Chinese culture, injecting new vitality into Macao’s cultural education.

Before the ceremony, the Centre for Chinese History and Culture engaged in in-depth exchanges with Escola Tong Nam. Both parties expressed high expectations for future cooperation and hope to achieve more breakthrough results in Macao’s primary and secondary education through closer and more innovative collaboration, jointly promoting the inheritance and development of Chinese culture.

At the renewal ceremony, Principal Cheang Hong Kuong of Escola Tong Nam delivered a speech, stating that the Centre for Chinese History and Culture has made significant contributions to the inheritance of Chinese culture and has also nurtured the new generation of local students. He welcomed the Centre’s continued guidance in the school’s related work.

Subsequently, Professor Zhang Yan, Director of the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of University of Macau, delivered a speech. He expressed gratitude to Escola Tong Nam for its sincere cooperation and joint efforts with the Centre over the past four years, which has promoted the dissemination of Chinese historical and cultural knowledge on campus. The Director also looked forward to deepening the cooperation between the Base for Promotion of Chinese history and culture in Primary and Secondary schools and Escola Tong Nam in the future, with a broader vision and a stronger sense of social responsibility, to support the growth of Macao’s youth, enabling them to engage in social practice and national development in a healthier and more positive manner.

Finally, the representatives of both parties—the representative of the Base for promotion of Chinese History and Culture in primary and secondary schools, Professor Zhang Yan, Director of the Centre for Chinese History and Culture, and Principal Cheang Hong Kuong of Escola Tong Nam—successfully conducted the renewal signing ceremony and exchanged souvenirs. This symbolizes the commitment of both parties to long-lasting cooperation and the shared cultivation of talent, as well as the passing down of cultural heritage.