The Second Forum for Heads of Higher Education Institutions of China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries (2.ª Edição do Fórum dos Reitores das Instituições do Ensino Superior da China e dos Países de Língua Portuguesa), jointly organized by MSAR Government Education and Youth Development Bureau and members of the Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Talent Training Alliance (Aliança para Formação de Quadros Bilingues Qualificados nas Línguas Chinesa e Portuguesa): the University of Macau, Macao Polytechnic University, Macau University of Science and Technology, City University of Macau (CityU), and University of Saint Joseph. This year’s edition was hosted by CityU and continued via video conference on Sunday, 23 October.

The forum commenced on 22 October with the theme “international cooperation between higher education institutions from China and the Portuguese-speaking countries in the post-era” leaders, experts, and scholars from universities in mainland China, Portuguese-speaking countries, as well as the United Kingdom, Australia and Macao discussed issues related to exchange and cooperation in higher education between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.

Five thematic sessions were carried out on the second day, “the role of higher education in promoting cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries,” was moderated the sessions by Prof José Alves, dean of Faculty of Business of City University of Macau.

The guest speakers who attended the sessions included: Prof José Mário Joaquim Magode, rector of Joaquim Chissano University (Mozambique); Prof Luiz Gustavo Nussio, scholar of the Animal Sciences Department of the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture of University of São Paulo (Brazil); Prof Catarina Yixing Xu, director of the Portuguese Department of the Shanghai University of International Studies and scholar of Foreign Corresponding Academician of Lisbon Academy of Sciences.

Professor José Mário Joaquim Magode believes that, China plays a decisive role in the field of science and technology. Mozambique needs such technology, economy, human resources, and educational resources. Internacional students who graduated in China in theses fields, play an important role. Developing or underdeveloped countries are facing such challenges in these areas and still need China's support.  The University of Sao Paulo, represented by Professor Luiz Gustavo Nussio, are well developed in such fields of agriculture and mining, and maintains good cooperation with China. The number of internacional students studying in China has been growing in the past decade. According to Prof.Catarina Yixing Xu’s opinion, foreign language teaching is not limited to itself, but is also related to economic, trading and cultural aspects, and is not restricted to any single aspect. SISU continues to cooperate with Portuguese Universities to broaden its horizons, students are encouraged to work in international events, making good use of their language advantages to promote communications and cooperations.