Education+Health Promotes "the Belt and Road" Connectivity | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Connectivity
To promote high-quality co construction of the "the Belt and Road" and establish a mutually beneficial and interconnected system conducive to development, we need not only "hard connectivity" in infrastructure, but also "soft connectivity" in standard rules and "heart connectivity" in people's hearts. On June 15, the offline visit activity of "Guangdong has a wide bay area, and the tide is looking at China" came to Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, and walked into the the Belt and Road College of Beijing Normal University and Hengqin Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park to see how the education and health industry can promote the connectivity of the "the Belt and Road" countries.
Campus of Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus. Photo by Park Hsin Yu
"The 'the Belt and Road' initiative is proposed by our country. We should have the right to speak and theoretical innovation. We should build our academic system, disciplinary system and discourse system on the the Belt and Road. In the 'five links' system of promoting the' the Belt and Road 'construction, education is an important part of' people to people connectivity '." Hu Biliang, executive dean of the the Belt and Road College of Beijing Normal University, introduced that the establishment of the the Belt and Road College is a concrete manifestation of planning to promote the education of the the Belt and Road work. In late June, the the Belt and Road College will usher in its ninth graduation ceremony, with 491 graduates from 88 countries.
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In terms of discipline setting, the the Belt and Road College has set up three types of programs, namely, master programs for developing countries, business administration programs for the the Belt and Road, and public administration programs for the the Belt and Road. Five modules, namely, "Fundamentals of Management", "China's Development Experience", "the Belt and Road", "Leadership", and "Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area", are integrated into the experience of government policy practice and grassroots governance. The research sites are from villages to Shanghai, to guide students to learn how to prevent investment risks, and to invite former leaders and experts from the Belt and Road countries to give lectures, to learn the opportunities and challenges of the Greater Bay Area in a practical way, so that graduates can seamlessly connect with the development experience of the Greater Bay Area and even China after returning to their own countries.
Sierra Leone student representative Li Si shared her insights and accepted an interview. Photo by Park Hsin Yu
Student representatives from Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Russia and other countries shared their experience of living and studying in the the Belt and Road Academy. Among them, Sierra Leonean student Li Si stated that the college has organized rich practical activities and visited places such as the Shenzhen China Highway and AVIC General Motors during his time in school. By leading students to understand the "hard connectivity" of infrastructure and advanced technology in the Bay Area, the College enables Chinese culture and technology to "go global" and promote the development of the "the Belt and Road".
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"After summing up the experience in running schools over the past nine years, we have three goals to strive for: first, quality first, strive to create a world-class college with characteristics, strengthen quality control in all aspects, select the best talents along the the Belt and Road, and the average enrollment rate is only 15%; second, the unity of knowledge and practice, the integration of theory with practice, the college teachers in-depth research in the the Belt and Road countries, and students in-depth study at the grass-roots level in China; third, take root locally, promote the construction of a new pattern of opening up of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, grow together with the Bay Area, and jointly promote the high-quality development of the Bay Area. At the same time, the college also brings new opportunities for the Bay Area, and outstanding students will become a new force in the opening up of the Bay Area." Hu Biliang said.
In addition to education, medical and health care is also an important component of promoting "people to people communication". In Hengqin Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park in Zhuhai, building an "international window of traditional Chinese medicine industry and culture along the the Belt and Road" is the advantageous positioning of the park. According to the relevant person in charge of the industrial park, in 2017, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine officially awarded the industrial park the "Public Service Platform for Overseas Registration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Products", promoting the products and technologies of the industrial park to enter the market of Portuguese speaking countries and "the Belt and Road" countries.
Edible and medicinal plants from Mozambique. Photo by Park Hsin Yu
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As of now, the industrial park has completed the registration of six excellent traditional Chinese medicine varieties from traditional Chinese medicine enterprises in Macau and mainland China in Mozambique. The "China Mozambique Traditional Chinese Medicine Center" project in the industrial park was also approved as the "International Cooperation Special Project of Traditional Chinese Medicine" in 2019, promoting the exchange and development of traditional Chinese medicine between China and Mozambique, as well as promoting the application and promotion of traditional Chinese medicine in Mozambique and the development of local traditional medicine, gradually radiating the results to surrounding countries and regions. In addition, the industrial park has launched the application work for EU food supplements, and by regularly holding relevant expert enterprise seminars and recommendations in Europe, it provides enterprises with EU herbal medicine, food supplements, and health products, etc. Relevant policy analysis and commercial docking platform, improving dealer resource channels.
Later, when investigating on behalf of enterprises in the Industrial Park, the relevant person in charge of the enterprise said that although the company's main business is still in the mainland and Macao, it has gradually promoted to Thailand, Malaysia and other "the Belt and Road" countries and regions, and will further expand in the future, bringing the enterprise's characteristic products and technologies to the "the Belt and Road" pharmaceutical market.