UTAR and GUTCM host China-Malaysia Youth Chinese Medicine Virtual Mobility Programme

China-Malaysia Youth Chinese Medicine Virtual Mobility Programme provides a learning and sharing platform for staff and students of GUTCM and UTAR

UTAR and Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (GUTCM) jointly organised the “China-Malaysia Youth Chinese Medicine Virtual Mobility Programme” (中国贵州—马来西亚青年“中医线上游学营”) from 25 November 2021 to 28 November 2021.

The theme of the programme was ‘Inheritance, Exchange, Integration and Sharing’（“传承交流融合共享”）. In the four-day event, more than 200 students from China and Malaysia gathered via Zoom to attend the sharing sessions conducted by the experts and visit each other’s campus and museum exhibitions. A competition on Traditional Chinese Medicine knowledge was also held to encourage the exchange and forge friendships between the students. 

In his remarks during the closing ceremony of the programme, UTAR Division of Community and International Networking Director Assoc Prof Dr Lai Soon Onn said that online communication transcends geographical limitations and provides a convenient learning platform for lecturers and students of the two sides. He also mentioned that in addition to increasing knowledge, it would also encourage the students to maintain their enthusiasm for learning and enhance their global employment capabilities.

Xi Jin, the director of GUTCM International Exchange and Cooperation Office, said that the pandemic could not stop the continuation of the international educational exchanges and the dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine culture. According to her, the University promoted a series of online international exchange activities in a new and practical form and with fruitful results this year. Since the establishment of exchanges and cooperation between GUTCM and UTAR in 2019, both universities have reached a consensus on training international talents in Chinese medicine, as well as deepening teaching, scientific research, and clinical cooperation, and working together to promote the development of Chinese medicine.

The “China-Malaysia Youth Chinese Medicine Virtual Mobility Programme” is a joint effort of the two universities in overcoming the impact of the pandemic and actively promoting international academic exchanges. In the future, the two universities will further deepen cooperation in the areas such as mutual recognition of credits and clinical exchanges.