UM rector elected vice president of China Association of Higher Education
澳大校長當選中國高等教育學會副會長

Yonghua Song, rector of the University of Macau (UM), was elected vice president of the China Association of Higher Education at the eighth meeting of the general assembly of the association held on 24 July in Beijing. During the meeting, Zhong Denghua, vice minister of education of China, gave a speech, and Du Yubo, president of the seventh council of the association, delivered a work report. The eighth council of the association was also elected at the meeting.

The meeting combined both online and in-person elements. The main venue was located in Beijing and nine other venues were set up in Hebei, Jilin, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangdong, Chongqing, and Shaanxi. More than 600 members from all over China, including Hong Kong and Macao, participated in the meeting. 554 individuals were elected members of the association’s eighth council, with 184 of them serving as executive members, four of whom are from universities in Hong Kong and Macao. Du Yubo was elected president of the council. Hao Ping, party secretary of Peking University; Wang Xiqin, president of Tsinghua University; Jin Li, president of Fudan University; Yang Zhenbin, party secretary of Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Lu Jian, president of Nanjing University; Wu Zhaohui, president of Zhejiang University; Shi Yigong, president of Westlake University, and Rector Song were elected vice presidents.

Established in May 1983 as a national, academic, and non-profit social organisation under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, the China Association of Higher Education is formed by higher education institutions, social organisations and educators in the higher education sector, as well as institutions, enterprises, and individuals who support the development of higher education. It has established 68 branches, with more than 1,600 individual members. The association mainly focuses on theoretical research, academic exchange, professional training, exhibitions and presentations, international cooperation, advisory services, publication editing, and industry monitoring. In December 2021, the association was awarded the title of ‘national advanced social organisation’ by an office for the evaluation and commendation of advanced social organisations under the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The association has become one of the most active, influential, and cohesive national academic societies in the field of higher education in China. It is also a place for practitioners in higher education to exchange ideas, an important platform for the cooperation and development of people from all walks of life who care about education, and an important force in promoting education to the outside world.

中國高等教育學會第八次會員代表大會於7月24日在北京隆重召開，國家教育部副部長鍾登華出席並講話，第七屆理事會會長杜玉波作工作報告。會上，還選舉產生了第八屆理事會，杜玉波當選會長，澳門大學校長宋永華等當選副會長。第八屆理事會有184位常務理事，其中4位來自港澳高校。

會議採取線上線下結合的形式進行，主會場設在北京，同時分別在河北、吉林、上海、江蘇、浙江、湖北、廣東、重慶、陝西共設立九個分會場，連同香港、澳門在內的全國各地會員代表共計600多人參會。會議選舉產生第八屆理事會554位理事，同時召開了第八屆理事會第一次全體會議，選舉產生184位常務理事，其中4位來自港澳高校。杜玉波當選為第八屆理事會會長，北京大學黨委書記郝平、清華大學校長王希勤、復旦大學校長金力、上海交通大學黨委書記楊振斌、南京大學校長呂建、浙江大學校長吳朝暉、澳門大學校長宋永華、西湖大學校長施一公等當選為副會長。　

中國高等教育學會成立於1983年5月，由國家教育部主管，並由從事高等教育事業的高等學校、社會組織和教育工作者，以及支援高等教育發展的事業單位、行業企業和個人自願組成的全國性、學術性、非營利性社會組織。學會有分支機搆68個、單位會員1600多個，分支機搆還有大量會員。學會主要業務為理論研究、學術交流、專業培訓、展覽展示、國際合作、諮詢服務、書刊編輯、行業監測等。 2021年12月，被民政部全國先進社會組織評選表彰領導小組辦公室授予“全國先進社會組織”稱號。學會現已成為中國高等教育領域最為活躍、最具影響、最有凝聚力的全國學術性社團組織，成為高等教育工作者交流提高的思想園地，關心教育事業各界人士合作發展的重要平台，推進教育對外開放的重要力量。