On 16th November, Mr. Huang Jianxiong, Chairman of Shunde Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Mr. Qiu Guosheng, Deputy Director of Shunde Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Development Office, Prof. Luo Dan, Vice President of Shunde Polytechnic (SDPT), Prof. Ning Shunqing, Director of International Education Exchange Center of SDPT, Prof. Chen Jian, Dean of School of Culinary of SDPT, Prof. Gan Muyi, Dean of School of Hospitality and Tourism of SDPT and other representatives visited Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) and held a discussion on future cooperation with IFTM.

During the meeting, Huang Zhujun, President of IFTM delivered a welcome speech and introduced the institution. Luo Dan, Vice President of SDPT introduced education characteristics and international development status of the college.

Both parties exchanged opinions on topics such as disciplinary cooperation on tourism management and culinary majors, professional qualifications and talents co-cultivation. The future cooperation can expand educational development between Shunde and Macao and it has great significance for educational exchanges in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), established in 1995, is a public institution of higher education in Macao that offers degree programmes and professional training in tourism and hospitality, and is under the supervision of the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region. In 2019 Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, IFTM takes the first place among universities in Macao, the 3rd in the Greater China Region, the 5th in Asia and the 30th globally in terms of the subject “Hospitality and Tourism Management”.